🚨@CIA with input from @NSAGov & @FBI: Putin and his top aides are “probably directing” a #Russian🇷🇺foreign influence op to interfere in the 2020 election against Joe Biden, which involves a Kremlin-connected Ukrainian lawmaker connected to Rudy Giuliani.
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and @USTreasury have identified the Ukrainian Derkach as a #Russian🇷🇺agent, but it has not been publicly reported that the CIA, NSA and FBI believed Putin may be **personally directing** the op.
US Treasury sanctioned Derkach, alleging he “has been an active #Russian🇷🇺agent for over a decade, maintaining close connections with the #Russian Intelligence Services.”
Steve Mnuchin said on Sept. 10 that “Derkach and other #Russian🇷🇺agents employ manipulation and deceit to attempt to influence elections in the US and elsewhere around the world.”
US Treasury stated Derkach “waged a covert influence campaign centered on cultivating false and unsubstantiated narratives concerning US officials in the upcoming 2020 Presidential Election,” via releasing edited audio tapes and other unsupported info pushed in Western media.🤬
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