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@realDonaldTrump "Starting as early as 2014, the IRA' s U.S. operations included social media specialists focusing on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. The IRA later added specialists who operated on Tumblr and Instagram accounts." – Mueller report, vol I, page 22.
@realDonaldTrump "By February 2016, internal IRA documents referred to support for the Trump campaign and opposition to candidate Clinton. (..) Main idea: Use any opportunity to criticize Clinton and the rest (except Sanders and Trump - we support them)." – Mueller report, vol I, page 23.
@realDonaldTrump "Throughout 2016, IRA accounts published an increasing number of materials supporting the Trump Campaign and opposing the Clinton Campaign."– Mueller report, vol I, page 25.
@realDonaldTrump "In subsequent months, the IRA purchased dozens of advertisements supporting the Trump Campaign, predominantly through the Facebook groups "Being Patriotic," "Stop All Invaders," and "Secured Borders."" – Mueller report, vol I, page 25.
@realDonaldTrump " (..) Roger Stone, Sean Hannity, and Michael Flynn Jr., retweeted or responded to tweets posted to these IRA- controlled accounts. Multiple individuals affiliated with the Trump Campaign also promoted IRA tweets (discussed below)." – Mueller report, vol I, page 28.
@realDonaldTrump "The Office identified dozens of U.S. rallies organized by the IRA. The earliest evidence of a rally was a "confederate rally" in November 2015. The IRA continued to organize rallies even after the 2016 U.S. presidential election." – Mueller report, vol I, page 29.
@realDonaldTrump "In sum, the investigation established that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election through the "active measures" social media campaign carried out by the IRA, an organization funded by Prigozhin and companies that he controlled." – Mueller report, vol I, page 35.
@realDonaldTrump "Beginning in March 2016, units of the Russian Federation' s Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) hacked the computers and email accounts of organizations, employees, and volunteers supporting the Clinton Campaign (..)" – Mueller report, vol I, page 36.
@realDonaldTrump "The GRU later released stolen Clinton Campaign and DNC documents through online personas, "DCLeaks" and "Guccifer 2.0," and later through the organization WikiLeaks." – Mueller report, vol I, page 36.
@realDonaldTrump "The release of the documents was designed and timed to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election and undermine the Clinton Campaign." – Mueller report, vol I, page 36.
@realDonaldTrump "As reports attributing the DNC and DCCC hacks to the Russian government emerged, WikiLeaks and Assange made several public statements apparently designed to obscure the source of the materials that WikiLeaks was releasing." – Mueller report, vol I, page 48.
@realDonaldTrump "(..) Assange and WikiLeaks made a number of statements about Seth Rich, a former DNC staff member who was killed in July 2016.(..) The statements about Rich implied falsely that he had been the source of the stolen DNC emails." – Mueller report, vol I, page 48.
@realDonaldTrump "In addition to targeting individuals involved in the Clinton Campaign, GRU officers also targeted individuals and entities involved in the administration of the elections." – Mueller report, vol I, page 50.
@realDonaldTrump "(..) WikiLeaks sent another direct message to Trump Jr., asking "you guys" to help disseminate a link alleging candidate Clinton had advocated using a drone to target Julian Assange. Trump Jr. responded that he already "had done so"." – Mueller report, vol I, page 60.
@realDonaldTrump “The evidence we obtained about the President's actions and intent presents difficult issues that prevent us from conclusively determining that no criminal conduct occurred.” – Mueller report, vol II, page 2.
@realDonaldTrump “Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.” – Mueller report, vol II, page 2.
@realDonaldTrump “(..) we concluded that Congress has authority to prohibit a President’s corrupt use of his authority in order to protect the integrity of the administration of justice. ” – Mueller report, vol II, page 8.
@realDonaldTrump “According to notes written by Hunt, when Sessions told the President that a Special Counsel had been appointed, the President slumped back in his chair and said,‘Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I’m fucked.’” – Mueller report, vol II, page 78.
@realDonaldTrump “The conclusion that Congress may apply obstruction laws to the President’s corrupt exercise of the powers of office accords with our constitutional system of checks and balances and the principle that no person is above the law.” – Mueller report, vol II, page 108.
