1/Here are 2 charts from @FPRI, they're keeping track of Foreign Influence. Clint Watts, formerly of the F.B.I who runs FPRI clearly knew Russia was trying to influence our Democratic Primary early on in 2019.
Russia's favorite candidates: Sanders and Tulsi
Least Favorite: Biden
Russia's favorite candidates: Sanders and Tulsi
Least Favorite: Biden
@FPRI 2/It was already clearly laid out in the Mueller report that Russia preferred Sanders over Clinton.
"Russian interference sought to boost Bernie Sanders in 2016."
Why did Russia boost Sanders in the 1st place? Why are they still doing it? (Seems clear.)
"Russian interference sought to boost Bernie Sanders in 2016."
Why did Russia boost Sanders in the 1st place? Why are they still doing it? (Seems clear.)
@FPRI 3/Sanders, like Trump, have DOWNPLAYED Russia assisting his campaign. When Sanders was asked when he knew Russia was assisting his campaign, he demurred saying:
"We knew what we knew when we knew it, and that's about all that I can say."
Really???
vpr.org/post/how-russi…
"We knew what we knew when we knew it, and that's about all that I can say."
Really???
vpr.org/post/how-russi…
@FPRI 4/This chart shows 200,000 troll-related tweets, "105 uses of the hashtag #FeelTheBern The pink circle in the center represents the #. Each purple circle represents one deleted tweet sent by a Russian troll, red circles represent the 40 troll accounts that generated the tweets."
