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16 Mar, 5 tweets, 2 min read
New US intel community assessment of 2020 election interference:

* On Putin's orders, Russia denigrated Biden and promoted Trump

* Iran denigrated Trump

* China didn't get involved bc it "sought stability" w/ US

* No voting process hacking attempts

dni.gov/files/ODNI/doc… Image
Interestingly, the National Intelligence Officer for Cyber disagreed with the conclusion that China didn't interfere. They put more stock in evidence showing that "Beijing preferred...Trump's defeat and the election of a more predictable member of the establishment instead." Image
In a separate document, DHS/CISA and DOJ/FBI say they investigated the right-wing conspiracy theories about foreign voting machine rigging and results tampering, and that they're "not credible." dhs.gov/sites/default/… Image
Needless to say, the IC's conclusion that China didn't interfere in the 2020 election underscores the dishonesty of Trump officials who spent the whole year describing China as the primary source of interference.
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