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The Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russian interference in the United States presidential election, officially titled Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, is the official report in five volumes documenting the findings and conclusions of the United States Senate Intelligence Committee concerning the Russian attack efforts against election infrastructure, Russia's use of social media to affect the election, the U.S. government's response to Russian activities, review of the Intelligence Community Assessment, and counterintelligence threats and vulnerabilities. The redacted report is 1,313 pages long. It is divided into five volumes.
The first volume of the report was released on July 25, 2019, and the fifth and last volume was released to the public on August, 18, 2020.[1][2] The Senate Intelligence Committee's investigation extended more than three years, includes interviews of more than 200 witnesses, and reviews more than one million documents.[2] Marco Rubio, acting committee head,[a] said that "no probe into this matter has been more exhaustive.”[4] On the stature of the report, the Senate Intelligence Committee said the report is "the most comprehensive description to date of Russia's activities and the threat they posed".[5]
The Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee submitted the first part of its five-volume report in July 2019 in which it concluded that the January 2017 intelligence community assessment alleging Russian interference was "coherent and well-constructed". The first volume also concluded that the assessment was "proper", learning from analysts that there was "no politically motivated pressure to reach specific conclusions". The final and fifth volume, which was the result of three years of investigations, was released on August 18, 2020,[6] ending one of the United States "highest-profile congressional inquiries."[7][8] The Committee report found that the Russian government had engaged in an "extensive campaign" to sabotage the election in favor of Donald Trump, which included assistance from some of Trump's own advisers.[7]
Like the Mueller report that preceded it, the report does not find a criminal conspiracy between Russia and the Trump campaign, but it does go further than the Mueller report in detailing the many suspicious links between Trump associates and Russian officials and spies. In particular, it describes Paul Manafort as "a grave counterintelligence threat". According to the report, "some evidence suggests" that Konstantin Kilimnik, to whom Manafort provided polling data, was directly connected to the Russian theft of Clinton-campaign emails.[9][10] In addition, while Trump's written testimony in the Mueller report stated that he did not recall speaking with Roger Stone about WikiLeaks, the Senate report concludes that "Trump did, in fact, speak with Stone about WikiLeaks and with members of his Campaign about Stone's access to WikiLeaks on multiple occasions".[11]
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- ^ Farrington, Dana (25 July 2019). "READ: Senate Intelligence Report On Russian Interference In The 2016 Election". NPR.org. Archived from the original on 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ a b "Press | Intelligence Committee". www.intelligence.senate.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ Bolton, Alexander (May 15, 2020). "Burr problem grows for GOP". The Hill. Archived from the original on February 15, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- ^ "Senate Intel Committee Concludes Russia Took Advantage of 'Inexperienced' Trump Team, FBI Gave Steele Dossier Too Much 'Credence'". news.yahoo.com. 18 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ "Trump campaign Russia ties were 'grave threat'". BBC News. 2020-08-19. Archived from the original on 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ Treene, Zachary; Basu, Alayna (August 18, 2020). "Senate report finds Manafort passed sensitive campaign data to Russian intelligence officer". Axios. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ a b Mazzetti, Mark; Fandos, Nicholas (August 18, 2020). "G.O.P.-Led Senate Panel Details Ties Between 2016 Trump Campaign and Russian Interference". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on February 9, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- ^ "Russian Efforts Against Election Infrastructure With Additional Views" (PDF). Report Of The Select Committee On Intelligence United States Senate On Russian Active Measures Campaigns And Interference In The 2016 U.S. Election (Report). Vol. 1. 2020. p. 67. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-07-27. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ Mallin, Alexander; Mosk, Matthew; Pecorin, Allison. "Senate report details Russia's efforts to meddle in 2016, ties to Trump associates". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2021-02-15. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- ^ Miller, Greg; Demirjian, Karoun (August 18, 2020). "Senate report details security risk posed by 2016 Trump campaign's Russia contacts". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
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