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A 2017 report of the intelligence community, the 2019 report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, a 2018 House Intelligence Committee report, and a 2020 Senate Intelligence Committee report all stated that. Russian leader Vladimir Putin ordered a covert assault, employing information warfare, on the 2016 US election. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Trump’s pit-bull defender, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House cited Jordan’s effort to “unmask the Russia hoax.” But the facts are quite clear-this was no hoax-and they are worth reviewing and remembering, as the first president who helped a foreign power attack the United States leaves office. When Trump, in one of his last acts as president, awarded Rep. And in a cult-like fashion, the Republican Party has loudly and fervently echoed his denials and phony counter-accusations. To the dying days of his presidency, Trump has insisted Russiagate was all a hoax. But his first great betrayal-the one that made the others possible-was Russia. He did nothing while murderous insurrectionists attacked the US Capitol-he reportedly watched the assault with excitement-and prevented the orderly and peaceful transition of power. He mounted an extensive disinformation campaign to subvert the 2020 election, seeking to weaken American democracy and overturn the legitimate results. He downplayed and failed to adequately respond to a pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and wreaked economic havoc for tens of millions.

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