By LUCIEN BRUGGEMAN, ABC News
(WASHINGTON) The chief U.S. intelligence office has concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw sweeping efforts aimed at “denigrating” President Joe Bidenâs candidacy ahead of the 2020 election, according to a declassified report on foreign meddling released Tuesday by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
The report also noted that Iran similarly sought to “undercut” then-President Donald Trumpâs reelection bid and that China did not seek to interfere in the vote. The intelligence community said it made these assessments with high confidence and insisted that no foreign actors “attempted to alter any technical aspect of the voting process.”
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A declassified intelligence report released on Tuesday reported that Russia and Iran undertook campaigns to influence the 2020 US presidential elections. However, agencies found no evidence that foreign actors tried to alter votes or other technical aspects of the voting process. According to the report, Russia sought to influence the election to promote former President Donald Trump, while Iran sought to do so against him. However, no foreign actor interfered in the 2020 voting process, reported The Hill. A classified version of the report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) was presented to then-President Trump, which did not state whether it was made available to President Joe Biden, who had not assumed office at that time.
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According to the US intelligence cartel, the nations which
sought to interfere in the outcome of the US election
include Russia, Iran, China, Lebanese Hizballah, Cuba, and
Venezuela. Interestingly, exactly zero nations aligned
geopolitically with the United States are listed as having
interfered in its electoral process. We assess that
Russian President Putin authorized, and a range of Russian
government organizations conducted, influence operations
aimed at denigrating President Biden s candidacy and the
Democratic Party, supporting former President Trump,
undermining public confidence in the electoral process, and
exacerbating sociopolitical divisions in the US, the report
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