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Republican-led probe finds Russia helped Trump in 2016

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AFP Washington
Last Updated : Oct 09 2019 | 3:50 AM IST

A Senate Republican-led investigation said in a report Tuesday that Russia indeed sought to help President Donald Trump in the 2016 election, contradicting persistent White House claims to the contrary.

The Senate Intelligence Committee's 2016 election investigation report said a sweeping social media manipulation campaign by the St Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency (IRA) represented "overt support of Russia's favoured candidate in the US presidential election."

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First Published: Oct 09 2019 | 3:50 AM IST

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