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US intelligence: "Russia attempted to interfere in 2020 election with goal of 'denigrating' Biden"
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/16/politics/us-election-intel-report/index.htmlWashington (CNN)The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its declassified report on foreign threats to 2020 US elections Tuesday, which concludes that foreign adversaries -- including Russia -- did attempt to interfere.
Russia's efforts were 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," it says.
"Unlike in 2016, we did not see persistent Russian cyber efforts to gain access to election infrastructure," the report notes.
The report also stated that there are "no indications that any foreign actor attempted to alter any technical aspect of the voting process in the 2020 US elections, including voter registration, casting ballots, vote tabulation, or reporting results."
That conclusion echoes what the Department of Homeland Security's cyber arm said the day after the 2020 presidential election.
"Over the last four years, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been a part of a whole-of-nation effort to ensure American voters decide American elections. Importantly, after millions of Americans voted, we have no evidence any foreign adversary was capable of preventing Americans from voting or changing vote tallies," CISA said at the time.
Russia's efforts were 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," it says.
"Unlike in 2016, we did not see persistent Russian cyber efforts to gain access to election infrastructure," the report notes.
The report also stated that there are "no indications that any foreign actor attempted to alter any technical aspect of the voting process in the 2020 US elections, including voter registration, casting ballots, vote tabulation, or reporting results."
That conclusion echoes what the Department of Homeland Security's cyber arm said the day after the 2020 presidential election.
"Over the last four years, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been a part of a whole-of-nation effort to ensure American voters decide American elections. Importantly, after millions of Americans voted, we have no evidence any foreign adversary was capable of preventing Americans from voting or changing vote tallies," CISA said at the time.
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This should be big news. According to the ODNI, a former business assoc. of Trump campaign head Paul Manafort—Konstantin Kilimnik—was part of a Russian intel plot to hurt Biden & help Trump. And Manafort was secretly meeting with him through the campaign.
https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ICA-declass-16MAR21.pdf
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I never understood why conclusion of Republican lead Senate Select Committee 1000 page report on 2016 report got no attention.
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would be really ironic if he was Q 
