Title: Russia, Trump, and the 2016 U.S. Election
Headings: Russia, Trump, and the 2016 U.S. Election
Russia, Trump, and the 2016 U.S. Election
Introduction
Who accuses Russia of interfering in the election?
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What measures is Russia accused of taking?
What are U.S. authorities investigating?
Did the Trump campaign conspire with Russia?
What results have the various investigations produced thus far?
When will the investigations end?
Can the president fire Mueller?
Can the president be impeached as a result of the investigations?
Timeline

Content: Both Sputnik and RT produce media in several languages, including English, for international audiences. Russia also took its influence campaign to highly trafficked social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. A Russian entity with links to the Kremlin known as the Internet Research Agency (IRA) is reported to have hired hundreds of “trolls” to post false news stories and socially divisive content on these and other platforms. Facebook, for instance, said the IRA posted content that reached more than 140 million of its users. The U.S. special counsel’s indictment alleged that a collection of Russian individuals and companies tied to the IRA waged a well-resourced campaign of “information warfare” against the United States beginning in 2014. The objective was “to sow discord in the U.S. political system,” including through operations to denigrate Clinton and favor Trump. Operating covertly and unlawfully, the Russian defendants ran social media accounts, bought political advertisements, and staged political rallies in the United States, prosecutors say. The conspiracy was allegedly part of a broader campaign known as Project Lakhta that targeted audiences in Russia and around the world. Meanwhile, U.S. authorities say Russian agents hacked into computer systems associated with both major U.S. political parties. They are believed to have stolen thousands of emails from leading Democratic Party figures in early 2016 and leaked them online weeks ahead of the party’s national convention in July.