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Russia used Manafort, WikiLeaks to influence Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential elections

R Sinduja

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A US senate intelligence panel report said that Russia had used Paul Manafort, WikiLeaks website to try to influence the 2016 US presidential election to help Donald Trump's campaign. The report says WikiLeaks played a key role in Russia's effort to assist Trump against Hillary Clinton. It also found Putin had personally directed Russian efforts to hack computer networks & accounts linked with the Democratic party.