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applegrove

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Tue Jul 18, 2017, 06:43 PM Jul 2017

New details emerge proving Trump campaign and Russia both went after online Clinton supporters

STEVEN ROSENFELD, ALTERNET, Salon

http://www.salon.com/2017/07/17/new-details-emerge-proving-trump-campaign-and-russia-both-went-after-online-clinton-supporters_partner/

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As congressional investigators and journalists compare timelines of anti-Clinton social messaging on FaceBook and Twitter in October 2016 with statements by officials high up in Trump’s campaign and some family members, it’s becoming clear that the micro-targeting of Clinton voters in swing states like Michigan and Wisconsin was certainly done by the Trump campaign—and also possibly done by Russia.

The big unanswered question is just how closely coordinated those operations were.

Will Bunch, writing for PhillyNews.com, pulled this together in a piece that ran Sunday, July 16, declaring that the old journalist maxim of “follow the money” has turned into “follow the data” under Trump. He writes, “The campaign’s data effort was overseen by President Trump’s son-in-law and arguably his closest adviser, Jared Kushner.” Bunch points to investigative reporting by the McClatchy News Service published last week. McClatchy wrote:

“Investigators at the House and Senate Intelligence committees and the Justice Department are examining whether the Trump campaign’s digital operation — overseen by Jared Kushner — helped guide Russia’s sophisticated voter targeting and fake news attacks on Hillary Clinton in 2016. Congressional and Justice Department investigators are focusing on whether Trump’s campaign pointed Russian cyber operatives to certain voting jurisdictions in key states—areas where Trump’s digital team and Republican operatives were spotting unexpected weakness in voter support for Hillary Clinton, according to several people familiar with the parallel inquiries.”


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New details emerge proving Trump campaign and Russia both went after online Clinton supporters (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2017 OP
Jarrod was in charge of these efforts and this is where we will find real collusion Gothmog Jul 2017 #1
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