Muller report damaged US democracy more than Russia:Kushner claimed
Editor Express Daily April 23, 2020 0 COMMENTSNEW YORK (Express Daily) – Muller report over Russia’s involvement in US elections harmed democracy more than Russia’s interference did.
Buying facebook ads by Russia to try to influence elections results is terrible thing but the Muller investigations and speculations including rumors in this regards has seriously damaged our democratic system , he added.
Mueller, in a redacted report made public last week, found that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election “in sweeping and systematic fashion,” favoring Trump over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
The Russians bought Facebook ads but the report also detailed other tactics such as hacking and leaking Democratic Party emails and outreach to the Trump campaign, including a meeting with Kushner and other campaign officials.
Democrats in Congress are debating whether to start impeachment proceedings against Trump for possible obstruction of justice.
The president and leaders in the Republican Party say the report vindicated Trump. Mueller outlined multiple instances where Trump tried to thwart the probe. The special counsel did not conclude that Trump had committed a crime but neither did he exonerate the president.
Mueller also did not conclude that there was a conspiracy between Trump’s campaign and Russia.
“Great interview by Jared. Nice to have extraordinarily smart people serving our Country!” Trump said on Twitter, linking to Time’s video of Kushner’s appearance.
Kushner said the Trump campaign was unaware of the scope of Russia’s efforts, saying, “the notion of what they were doing didn’t even register to us as being impactful.”
The report detailed multiple Russian contacts with the Trump campaign, many of them reported by the media over the past two years.
“When the whole notion of the Russian collusion narrative came up, I was the first person to say I’m happy to participate with any investigations. I thought the whole thing was kind of nonsense, to be honest with you,” said Kushner, who was interviewed by Mueller’s investigators.
The Russians created and maintained fake social media personas posing as Americans to influence the election, and bought Facebook ads to reach more people, the report found.
“I think they said they spent about $160,000,” Kushner said. “I spent about $160,000 on Facebook every three hours during the campaign.”
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