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Blake Moore: I will be reading now from volume I, page 36. ``Beginning in March 2016, units of the Russian Federation's Main…

On the recordMay 15, 2019
I will be reading now from volume I, page 36. ``Beginning in March 2016, units of the Russian Federation's Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff (GRU) hacked the computers and email accounts of organizations, employees, and volunteers supporting the Clinton campaign, including the email account of campaign chairman John Podesta. Starting in April 2016, the GRU hacked into the computer networks of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). ``The GRU targeted hundreds of email accounts used by Clinton campaign employees, advisers, and volunteers. In total, the GRU stole hundreds of thousands of documents from the compromised email accounts and networks. The GRU later released stolen Clinton campaign and DNC documents through online personas, `DCLeaks' and `Guccifer 2.0,' and later through the organization WikiLeaks. The release of the documents was designed and timed to interfere with the 2016 U.S. Presidential election and undermine the Clinton campaign. ``The Trump campaign showed interest in the WikiLeaks releases and, in the summer and fall of 2016--redacted. After--redacted--WikiLeaks' first Clinton-related release--redacted--the Trump campaign stayed in contact--redacted--about WikiLeaks' activities.…
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Blake Moore
Republican · Utah
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May 15, 2019

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