One key figure in this supposed conspiracy: CrowdStrike, a security firm hired by the DNC that detected and analyzed the hack five months before the 2016 election. In broad outline, the theory contends, without evidence, that the 2016 hacking of the Democratic National Committee was a setup somehow perpetrated with Ukrainian complicity in which computer records were fabricated to cast blame on Russia. Kent, under questioning, said there was “no factual basis” to any theory of Ukrainian meddling in the 2016 election - while there is ample evidence of Russian interference. Subsequently, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs George P. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, referenced it obliquely in defending Trump, saying “indications of Ukrainian election meddling” had troubled the president. presidential election reared its head again during the first day of public impeachment hearings into President Donald Trump’s alleged attempt to pressure Ukraine into investigating a political opponent.įirst, California Rep. A discredited conspiracy theory that blames Ukraine, and not Russia, for interference in the 2016 U.S.
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