Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Administration report blames Putin for attack on U.S. election, says Russia preferred Trump
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Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 15:17:08 -0600
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The Obama administration on Friday officially blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for directing a massive cyber assault against the U.S. election in an attempt to "undermine" the democratic process and "harm" Hillary Clinton's presidential candidacy. 
 
 "We assess Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential election," said the report, which is a declassified version of a longer, classified document the CIA, FBI and NSA prepared at President Barack Obama's request.
 
 "Russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency," it continued.

 The report also said Russia developed "a clear preference" for President-elect Donald Trump as the campaign went on, and eventually "aspired to help President-elect Trump's election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him."

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