Analysis: Actually, the Mueller report showed that Russia *did* affect the vote
Without taking questions from reporters about the Mueller report, President Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk to board Marine One on Thursday. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow April 19 at 7:00 AM President Trump has been nothing if not consistent in his approach to the investigation by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
One of several tweets from the president addressing the report's release included a mention of vote manipulation. It may be — and appears to be — true that Russia didn’t manipulate actual voting results, changing a county’s pro-Clinton votes into pro-Trump ones. Perhaps the Oct. 7 warning played a role in that success. But Russia’s efforts absolutely affected the vote, as they were intended to — and as Trump and his campaign hoped they would.
“Although the investigation established that the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome,” the report states, “and that the campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts, the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.
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