\n\n“\u201cThe Russian government engaged in an aggressive, multi-faceted effort to influence, or attempt to influence, the outcome of the 2016 presidential election,\u201d the report, which was co-signed by both Democrats and Republicans on the Senate committee, says. \u201cRussian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian effort to hack computer networks and accounts affiliated with the Democratic Party and leak information damaging to Hillary Clinton and her campaign for president\u201d to WikiLeaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chair, comes under heavy criticism in the report for his \u201cwillingness to share information with individuals closely affiliated with the Russian intelligence services\u201d \u2014 this \u201crepresented a grave counterintelligence threat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the report goes further than special counsel Robert Mueller did \u2014 it claims some information suggests Manafort and a longtime associate of his, Konstantin Kilimnik, were \u201cconnected<\/a>\u201d to the Russian government\u2019s effort to hack and leak Democrats\u2019 emails. These details are redacted, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The report also retells the story of how Roger Stone tried to get inside information on WikiLeaks\u2019 plans at the behest of the Trump campaign. \u201cStone obtained information indicating that John Podesta would be a target of an upcoming release,\u201d the report says. It also describes Jerome Corsi\u2019s claims<\/a> that Stone tried to get WikiLeaks to time the release of Podesta\u2019s emails to distract from the Access Hollywood<\/em> tape<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are many other topics addressed in the report, including some criticism for how the FBI handled the \u201cSteele dossier<\/a>\u201d allegations about Trump. There are also matters that remain murky \u2014 most notably, the purpose and extent of Manafort\u2019s communications with Kilimnik, and the exact nature of the information Stone got regarding WikiLeaks.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n