{"id":1510251,"date":"2022-06-10T10:50:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T14:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1510251"},"modified":"2022-06-10T10:51:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T14:51:12","slug":"democrats-smelling-november-disaster-warn-of-russian-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-smelling-november-disaster-warn-of-russian-interference\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats, Smelling November Disaster, Warn Of Russian Interference"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-smelling-november-disaster-warn-of-russian-interference%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1510251&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Smelling disaster in the air for the upcoming November elections, Senate Democrats are rolling out accusations of possible Russian interference, laying the groundwork for an excuse if they get hammered at the polls.<\/p>\n<p>17 Democrat senators, led by former Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Jack Reed (D-RI) sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.klobuchar.senate.gov\/public\/_cache\/files\/c\/e\/ce53344c-db09-4fb2-bb90-9ffc0b4c7697\/C4E2463963E65D6F8761B2CF0C1A9AEE.06-09-23-ic-letter-election-disinfo-002-.pdf\">letter<\/a> to the highest-ranking national security officials of the Biden administration warning of Russian meddling in the 2022 elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to an increase in Russian disinformation and warnings of potential cyberattacks, we urge you to ensure that your agencies are prepared to quickly and effectively counter Russian influence campaigns targeting the 2022 elections,\u201d the senators wrote to the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, the director of the FBI, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the National Security Agency, and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command,<\/p>\n<p>The letter referred to \u201cexperts\u201d who \u201chave warned that the increase in Russian disinformation and cyber threats creates a security concern for U.S. elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After citing confirmed Russian interference in 2016, 2018, and 2020 American elections, the senators wrote, \u201cWith primaries underway for the 2022 midterm election cycle and ongoing preparations for the November general election, it is vital that the federal government does everything in its power to ensure the integrity of our elections against foreign threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter made no mention of Iran\u2019s interference in the 2020 election in order to hurt the chances of former President Trump; that fact was part of a report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released in March 2021. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/files\/ODNI\/documents\/assessments\/ICA-declass-16MAR21.pdf\">report<\/a>, which also cited Russian interference, stated:<\/p>\n<p><em>We assess that Iran carried out a multi-pronged covert influence campaign intended to undercut former President Trump\u2019s reelection prospects \u2026 We assess that Supreme Leader Khamenei authorized the campaign and Iran\u2019s military and intelligence services implemented it using overt and covert messaging and cyber operations.<\/em><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ODNIgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ODNIgov<\/a> releases unclassified report on attempted election interference in 2020 election\u2026 TAKEAWAYS<br \/>\u2014\u00a0Russia tried to undercut Biden<br \/>\u2014\u00a0Iran tried to undercut Trump<br \/>\u2014 China attempted no influence campaigns<br \/>\u2014\u00a0No attempts to alter &#8220;any technical aspect of the<br \/>voting process&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kxzCqQ6F7H\">pic.twitter.com\/kxzCqQ6F7H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TocRadio\/status\/1371886959795318785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The same ODNI report concluded that China had not interfered in the 2020 election, although influence efforts were strongly considered by the communist regime. An August 2020 Trump administration <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/07\/trump-china-russia-2020-election\/\">statement<\/a> from William Evanina, Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, had opined:<\/p>\n<p><em>We assess that China prefers that President Trump \u2013 whom Beijing sees as unpredictable \u2013 does not win reelection. China has been expanding its influence efforts ahead of November 2020 to shape the policy environment in the United States, pressure political figures it views as opposed to China\u2019s interests, and deflect and counter criticism of China.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smelling disaster in the air for the upcoming November elections, Senate Democrats are rolling out accusations of possible Russian interference, laying the groundwork for an excuse if they get hammered at the polls. 17 Democrat senators, led by former Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Jack Reed (D-RI) sent a letter to the highest-ranking &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":1510299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1510251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1510299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1510251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1510251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}