President Trump says the US conducted a 2018 cyberattack on Russian trolls
Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images President Trump told The Washington Post that he authorized a 2018 cyberattack on the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA), the first time he's acknowledged doing so. In an interview with Post columnist Marc Thiessen, Trump confirmed that the attack- which the Post reported on last year- started on the day of the 2018 midterm and was successful in disrupting a disinformation campaign by Russia that was meant to raise doubt about the midterm results.
Look, we stopped it," the president told Thiessen.
In 2016, the IRA operated a troll factory as part of Russia's overall election meddling, which also included stealing emails from the Democratic National Committee. In the past, President Trump had questioned whether Russia was involved...