Trump has sought to influence the Fed to cut rates.
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Democrats won 2442 of the 212 races he sought to influence.
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Officials at the research group also sought to influence public debate.
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We already know that foreign actors sought to influence the last election.
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French and U.S. officials also said Moscow sought to influence their elections.
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Moscow has long denied it sought to influence the 2016 presidential election.
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French and U.S. intelligence officials say Moscow sought to influence recent votes there.
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Many lobbyists and political consultants now work at the agencies they sought to influence.
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He said they sought to influence ministry appointments and some tried to blackmail him.
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This is what WWZ and so many other climate campaigns have sought to influence.
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison denied his predecessor Malcolm Turnbull sought to influence the ABC.
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Toshiba is investigating whether executives sought to influence accounting practices in connection with that deal.
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He said McGahn had asked about the decision but had not sought to influence it.
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The White House has denied Trump sought to influence the DOJ decision on the merger.
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Instead, he seemed to accept Putin's denials that Moscow sought to influence the presidential contest.
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Theoretically apolitical, Charles has sought to influence governments in ways that are both laughable and worrisome.
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At worst, Comey sought to influence the selection of the next president of the United States.
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Who would now warn publicly against "Islamic fascism," when the hard-liners sought to influence elections?
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Previously, it appeared that the administration sought to influence the course of a House intelligence committee inquiry.
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U.S. intelligence determined that Russia sought to influence the 2016 presidential election to boost Trump, the Republican candidate.
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In fact, the group had also sought to influence opinion in the United States, without registering as required.
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Rather than speaking out in public, the new investors have sought to influence the company behind the scenes.
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U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia sought to influence the election to boost Trump's chances of defeating Clinton.
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MORE imposed new sanctions on Moscow in December amid revelations that Russia had sought to influence the presidential election.
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U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia sought to influence the outcome of the presidential election in Trump's favor.
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The Times's report is the first indication that a country other than Russia sought to influence the 2016 election.
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Some of the Russian-linked content sought to influence the election obliquely, by inflaming social issues or racial tensions.
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The traders sought to influence the rate in their favor for derivative trades they had entered into, Mr. Hines said.
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One Transportation appointee, Daniel Elwell, was previously a top lobbyist for American Airlines who sought to influence the Transportation Department.
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He was discussing the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that Russia sought to influence the 2016 election in favor of Trump.
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U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia sought to influence the presidential election to help Trump defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton.
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In it, he says Trump repeatedly sought to influence the FBI's investigation into Russian election meddling before firing him last month.
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Our buildings were now less open and inviting to the local population that we sought to influence, a development we regretted.
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The organization sought to influence officials in California last year, but elected officials there criticized the strategy as imperious and ineffective.
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It was introduced amid an intense focus in the U.S. capital on relations with Russia, and investigations by the Department of Justice and congressional committees of whether Russia sought to influence the 2016 U.S. elections to help elect Republican President Donald Trump, and whether Trump associates colluded with Moscow as it sought to influence the election.
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Mattis stopped short of detailing whom Iran sought to influence but said it was doing so by channeling cash into Iraqi politics.
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Obama had sought to influence global guidelines for the use of drone strikes as other nations began pursuing their own drone programs.
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A top judge will investigate whether the Guptas sought to influence the appointment of cabinet ministers and were unlawfully awarded state tenders.
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Days before, Mr. Comey had charged that Mr. Trump had lied about his firing and inappropriately sought to influence the Russia investigation.
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Speculation that Trump sought to influence negotiations by zeroing in on CNN hammered the ongoing talks between the government and the companies.
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U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded the Russian government sought to influence the U.S. election in Trump's favor, a charge Russia has denied.
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Questions over the true source of Bank's contribution and whether Russia sought to influence the Brexit vote ought to be more deeply investigated.
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Russia, China, and Iran all sought to influence the midterms, targeting Americans on the left and the right with disinformation on social media.
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The committee Republicans said they agreed that Russia sought to influence the election by spreading propaganda and false news reports via social media.
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That assertion disregards unrelated evidence that Russia sought to influence the election and the pattern of contacts between Russians and Mr. Trump's associates.
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A housebound New York woman sought to influence the heart of Chester A. Arthur at a time when no one believed in him.
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Russia remains a thorny topic in the U.S., where investigators have been looking into how it may have sought to influence the 2016 election.
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Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said in reply to Reuters questions that the central bank was independent and the Kremlin never sought to influence it.
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Chinese embassy representatives in Manila had sought to influence the content of the communique by lobbying Philippine officials, two ASEAN diplomatic sources told Reuters.
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Trump denounced intelligence agencies for their assessment that Russia sought to influence the election on his behalf, prompting concerns about his support for them.
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Mr. Prigozhin is under indictment in the United States for involvement in the internet "troll farm" that sought to influence the 2016 presidential election.
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He told the agents that "no," he had not sought to influence Russia's vote on a United Nations Security Council resolution about Israeli settlements.
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Facebook last week revealed it had uncovered and removed more content from a Kremlin-linked troll farm that sought to influence the 2016 campaign.
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Mr. Peters had begun an investigation into whether City Hall sought to influence a review of the educational quality at some Jewish religious schools.
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Two ASEAN diplomatic sources earlier on Saturday told Reuters that Chinese embassy representatives in Manila had sought to influence the content of the communique.
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A January U.S. intelligence report on Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election said that Russia also has sought to influence elections across Europe.
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Suspicions that the Wall Street giant sought to influence President Macron's overhaul of the nation's pension system have made the company a target of protesters.
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PAID OP-EDS DCI has also sought to influence opinion through paying for news articles, columns and research, according to the documents seen by Reuters.
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, in Guam on Wednesday, sought to influence that perception, making clear that this was Trump speaking seriously, but not literally.
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Comey testified in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee that Trump repeatedly sought to influence the FBI's investigation into Russian election meddling before firing him.
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We learned from the best; foreign interference in our country goes back to 1700s when France and Britain actively sought to influence our early governments.
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A congressional study has concluded that National Football League officials improperly sought to influence a government study on the link between football and brain diseases.
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In addition, there are two Republican governors who didn't endorse but sought to influence the race by advocating against the candidate who ended up winning.
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Backlash in Washington The remark prompted backlash in Washington, where intelligence officials are unanimous in their assessment that Russia sought to influence last year's contest.
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In a report made public in January, the U.S. intelligence community concluded that the Kremlin sought to influence the presidential race in favor of Trump.
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Federal officials across the U.S. government are investigating whether Russia sought to influence the 2016 presidential election by purchasing ads on social networks like Facebook.
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The U.S. intelligence community concluded in a report made public in January that the Kremlin had sought to influence the race in favor of Trump.
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President Trump said Saturday he isn't going to "argue" with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who denies that Moscow sought to influence the 2016 presidential election.
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Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told CNBC on Thursday that he has not sought to influence Iranian foreign policy since leaving the State Department.
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But saying that Russia sought to influence the campaign and help Trump's chances is not the same as saying that Russia actually manipulated the voting process.
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A thought occurred to me this morning (as it has many times) as I read your piece on how Russia sought to influence the American election.
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Congress allocated more money in 2018 to address security concerns, after the way that Russians sought to influence the election through voter hacking came to light.
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The dinner with Cruz, a key conservative who has in the past sought to influence his colleagues in the House, seemed part of this broad strategy.
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Trump repeatedly sought to influence the FBI's investigation into Russian election meddling before firing Comey, according to testimony released by the former FBI director on Wednesday.
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"The committee is concerned with the degree to which the Kremlin may have sought to influence information that was ultimately provided to Steele," the Republicans wrote.
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There are still plenty of high-quality independent academic blogs out there, but a number of us have joined up with those we sought to influence.
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That investigation was not connected to the continuing investigation into how Russia sought to influence the presidential election, but Mr. McCain appeared to connect the two.
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Mr. Trump has been disparaging the intelligence community for months, particularly in response to its conclusion that Russia sought to influence the election on his behalf.
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He referred to the ongoing FBI probe into alleged collusion between members of Trump's campaign and Russian agents who sought to influence the 2016 presidential election.
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A top judge in South Africa will investigate whether the Guptas sought to influence the appointment of cabinet ministers there and were unlawfully awarded state tenders.
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Mr. Trump's news conference in Helsinki, in which he questioned his own intelligence agencies' conclusion that Russia sought to influence the 2016 election, prompted bipartisan criticism.
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For well over a decade, they have spread disinformation and meddled or sought to influence the outcome of elections throughout Europe, in former Soviet republics and elsewhere.
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As we have detailed, President Trump in January issued an order weakening Obama-era ethics policies, allowing lobbyists to work at agencies they had sought to influence.
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"The Catholic Church's hold on the state, the ways in which it sought to influence the state, remained strong for a very long time," said Ms. Smyth.
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Much of the money involved came from Ukrainian political figures who favored Russian strongman Vladimir Putin, whose government sought to influence the American election in Trump's favor.
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The 37-page document outlines specific ways in which Russia, through numerous individuals and organizations, sought to influence the election — from abroad, online and on U.S. soil.
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Mueller's interest in Nader suggested the special counsel looked into whether additional countries sought to influence the election and whether they did so in concert with Russia.
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From what we do know, it is safe to say that the Russians sought to influence the outcome of the 2016 election, in favor of Donald Trump.
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US intelligence agencies are also investigating the possibility that the Kremlin sought to influence the US election in Trump's favor through hacking, among others, the Democratic National Comittee.
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In June of 2017, Winner sent The Intercept classified information about ways that the Russian government had sought to influence the 2016 presidential election to favor Donald Trump.
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US intelligence agencies are also investigating the possibility that the Kremlin sought to influence the US election in Trump's favor through hacking, among others, the Democratic National Committee.
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The FBI and two congressional panels are probing how Russia sought to influence the campaign, as well as alleged ties between members of the Trump campaign and Moscow.
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The requests follow a week in which Facebook, Google, and Twitter have faced intense scrutiny over foreign ad campaigns that sought to influence Americans during the 2016 election.
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That analysis, of course, jibes with the unanimous conclusion of the intelligence community in 2017 that Russia actively sought to influence the 2016 election in support of Trump.
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There's no question at this point that Putin sought to influence the 2016 US presidential election in favor of Donald Trump to sow division and chaos in the country.
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Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain said evidence was conclusive that Putin sought to influence the election - a point that Trump has refuted.
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It was likely that Russia had sought to influence the U.S. election and everything points to Moscow's involvement in efforts to influence the election in France, de Maiziere said.
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Trump repeatedly sought to influence the FBI's investigation into Russian election meddling before firing Comey as the bureau's director, according to testimony that Comey is set to deliver Thursday.
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Trump repeatedly sought to influence the FBI's investigation into Russian election meddling before firing Comey as the bureau's director, according to testimony that Comey is set to deliver Thursday.
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In charging documents, prosecutors allege that Butina acted at the direction of a top Russian official — widely believed to be Alexander Torshin — and sought to influence U.S. conservative groups.
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U.S. intelligence agencies have found that Moscow sought to influence the 2016 presidential election by hacking and using social media to spread false or misleading information, something Russia denies.
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While other administrations have sought to influence the courts in some ways, like how to prioritize cases, she said judges have not witnessed anything like this administration under Sessions.
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Thomas Bossert, the president's chief counterterrorism adviser, and other senior national security advisers back the intelligence community's conclusion that Russia sought to influence the election in Mr. Trump's favor.
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His office believes this could yield more information on how Russians may have sought to influence the election and sow discord among Americans more than through just the advertisements.
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Second, CNN reported that some of the roughly 3,000 Russian-linked Facebook ads that sought to influence the 2016 election were specifically targeted at voters in Michigan and Wisconsin.
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The reporting also shows how J&J sought to influence regulators' plans to limit asbestos in cosmetic products with talc, as well as research on the health effects of talc.
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President Trump repeatedly sought to influence the FBI's investigation into Russian election meddling before firing Comey as the bureau's director, according to testimony that Comey is set to deliver Thursday.
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The claim is that Russians -- through a variety of means -- sought to influence the narrative around the two candidates in ways that were good for Trump and bad for Clinton.
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The Times cited Trump's push for Berman to head the investigation as one example of how the president has sought to influence the probes into his presidency and his associates.
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The think tank requires scholars to submit an annual report on any "outside activities," she added, and A.E.I. has "not as an institution sought to influence or constrain" this work.
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On June 15 a judge revoked Manafort's bail and sent him to jail to await trial, citing new charges that he sought to influence the testimony of two government witnesses.
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Appearing onstage at the Code Conference, Clinton pointed to a report by the government's top intelligence agencies, released in January, which found Russia sought to "influence" and "undermine" the election.
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The former UKIP leader and Trump enthusiast is under scrutiny in the unfolding U.S. counterintelligence probe into ties between Trump's presidential campaign and Russians who sought to influence the U.S. election.
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Clapper said that Russia had long sought to influence U.S. voter behavior but discovered it could be far more effective at a lower cost by using social media to spread misinformation.
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Until now, the Kochs — who lead a company that brings in more than $100 billion in annual revenue — have sought to influence public discourse at some remove from the media business.
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The panel wants Bannon to testify as part of its investigation of allegations that Russia sought to influence the 2016 presidential election in the United States, following up on his Jan.
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The Kremlin has denied any involvement in cyber attacks on Ukraine.. Moscow is also alleged to have sought to influence the U.S. election by hacking Democratic political groups, something Russia has dismissed.
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For decades, Kearns and a cadre of researchers have discovered, Big Sugar sought to influence journalists, scientists, and regulators with the effect of delaying research into its product's potentially harmful health effects.
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To the contrary, it appears that to the extent entities outside of the Commission sought to influence the process, the positions were made known in the record, in full view of all.
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The panel is among several congressional committees, along with the Justice Department's special counsel Robert Mueller, investigating allegations that Russia sought to influence the U.S. election and potential collusion by Trump's campaign.
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I mean, the whole question Mueller is investigating is how Russia sought to influence the 2016 election in Trump's favor and whether anyone in his campaign colluded with them to so it.
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Over the last couple of weeks, he's sought to influence the course of the trial, just as he's tried to steer Senate Republicans in other debates, ranging from trade to foreign policy.
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Much of the House hearing focused on Republican concerns that Google's search results are biased against conservatives and that the company had sought to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.
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Instead of worrying about what it means that a malicious foreign power sought to influence our election, Trump is entirely focused on what the report -- and its findings -- mean for him. 19.
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Trump has consistently called the investigation a politically motivated "hoax" and has been reluctant to acknowledge multiple U.S. intelligence agencies' conclusions that Russia sought to influence the 2016 election in Trump's favor.
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The panel is among several congressional committees, along with the Justice Department's special counsel Robert Mueller, investigating allegations that Russia sought to influence the U.S. election and potential collusion by Trump's campaign.
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Democrats are trying to focus public attention on Mueller's words and on his 448-page report, including several episodes in which Trump sought to influence the special counsel's investigation into Russia election interference.
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Prosecutors said Thompson participated in a scheme with others to rig the U.S. dollar and yen Libor rates to benefit Rabobank's trading positions, in which traders sought to influence the bank's Libor submissions.
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Russia has denied allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that it sought to influence the election, and Trump, a Republican, has said the controversy was cooked up by Democrats and fanned by hostile media.
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Prosecutors said Robson participated in a scheme with others to rig the U.S. dollar and yen Libor rates to benefit Rabobank's trading positions, in which traders sought to influence the bank's Libor submissions.
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A group of Senate Democrats is pressing the Department of Justice (DOJ) for answers on whether the White House has sought to influence its review of the $26 billion T-Mobile-Sprint merger.
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Prosecutors said they participated in a scheme with others to rig the U.S. dollar and yen Libor rates to benefit Rabobank's trading positions, in which traders sought to influence the bank's Libor submissions.
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While some Senate Republicans think it's worth reviewing whether Lynch sought to influence the FBI's Clinton investigation or soften its impact, several wonder whether it's worth the price of also investigating Comey's firing.
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We have written to our elected leaders, debated with friends and family who disagreed with us and sought to influence our culture to value life at every stage, especially those not yet born.
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Gowdy, who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said that Mueller's special counsel investigation extends beyond whether Trump's campaign colluded with Russia to how Russia sought to influence the 2016 election.
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Breast cancer advocates began to push surgeons to adopt the less disfiguring but equally beneficial lumpectomy instead of the radical mastectomy, and sought to influence how funding was channeled from the government for research.
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The panel is conducting one of the main congressional investigations over allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia sought to influence the 2016 presidential election, including claims of ties between Trump's team and Moscow.
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Comey also said at that March hearing that the Russians had sought to influence the US election and that they almost seemed to be trying to get caught -- being "unusually loud" in their interventions.
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The sessions represent a moment of immense risk for the White House and could counter its emphatic denials that Trump sought to influence the Russia probe or that there is any evidence of wrongdoing.
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The controversy has raised doubts over the panel's ability to discover what happened, including whether there was collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russians who sought to influence the campaign on his behalf.
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Mike Pompeo's (R-Kan.) testimony will come under the shadow of a supercharged feud between Trump and the intelligence community, which has concluded that Moscow sought to influence the presidential election in his favor.
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He was purposely trying to rewrite the history of his defense of the President of the United States in an ongoing investigation into how Russia sought to influence a national election on US soil.
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We&aposve already reached this stage with text- and image-based disinformation, such as content produced by the Internet Research Agency, the Russian "troll farm" that sought to influence the 2016 US presidential election.
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Al-Sadr has long positioned himself as an independent nationalist, a foe of both Iran and the US, both of which have sought to influence Iraq's trajectory since the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
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FBI Director James Comey on Monday confirmed for the first time that the bureau is investigating possible ties between Republican Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia as Moscow sought to influence the 2016 U.S. election.
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In the press conference on Thursday, Clinton vented her frustration at the press's coverage of the race – one of several instances in which her campaign has directly sought to influence how the media portrays her.
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Comey, while still FBI chief, confirmed the existence of the Justice Department's Russia investigation, and in testimony for a June hearing after his firing, Comey affirmed his claim that Trump sought to influence ongoing investigations.
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The U.S. intelligence community concluded in a report made public in January that the Russian government sought to influence the election in Trump's favor and operated a hacking and influence campaign to disrupt the contest.
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The drama of the election may be finally and truly moving into the rear view mirror, but the extent to which the Russian Government sought to influence our Nation's electoral process remains an unresolved debate.
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An internal Kansai Electric investigation had found the then deputy mayor, Eiji Moriyama, exerted influence over local government officials and sought to influence them to support the local economy and use local businesses as suppliers.
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Most American intelligence agencies have determined Russia sought to influence the 2016 presidential contest in Trump's favor, and top officials have warned foreign actors continue to work toward affecting the outcomes of future US contests.
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Thus, the key question may be: What is the meaning of the word "corruptly," and does Mr. Trump's behavior prove that he was in fact acting "corruptly" when he sought to influence the Flynn investigation?
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News reports have said that the CIA concluded Russia sought to influence the election result, particularly by providing WikiLeaks with emails that Russia obtained by hacking the servers of the Democratic National Committee and Democratic individuals.
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A spokesman for Slim denied that the media mogul had interfered in the U.S. election, while New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. said Slim had never sought to influence the newspaper's coverage, the WSJ reported.
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This prompted the letter from Feinstein and Schiff, whose committees - along with special counsel Mueller - are investigating whether Russia sought to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election and allegations of collusion between Trump's campaign and Moscow.
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The S.E.C. claims that he improperly sought to influence the Atlas executive who provided him with the information to deny having shared it after Omega Advisors received a subpoena as part of the insider trading investigation.
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Bannon had been expected to speak to the House of Representatives committee again on Wednesday as part of investigation of allegations that Russia sought to influence the 2016 U.S. election, to follow up on his Jan.
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And the office of the special counsel, Robert Mueller, said that Mr. Trump continued to secretly seek to do business in Russia deep into his presidential campaign, even as Russian agents sought to influence the election.
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Officials were furious after the Cambridge Analytica scandal this year revealed that Facebook had shared private information on 87 million users, including 560,000 Indians, with a political consulting firm that had sought to influence Indian elections.
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The assessment from the intelligence community delivered in a public report on Friday and provided to Trump in a separate classified briefing is that Russia sought to influence the election to help the Republican nominee win.
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Murdoch's statement that he had never sought to influence prime ministers is in contrast to evidence one former British premier gave to a public inquiry into media standards sparked by the phone-hacking revelations in June 2012.
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McCain's preferred approach — centered on closing loopholes and tightening limits — had shown its inherent weaknesses, which included the hostility of conservative judges but also the unfeasibility of policing every channel through which money sought to influence elections.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Senior Barclays executive Michael Bagguley told a London court that he had never sought to influence Libor benchmark interest rates, instructed others to do so, or seen any evidence of manipulation between 2005 and 2007.
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President Trump repeatedly sought to influence the FBI's investigation into Russian election meddling before firing James Comey as the bureau's director, according to blockbuster testimony that Comey is set to deliver Thursday to the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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The current administration's attempts to discredit the intelligence community (IC) started during the 28500 presidential campaign when the IC released a report assessing that Russia intervened in and sought to influence the course of the U.S. election.
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They said that she not only had a profit motive for making contact with Mr. Weiner and exchanging lewd texts and images with him, but that she also said she had sought to influence the presidential election.
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Russia targeted African-Americans through social media, seeking to depress turnout from the reliably Democratic demographic as Moscow sought to influence the outcome of the 2016 election, according to a report produced for the Senate Intelligence Committee.
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Dan Coats, the top U.S. intelligence official, said last year that foreign powers, including Russia, China and Iran, sought to influence voters during the 2018 midterm elections, but there was no evidence they had penetrated voting systems.
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A redacted 448-page version of Mueller's report released in April concluded that Russian operatives sought to influence the U.S. presidential election in 2016, but it did not establish a criminal conspiracy between Trump's campaign and Russia.
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Replacing Kelly, a retired four-star Marine Corps general, is acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, a conservative former congressman who has sought to influence the administration's domestic policy agenda but has otherwise left Trump unfettered.
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" Pence: Russian effort to sink Hillary 'unambiguous' - WaPo : "Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday affirmed the U.S. intelligence community's assessment that Russia sought to influence the 2016 election, stating firmly what President Trump has been reluctant to say.
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The lines of inquiry indicate Mueller's team is reaching beyond the campaign to explore how the Russians might have sought to influence Trump at a time when he was discussing deals in Moscow and contemplating a presidential run.
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The judge has been investigating for more than a year whether the fertilizer tycoon, who owns soccer club AS Monaco, sought to influence Monaco's law enforcement officials in a long-running dispute with Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier.
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Two days later William Barr, the attorney general, reported that Mr Mueller had found no evidence that the president or his associates had directly conspired with any of the Russians who sought to influence the election in his favour.
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In public — and even on Twitter Saturday morning — the president has vehemently denied that Russia sought to influence the 2016 election in his favor, despite the fact that it's the consensus view of the national security agencies he leads.
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"The recent revelations that foreign nationals with suspected ties to the Russian government sought to influence the 2016 election through social media advertisements are deeply concerning and demand a response," twenty House and Senate Democrats wrote in the letter.
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"The recent revelations that foreign nationals with suspected ties to the Russian government sought to influence the 2628 election through social media advertisements are deeply concerning and demand a response," 28503 House and Senate Democrats wrote in the letter.
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Podesta on Friday accused Trump of refusing to accept the U.S. intelligence community's assessment that the Russian government sought to influence the 2016 election in his favor by launching a hacking campaign aimed at damaging Clinton's White House bid.
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"The recent revelations that foreign nationals with suspected ties to the Russian government sought to influence the 2628 election through social media advertisements are deeply concerning and demand a response," 28500 House and Senate Democrats wrote in the letter.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Special Counsel Robert Mueller may not have found evidence of a criminal conspiracy between Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia, but his report details extensive contacts between the campaign and Russian operatives who sought to influence the election.
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Trump's fellow Republicans in Congress have frequently raised the "unmasking" issue during the investigation of allegations that Russia sought to influence the 2016 U.S. election to boost Trump's chances of defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton and whether Trump associates colluded with Russia.
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U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia sought to influence the 2016 U.S. election by spreading propaganda and false news reports via social media to boost Trump, and warned that similar efforts were already under way to affect this November's elections.
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Bayer last week admitted that Monsanto, which it acquired for $63 billion last year, had gathered non-public information as part of the campaign, which French media said sought to influence the public debate on pesticides and genetically modified products.
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Bloomberg injected $22007 million into the midterms, and where he played, he overwhelmingly won: Of the 24 House races he sought to influence, Democrats won 21, and about half of those districts had been considered Republican-leaning or toss-ups.
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That agreement, in which the publisher admitted it sought to influence the 2016 election by paying $150,000 to a former Playboy model to silence her claims of an affair with Trump, required the company not to commit any further crimes.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Foreign powers, including Russia, China and Iran, sought to influence voters in the U.S. 2018 mid-term elections, but there is no evidence of any penetration into U.S. voting systems, the top U.S. intelligence official said on Friday.
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"If the hack is linked to Russian actors, it would not be the first time cyber intrusions linked to the Kremlin and its supporters have sought to influence the political process in other countries," U.S. Representative Adam Schiff said in a statement.
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"While many Americans who desired a particular outcome to the election knocked on doors, toiled at phone banks, or found any number of other legal ways to make their voices heard," they wrote, "Cohen sought to influence the election from the shadows."
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Taylor also criticized Congress' handling of the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that Russia sought to influence the 2016 presidential race in favor of Trump, saying that neither Democrats nor Republicans have taken meaningful steps to deter future efforts to meddle in U.S. elections.
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Erik Prince The former Blackwater head caught the eye of investigators over a meeting he reportedly arranged between Donald Trump Jr. and a Gulf emissary in August 2016, the first sign a country other than Russia had sought to influence the presidential election.
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In its headline and text, that piece made statements that could have left some readers with an inaccurate impression that Tom Steyer, a California business leader and philanthropist, had improperly sought to influence the actions of New York's Attorney General through campaign contributions.
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Also hovering over the administration: An ongoing investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into possible links between Trump's team and Russians who sought to influence last year's presidential election, and whether the president sought to obstruct justice by firing FBI Director James Comey.
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"While many Americans who desired a particular outcome to the election knocked on doors, toiled at phone banks or found any number of other legal ways to make their voices heard, Cohen sought to influence the election from the shadows," the prosecutors wrote.
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According to its recent congressional testimony, Twitter was a primary target of Russian trolls who sought to influence last year's presidential election; collectively, trolls created millions of election-related tweets, according to the company, some of which were widely cited across the media.
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"While many Americans who desired a particular outcome to the election knocked on doors, toiled at phone banks or found any number of other legal ways to make their voices heard, Cohen sought to influence the election from the shadows," prosecutors wrote.
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Here's what you need to know: • The Russian military intelligence unit that sought to influence the 2016 election has recently focused on conservative American think tanks that have been critical of Moscow, according to a report to be released today by Microsoft.
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BOSTON — The Russian military intelligence unit that sought to influence the 2016 election appears to have a new target: conservative American think tanks that have broken with President Trump and are seeking continued sanctions against Moscow, exposing oligarchs or pressing for human rights.
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From undercutting British Prime Minister Theresa May during a visit to the United Kingdom to calling attention to protests against French President Emmanuel Macron, Trump has repeatedly sought to influence the internal affairs of the US's closest allies -- in full public view.
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In December 2018, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said Russia, China and Iran sought to influence the midterm elections, but that the US had no intelligence reporting "that indicates any compromise of our nation's election infrastructure" that would have disrupted voting.
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The president, who has long denied allegations of collusion, has repeatedly attacked the special counsel investigation this week and has vented angrily about renewed claims by James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, that Mr. Trump sought to influence the bureau's review of the election.
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"Our Legislature, Governor, policymakers and doctors need to know the truth about how one particular company, J&J, inserted itself into our State and sought to influence every opioid-related decision the State made or considered—from scheduling to swallowing," attorneys for Oklahoma wrote.
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Melgen had acquired a contract with the government in the Dominican Republic for screening cargo at the island's ports, but the agreement had turned sour and prosecutors have tried to convince jurors that Menendez sought to influence others to resolve the dispute in Melgen's favor.
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Trump has said he will seek to improve relations with Moscow, despite criticism that he is too eager to make an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S intelligence reports that say Putin sought to influence the U.S. election in favor of Trump.
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"The Committee found that the IRA sought to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election by harming Hillary Clinton's chances of success and supporting Donald Trump at the direction of the Kremlin," reads a partial summary of the report published by the office of Sen.
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"The recent revelations that foreign nationals with suspected ties to the Russian government sought to influence the 2016 election through social media advertisements are deeply concerning and demand a response," 20 House and Senate Democrats wrote in a letter to the Federal Election Commission.
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"While many Americans who desired a particular outcome to the election knocked on doors, toiled at phone banks, or found any number of other legal ways to make their voices heard, Cohen sought to influence the election from the shadows," the New York prosecutors wrote.
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Prosecutors said Tuesday that Flynn could have been criminally charged in that case for allegedly conspiring with two former associates to act as unregistered agents for Turkey as they sought to influence American opinion and politicians on the status of Fethullah Gulen, a cleric living in Pennsylvania.
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FBI Director James Comey and NSA head Admiral Mike Rogers testified at a public hearing on Monday at which Comey confirmed for the first time that the FBI is investigating possible ties between Republican President Donald Trump's campaign as Moscow sought to influence the 2016 election.
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In a joint appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain said evidence was conclusive that Putin sought to influence the election - a point that Trump has refuted repeatedly by arguing it might be impossible to tell who was responsible.
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Using Mr. Durst as an example, even if not by name, seemed an ill-fitting choice, since the mayor has made no assertions that Mr. Durst had discussed the ferry contract with him or sought to influence the decision, which was part of a public bidding process.
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The federal judge who will try the charges filed in Washington, Amy Berman Jackson, revoked Mr. Manafort's bond and ordered him to jail in mid-June after prosecutors filed new charges saying that after his indictment, Mr. Manafort sought to influence the testimony of two witnesses.
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LONDON — A British lawmaker said on Friday that some of the same Russian-linked Twitter accounts that sought to influence the American presidential election were also deployed in Britain, in the strongest indication yet that Russia used the same tactics on both sides of the Atlantic.
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The president has repeatedly dismissed the suggestion that Russia sought to influence the vote in his favor as a "hoax" and "fake news," even as a special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has concluded otherwise and is investigating whether Mr. Trump's campaign collaborated with Russian agents.
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News that paid employees of the Russian government—military intelligence officers, no less—interfered and sought to influence the 2016 presidential election, coming just days before the victor of that election will meet Russian president Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, amounts to nothing less than an international geopolitical bombshell.
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It is easy enough to imagine a version of events in which the Russian government determined its preference for Trump over Clinton and consequently sought to influence the outcome of the election in complete isolation from the Trump campaign, like a kind of rogue, sovereign, lawbreaking super PAC.
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"The Committee is concerned with the degree to which the Kremlin may have sought to influence information that was ultimately provided to Steele-through the potential provision of disinformation or otherwise-consistent with its ongoing efforts 'to undermine public faith in the US democratic process,'" the report states.
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To the Editor: Re "Claiming Atrocities by Leader, SEALs Were Told to 'Let It Go'" (front page, April 24): It is disturbing that President Trump, and at least 40 Republican members of Congress, sought to influence the Navy's criminal proceedings against a Navy SEAL, Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher.
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"The Committee found that the IRA sought to influence the 2016 US presidential election by harming Hillary Clinton's chances of success and supporting Donald Trump at the direction of the Kremlin," the report reads using an acronym for the Internet Research Agency, the name for the group of the Russian hackers.
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As the probe continues into links between Trump's campaign and Russians who sought to influence the election by hacking Democrats, the president himself has assembled at least four outside attorneys, led by his longtime counsel Marc Kasowitz, who has represented Trump for 15 years on a range of private business matters.
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RELATED: As Robert Mueller writes his report, a potential battle brews over obstruction of justice CNN reported last month that prosecutors appear to be examining Trump's public statements to determine whether anyone sought to influence other witnesses and cause other administration and former campaign officials to make false public statements.
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And that could put Trump in even more legal peril because it might draw the interest of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating any links between the Trump campaign and Russians who sought to influence the 2016 presidential election, said Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University.
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Washington (CNN)Allegations that Russia's government sought to influence the US presidential election have captured the attention of a vast majority of the American public, but there is little agreement on whether the allegations are true, or how the new president will handle the country going forward, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll.
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Though he has disagreed with the president—notably, Mr Pompeo has maintained that Russia sought to influence the general election in 2016, though he was criticised for saying this had not altered its outcome—he is likely to be more supportive of Mr Trump's "America First" view of the world than Mr Tillerson was.
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Democrats are planning to grill him on whether he has sought to influence special counsel Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerMueller report fades from political conversation Trump calls for probe of Obama book deal Democrats express private disappointment with Mueller testimony MORE's probe and whether he's talked with the president about the investigation's findings (The Hill).
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Critics feared that the Orthodox Jewish communities served by the schools — powerful voting blocs that have supported Mr. de Blasio in the past — might have pushed City Hall to issue a noncritical report, and any evidence that the mayor or his staff sought to influence the review for political ends could be highly damaging.
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And, accordingly, Khrushchev sought to influence the outcome to his liking: Alexander Feklisov, then the KGB station chief in Washington under the alias 'Fomin,' recalls that 'the rezidentura [station] had been instructed to inform the Center periodically about the development of the electoral campaign, and to propose measures, diplomatic, propagandist, or [any] other, to encourage Kennedy's victory.
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Former President Barack ObamaBarack Hussein ObamaDick Cheney to attend fundraiser supporting Trump reelection: report Forget conventional wisdom — Bernie Sanders is electable 2020 Democrats fight to claim Obama's mantle on health care MORE seized the compounds and ejected 35 Russian intelligence operatives from the country in December amid findings by the U.S. intelligence community that the Kremlin had sought to influence the election in President Trump's favor.
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In its motion, the defense argued that, "The acts in this case are even farther removed from McDonnell, as none of the official acts that Senator Menendez allegedly sought to influence were acts that he could take or that even could be taken by anyone within the Legislative Branch," and that they would not fall under "official acts" taken by a senator, such as introducing legislation.
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Russia analysts said the whipsaw policy shift once again highlighted an administration struggling to find a coherent and consistent voice in dealing with Russia, which in the past four years has annexed Crimea, intervened in eastern Ukraine, sought to influence the American election in 2016, allegedly poisoned a former Russian spy living in Britain and propped up the murderous government of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
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In the wake of Russia's election meddling, the GOP-led Intelligence Committee reportedly looked into the theory, recently resurfaced by allies of President TrumpDonald John TrumpStates slashed 28503,22019 environmental agency jobs in past decade: study Biden hammers Trump over video of world leaders mocking him Iran building hidden arsenal of short-range ballistic missiles in Iraq: report MORE, that Kyiv also sought to influence the 2016 vote.
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He has spent years fighting against climate change and illegal guns, and he's been an important supporter of Democrats down the ballot, which I explained earlier this year: Bloomberg injected $110 million into the midterms, and where he played, he overwhelmingly won: Of the 24 House races he sought to influence, Democrats won 21, and about half of those districts had been considered Republican-leaning or toss-ups.
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Still, the dossier provided a troubling view of a deeply flawed voting process; confirmed various news media reports from around the world in the years since the vote was taken about inappropriate and unethical behavior by people close to the bids and voters they sought to influence; and painted a broad portrait conveying a general "appearance of impropriety," to borrow an oft-used phrase from Mr. Garcia, its author.
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The former director of National Intelligence said that the intelligence community's conclusion that Russians sought to influence the 2016 election "cast doubt on the legitimacy" of President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE's victory.
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In addition, Trump lost the popular vote to Democrat Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTop Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for 'same pool of voters' Anti-Trump vets join Steyer group in pressing Democrats to impeach Trump Republicans plot comeback in New Jersey MORE by almost three million votes; he has faced allegations that Russian hackers sought to influence the election in his favor; and even some members of his own party treat him with wariness.
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The most vital and trusted news source for a large percentage of "consistent conservatives," according to Pew, Fox focused as much on Mr. Comey's potential motives and actions as it did on the substance of his central charge: that the president of the United States sought to derail an F.B.I. investigation into ties between Russia and his former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, as Russia allegedly sought to influence an election.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE on Wednesday labeled The New York Times "a true enemy of the people" one day after an extensive report detailing the ways in which he has sought to influence the investigations into his presidency and allies.
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U.S. officials, including Director of National Intelligence Dan CoatsDaniel (Dan) Ray Coats11 Essential reads you missed this week Trump crosses new line with Omar, Tlaib, Israel move Hillicon Valley: Deepfakes pose 2020 test for media | States beg Congress for more election security funds | Experts worry campaigns falling short on cybersecurity | Trump officials urge reauthorization of NSA surveillance program MORE, have said that China and other countries had sought to influence Americans ahead of the midterm races.
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Former CIA Director John BrennanJohn Owen BrennanWebb: Questions for Robert Mueller A brief timeline of Trump's clashes with intelligence director Dan Coats Trump critic Brennan praises his Iran decision: I 'applaud' him MORE said Sunday that President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE called him a political hack in order to cast doubt on his and other intelligence agencies' conclusion that Russia sought to influence the 2016 election.
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The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released volume two of its Russia investigation report, which concluded that Russians sought "to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election by harming Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrey Gowdy joins Trump's legal team Support for impeachment reaches highest level in Fox News poll Trey Gowdy out at Fox News amid talks to join Trump defense team MORE's chances of success and supporting Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpDemocrats request testimony from Trump's former Russia adviser Trump adviser: 'He should stop saying things that are untrue' US moves British ISIS suspects from Syria amid Turkish invasion MORE at the direction of the Kremlin," according to a committee press release.
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