In news from Washington, the head of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee said Wednesday the committee has concluded Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr also said the committee is still examining whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.
Sen. Richard Burr: “The issue of collusion is still open, that we continue to investigate both intelligence and witnesses, and that we’re not in a position where we will come to any type of temporary finding on that until we’ve completed the process.”
CNN is reporting a number of Russian-linked Facebook ads seeking to polarize the U.S. electorate specifically targeted Michigan and Wisconsin, two states crucial to Trump’s victory in November. The ads focused on issues such as gun rights, immigration, LGBTQ rights and racial justice protests like Black Lives Matter. The NAACP said, “The utilization of Facebook for propaganda promoting disingenuous portrayals of the African American community or alleged election manipulation by foreign nations is both disturbing and reprehensible.”