Although Donald Trump disputed Russia’s role, senators from both parties have called for an investigation that will keep making headlines in the new year.
Most recently, officials said they believe Russian President Vladimir Putin himself ordered the hack. intelligence officials said the attack had Russian “ fingerprints,” and as the investigation progressed their confidence grew that Russia was directly involved with the intent of influencing the election. The following email leaks exposed damaging and embarrassing information on the Democrats, creating a major headache for the Clinton campaign.īut it increasingly became clear that the larger story was that the hack revealed America’s vulnerabilities to countries like Russia. The hacking of the Democratic National Committee before the convention in July was a game-changer that rocked the presidential race. Now, Americans are buckling up for the political roller-coaster ride that’s likely to last for the next four years. Both story lines exemplify the dark clouds that hovered over each candidate throughout the race. Clinton’s was a letter from FBI director James Comey to Congress updating the status of an investigation into her email server that didn’t result in charges but never quite disappeared.
Trump’s came in the form of a leaked “Access Hollywood” tape, more than a decade old, in which he described groping women in offensive detail. But it was the “October surprises” that ultimately came to dominate the story of the 2016 election.
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