During an Oval Office interview with me this week, President Trump acknowledged for the first time that, in 2018, he authorized a covert cyberattack against Russia’s Internet Research Agency, the St. Petersburg-based troll farm that spearheaded Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and was doing the same in the 2018 midterm elections.
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Marc Thiessen: Trump confirms a US cyberattack on Russia
US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One prior to departure from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, July 10, 2020.
