The Trump administration released three batches of records in July that shed new light on the decade-long controversy over Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

The three lots of records concern the creation, at the behest of President Barack Obama, of an intelligence community assessment (ICA) that featured an allegation that Russian President Vladimir Putin interfered in the presidential election in order to help then-candidate Donald Trump.

The U.S. intelligence community relied on a single ‘scant, unclear, unverifiable’ report to allege that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help Trump.{ai:summary}<p>The Trump administration disclosed three sets of records in July regarding the longstanding issue of Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 election. These records relate to an intelligence community assessment initiated by President Obama, claiming that Vladimir Putin aimed to assist Donald Trump’s candidacy. </p><p>#politics</p>

5 Revelations From the Newly Declassified Russia Records

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