(CNN) The FBI was caught flat-footed by Russia's disinformation campaign in 2016, a new bipartisan report issued by the Senate Intelligence Committee has found. His warnings came after he saw how the Russians used the same methods -- social media meddling and propaganda -- to sow discord during Ukraine's election in 2014. In fact, the Senate report goes farther than the official assessment from the US intelligence community. It filed a new motion to have the charges dropped a few hours before the Senate report was released on Tuesday. The Senate report flatly rejected these denials, saying the evidence they uncovered points to "significant Kremlin support, authorization, and direction of the IRA's operations and goals."

Source: CNN October 08, 2019 18:56 UTC