Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrives for a hearing at U.S. District Court in Washington on June 15, 2018. We know that Vladimir Putin’s operatives in the Internet Research Agency (IRA) organized a large-scale social media campaign designed to influence voters in a variety of ways. Yet we still don’t know whether Russia’s efforts made the difference. (We still don’t know everything that Facebook and Twitter know, for example.) Read more:This is exactly what collusion looks likeThe Manafort revelations raise a haunting question for TrumpRobby Mook: The sad truth about Russian election interferenceMax Boot: Without the Russians, Trump wouldn’t have wonOne more Russian contact: Here’s why it matters

Source: Washington Post January 11, 2019 17:37 UTC