'A willing mouthpiece'Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, responded to Trump's retweet Monday by calling out the President for amplifying Russian disinformation. The White House responded to CNN's request for comment by directing inquiries to the Trump campaign. The Trump campaign has not responded to CNN's request. "We assess that Russia is using a range of measures to primarily denigrate former Vice President Biden and what it sees as an anti-Russia 'establishment.' There is no proof of wrongdoing on the tapes, and the Biden campaign maintains that these releases are blatant Russian meddling against the former vice president.

Source: CNN August 17, 2020 22:22 UTC