US Senate report on Russia's interference in 2016 US Elections: Key findings

Below are key findings of the US Senate intelligence committee's final report released on Tuesday about Russian efforts to influence the 2016 US presidential election in which Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton. The bipartisan report, three-and-a-half years in the making, found Russia used Republican political operative Paul Manafort, the WikiLeaks website and others to try to influence the 2016 election to help now-US President Donald Trump's campaign. Russia has denied such interference.       

Russian President Vladimir Putin | "The Committee found that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian effort to hack computer networks and accounts affiliated with the Democratic Party and leak information damaging to Hillary Clinton..." Credit: AP Photo

Paul Manafort, Trump's one-time 2016 campaign chairman, engaged with a

Russian interference in US politics has continued at least until January 2020. The panel

WikiLeaks published thousands of emails hacked from Clinton's campaign and a top aide, sparking extensive negative media coverage about the Democratic nominee before the 2016 vote.

The committee found the FBI gave