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2016 Postmortem

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mfcorey1

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Mon Dec 12, 2016, 06:03 AM Dec 2016

Former ambassador to Russia: Putin wanted 'revenge' against Clinton [View all]

Russia interfered in the U.S. elections to get revenge against Hillary Clinton, a former U.S. ambassador to the Kremlin said Sunday.

Michael McFaul, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014, said he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to help Donald Trump win the presidency to hurt Clinton.

"Let's remember that Vladimir Putin thinks [Clinton] interfered in his election - the parliamentary election in December 2011 - and has said as much publicly, and I've heard him talk about it privately," McFaul said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

The New York Times reported last week that American intelligence agencies concluded that Russia acted covertly to harm Clinton's campaign and promote Trump.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-ambassador-to-russia-putin-wanted-revenge-against-clinton/ar-AAlqzaw?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

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