Consider This from NPR Investigating the Russia investigations. What's left to learn?
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Aug 8, 2025 
Renee DiResta, an Associate Research Professor at Georgetown's McCourt School of Public Policy and a contributor to Lawfare, dives into the ongoing narrative surrounding Russian interference in the 2016 election. She discusses how recent allegations from the Trump administration attempt to reshape the understanding of CIA assessments, claiming a deliberate misinformation campaign by the Obama administration. DiResta also clarifies the distinctions between Russian influence and collusion, emphasizing the bipartisan conclusions reached in previous investigations.
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Three Modes Of Interference
- Russia used three major tools: online troll farms, GRU hack-and-leak, and attempts to compromise election infrastructure.
- These separate methods aimed to shift public conversation without changing vote tallies.
Hack-and-Leak Timing
- The GRU timed stolen email releases to distract and steer media coverage.
- Operatives dropped documents when they would inflict maximum political damage.
No Votes Were Altered
- U.S. agencies found Russian actors probed voting systems but did not change vote counts.
- They attempted hacks but left election tallies intact.