One of the documents describes Putin and senior officials overseeing proxy efforts to spread claims that Biden, as vice president, engaged in criminal activity in his dealings with Ukraine and Burisma. The document says operatives affiliated with the Russian government advanced these narratives with U.S. officials and other prominent figures, through personal interactions as well as audio and documentary releases via U.S. and Ukrainian outlets.

It goes on to say these figures were conspiring to intensify their efforts as the election approached, aiming to “orchestrate a high-profile corruption scandal” implicating Biden and the Democratic Party in order to help Trump win.

The document describes an intelligence assessment that Russian government-linked proxies were working to damage Biden’s candidacy ahead of the vote, relying in part on U.S. officials and other prominent people to amplify the narratives, though many of the people involved remain redacted in the public version.

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    2 days ago

    Looking at this without context in my inbox, I thought you were being extremely generous to Trump.

    Putting Biden in the bottom 15 is harsh, but fair. Fucker’s gonna be remembered the same as Neville Chamberlain.

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      We’re only talking about the bottom third, I’d even be a bit harsher. Depends on the aftermath of what’s going on right now, we won’t be able to gauge the true impact for years if not decades.