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The Claim

The Mueller Report found that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 United States presidential election.

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The Short Version

The evidence directly supports this claim. Volume I of the Mueller Report explicitly says the Russian government interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election in “sweeping and systematic fashion,” and that conclusion is reinforced by Mueller’s public statement and the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report. The claim accurately reflects the report’s finding.

Caveats

  • This finding is separate from whether the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with Russia; the claim does not address that issue.
  • The report described multiple forms of interference, including social-media influence operations and GRU-linked hacking and dissemination activities.
  • Some secondary commentary conflates Russian interference with broader claims about collusion; the report’s interference finding stands on its own.

The Receipts

  1. Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks on the Release of the Report on the Investigation Into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

    U.S. Department of Justice

  2. Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election (Volume I, redacted)

    U.S. Department of Justice (Special Counsel’s Office Archive)

  3. Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election, Volume I

    U.S. Department of Justice

  4. Special Counsel's Office – Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

    U.S. Department of Justice

  5. Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate: Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election, Volume 1–5

    U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

  6. Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III Makes Statement on Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election

    U.S. Department of Justice (via YouTube)

  7. Russia Investigation Transcripts and Documents

    U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (Democrats)

  8. EPIC v. DOJ (The Mueller Report)

    EPIC

  9. Inside the Mueller report, a sophisticated Russian interference campaign

    PBS NewsHour

  10. The Mueller Investigation into Russian Interference in U.S. Elections

    U.S. House of Representatives – Office of Rep. Zoe Lofgren

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Filed Under

2016 United States Presidential ElectionMueller ReportRussian Government

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