Russia conducted operations ‘denigrating’ Biden while Iran schemed to ‘undercut’ Trump, US intelligence finds

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Both Russia and Iran attempted to undermine a U.S. presidential candidate in the lead-up to last November’s presidential election, according to the intelligence community.

A report published on Tuesday, which is a declassified version of the one provided to then-President Donald Trump and other officials on Jan. 7, assessed that the Kremlin aimed to hurt President Biden while Tehran worked to damage Biden’s candidacy. Neither one manipulated any of the election results, U.S. officials determined.

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