February 21, 2022
THE TIGHTENING NOOSE:
Mueller found RI candidate sought help from Russians in 2016, docs reveal (Ted Nesi, Feb 21, 2022, WPRI)
A Rhode Islander recently released from prison has been identified as the previously unidentified congressional candidate who received hacked information from Russian operatives during the 2016 campaign.Documents newly posted to the Federal Election Commission website show Republican H. Russell Taub acknowledged sending a Twitter message to the account "Guccifer 2.0" seeking assistance in his unsuccessful bid to unseat Democratic Congressman David Cicilline that year.Robert S. Mueller, the special counsel who investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election, identified Guccifer 2.0 as a handle used by Russian operatives associated with the GRU, a Russian spy agency, to distribute hacked material on prominent Democrats. Mueller's team later revealed in an indictment that an unnamed candidate for Congress had sought assistance from Guccifer, but did not identify the individual as Taub.
Posted by Orrin Judd at February 21, 2022 6:06 PM