Putin attacked US 2020 election to help Trump says just-released US Intel Community report

Russian President Vladimir Putin once again attacked the United States, this time during the 2020 election cycle, in order to help President Donald Trump win re-election, according to a just released declassified report from the U.S. National Intelligence Council, which is part of the broader United States Intelligence Community (IC).

"President Putin authorized, and a range of Russian government organizations conducted, influence operations aimed at denigrating President Biden's candidacy and the Democratic Party, supporting former President Trump, undermining public confidence in the electoral process, and exacerbating sociopolitical divisions in the U.S.," one of the report's key judgments reveals.

The Wall Street Journal adds "Iran carried out a multipronged covert influence operation intended to undercut Mr. Trump's re-election chances but didn't directly promote his rivals," according to the report. China did not actively interfere, the report also states.

"Despite the various foreign campaigns, however, the report said there were no indications any foreign actor had attempted to alter 'any technical aspect of the voting process in the 2020 U.S. elections,' including voter registration systems, individual ballots, vote tabulation systems, or the reporting of results."

This is a breaking news and developing story.