Shep Smith Blasts Jared Kushner for Downplaying Russian Interference: ‘Disingenuous and Deceptive’

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SMITH: "Jared Kushner’s diminishment of Russian interference is both disingenuous and deceptive. The attack on our democracy involved much more than the purchase of a few Facebook ads. From the Mueller report we now know, Russians made contact with multiple members of the Trump campaign, including Jared Kushner, attempting to change American policies and promote Russian objectives. They repeatedly received campaign polling data from a member of the Trump team, they discussed possible business deals, policy goals and getting dirt on Hillary Clinton with the now President’s son and others. They conducted cyber espionage, stealing e-mails and distributing them to help candidate Trump and hurt Trump’s opponent. They sent Russian operatives to America in person to learn the landscape and generally sow division in America. They broke into state and local election computers, they invaded our nation in both the cyber and physical worlds. The United States indicted 26 Russian nationals and three Russian companies and the Mueller report makes crystal clear and all U.S. intelligence agencies concur the Russians are still trying to damage our nation, interfere in our affairs and influence our election.”