Given the content it does seem surprising there wasn’t more coverage yesterday of The US Senate’s report about Russian interference in the 2016 US election.

A few interesting excerpts of the near 1000 page report for us were.

It states in the introduction that “The Committee found that the Russian government engaged in an aggressive, multi- faceted effort to influence, or attempt to influence, the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.”

On Wikileaks:
“Wikileaks actively sought, and played, a

key role in the Russia influence campaign and very likely knew it was assisting a Russian intelligence influence effort.”
“Staff on the Trump Campaign sought advance notice about WikiLeaks releases, created messaging strategies to promote and share the materials in anticipation

of and following their release, and encouraged further leaks. The Trump Campaign publicly undermined the attribution of the hack-and-leak campaign to Russia and was indifferent to whether it and WikiLeaks were furthering a Russian election interference effort.”
Without

mentioning the countries in question (it would be interesting if it had) it states: “in other countries Russia has gone to great lengths to launder money intended for election influence.”

On Paul Manafort (Trump’s campaign manager):
“The Committee found that Manafort's presence

on the Campaign and proximity to Trump created opportunities for Russian intelligence services to exert influence over, and acquire confidential information on, the Trump Campaign. Taken as a whole, Manafort's high- level access and willingness to share information with

individuals closely affiliated with the Russian intelligence services, particularly Kilimnik and associates of Oleg Deripaska, represented a grave counter intelligence threat.”

On the much-discussed Trump Tower meeting and further evidence of intent to “collude”:
“The Committee

found evidence suggesting that it was the 'intent of the Campaign participants … particularly Donald Trump Jr., to receive derogatory information that would be of benefit to the Campaign from a source known, at least by Trump Jr.,. to have connections to the Russian government.

The Committee found no reliable evidence that information of benefit to the Campaign was transmitted at the meeting, or that then- candidate Trump had foreknowledge of the meeting. Participants on both 0sides of the meeting were ultimately disappointed with how it transpired.”

@lukeharding1968 has covered it well of course. His interview with @mrjamesob is worth watching too. https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1296042750916296705