More information in the Russian probe came to light as a former official of Barack Obama spoke. He said that more could have been done to thwart the interference of trolls during the 2016 Election.
Brett Bruen, who served as the White House Director of global engagement from 2013 to 2015 made this claim.
The Russians apparently used the same method with Ukraine.
Lawmakers were now looking into the financial position of Jared Kushner. The main focus was about loans that he received for his company.
Apollo loaned $184 million and Citigroup loaned $325 million. This was all part of continued investigations into Kushner’s financial dealings.
Brett Bruen
Bruen spoke to CNN about what he knew and felt could possibly happen.
“I was sitting in the Situation Room saying, ‘Why do we continue to look at this as an issue that only concerns Ukraine, that only concerns Eastern Europe? This is something that’s going to march across Western Europe. This is something that’s going to march over to our shores, and we need to be ready,’ ” Bruen said.
It was clear that no one took what he said seriously and based on reports that were just what happened.
Bruen said “we actually saw that the Russian bots and the Russian propagandists receded because we were contesting this space, because we were pushing out some pretty effective content.”
