http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/23/politics/vladmir-put

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"He had a specific goal to defeat (Democratic nominee) Hillary Clinton and that explains the huge coordinated effort from the botnets to the trolls," Merkley added.

Merkley and other Democratic lawmakers said Russia used extensive methods in the cyber campaign, including 1,000 trolls , hacking and bots to generate fake messages on social media.

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