Russia interfered in U.S. election, likely at Putin's behest, intelligence report says

U.S. President Joe Biden, left, spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Jan. 26. A new U.S. intelligence report found Russia meddled in last year's U.S. presidential election, which saw Biden defeat former president Donald Trump. (Jonathan Ernst, Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via Reuters)

Russian President Vladimir Putin knew of and likely directed a Russian effort to manipulate the 2020 U.S. presidential campaign to benefit former president Donald Trump with "misleading or unsubstantiated allegations" against challenger Joe Biden, U.S. intelligence officials said on Tuesday.

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