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NY Times accused of ‘treason’ by US president

Source: AFP | 00:00 UTC+8 June 17, 2019 |

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US President Donald Trump on Saturday accused The New York Times of “treason,” after it reported the US is stepping up digital incursions into Russia’s electric power grid.

Current and former government officials have described the classified deployment of American computer code inside Russia’s power grid and other targets. The action is intended partly to be a warning but also to leave the US poised to conduct cyber strikes in the event of a conflict between the US and Russia, the newspaper said.

Trump tweeted accusations were “NOT TRUE,” calling the media “corrupt” and journalists are “the enemy of the people.”

“Do you believe that the Failing New York Times just did a story stating that the United States is substantially increasing Cyber Attacks on Russia,” he wrote. “This is a virtual act of Treason by a once great paper so desperate for a story, any story, even if bad for our Country.”

The Times report followed an investigation by US counsel Robert Mueller of alleged hacking by Russia’s GRU intelligence agency and social media manipulation by Russia’s Internet Research Agency to benefit Trump’s election campaign.

Mueller detailed a number of contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia ahead of the 2016 poll. Trump claimed the report cleared him of wrongdoing.

On the question of obstruction of justice, the report did not conclude Trump committed a crime but Mueller wrote: “It also does not exonerate him.”

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NY Times accused of ‘treason’ by US president

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