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===Election fraud conspiracy theorist===

===Election fraud conspiracy theorist===

Psaki pushed the false claim that the [[2016 presidential election]] was “hacked” during a phone call with [[TikTok]] influencers during the [[Russia-Ukraine war]].  Taylor Lorenz with the ''Washington Post'' reported Psaki spoke to 30 influencers via a Zoom call. The White House enlisted them to spread the White House’s “strategic goals.”  

Psaki pushed the false claim that the [[2016 presidential election]] was “hacked” during a phone call with [[TikTok]] influencers during the [[Russia-Ukraine war]].  Taylor Lorenz with the ''Washington Post'' reported Psaki spoke to 30 influencers via a Zoom call. The White House enlisted them to spread the White House’s “strategic goals.”  

The White House propaganda apparatus began working with Gen Z For Change, a nonprofit advocacy group, to help identify top content creators on the [[CCP]]-controlled platform<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/tiktok-users-are-feeding-data-to-ccp-intelligence-agencies-cyber-experts-warn_4275403.html</ref> to orchestrate a briefing aimed at answering questions about the Biden regime's support for Ukranian Nazis.  Lorenz obtained a full recording of the call, which she posted to SoundCloud.  Psaki told her youthful audience:

The White House propaganda apparatus began working with Gen Z For Change, a nonprofit advocacy group, to help identify top content creators on the [[CCP]]-controlled platform<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/tiktok-users-are-feeding-data-to-ccp-intelligence-agencies-cyber-experts-warn_4275403.html</ref> to orchestrate a briefing aimed at answering questions about the Biden regime's support for Ukranian Nazis.  Lorenz obtained a full recording of the call, which she posted to SoundCloud.  Psaki told her youthful audience:

{{quotebox-float|"If you look back at 2014, and frankly even 2016, when Russia invaded Ukraine and then in 2016, when they, you know, of course, hacked our election here."}]

{{quotebox-float|"If you look back at 2014, and frankly even 2016, when Russia invaded Ukraine and then in 2016, when they, you know, of course, hacked our election here."}]

The 2016 election was not “hacked”.  The Office of the [[Director of National Intelligence]] investigated Russia’s influence on the 2016 election in great detail. Investigators found that on [[social media]], Russian actors sought to influence the opinions of potential voters.  The report noted:

The 2016 election was not “hacked”.  The Office of the [[Director of National Intelligence]] investigated Russia’s influence on the 2016 election in great detail. Investigators found that on [[social media]], Russian actors sought to influence the opinions of potential voters.  The report noted:

{[quotebox-float|"Since early 2014, Russian intelligence has researched US electoral processes and related technology and equipment. [[DHS]] assesses that the types of systems we observed Russian actors targeting or compromising are not involved in vote tallying."}}

{{quotebox-float|"Since early 2014, Russian intelligence has researched US electoral processes and related technology and equipment. [[DHS]] assesses that the types of systems we observed Russian actors targeting or compromising are not involved in vote tallying."}}

In other words, Russia failed in its attempts to compromise actual votes in the election.  Russia attempted to influence voters through sophisticated disinformation campaigns. But as the intelligence community clearly found, the election was not hacked.<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/news/psaki-pushes-false-claim-2016-election-was-hacked-in-briefing-with-tiktok-influencers/</ref>

In other words, Russia failed in its attempts to compromise actual votes in the election.  Russia attempted to influence voters through sophisticated disinformation campaigns. But as the intelligence community clearly found, the election was not hacked.<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/news/psaki-pushes-false-claim-2016-election-was-hacked-in-briefing-with-tiktok-influencers/</ref>