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United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

American legislative committee overseeing intelligence

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Dec 10, 2025
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"Russian tails" have been found in data analysis of the 2024 U.S. Presidential election. This points to election interference. Why isn't there more concern about this?

Analysts and several outlets report a statistical anomaly dubbed the “Russian Tail” — a flattened-but-extended tail in vote-distribution curves that analysts previously tied to manipulated elections i...

Dec 21, 2025
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Did the Trump campaign in 2016 collude with Russia ?

The answer depends on definitions: criminal "collusion" or "conspiracy" was not proven by the special counsel, but multiple official investigations concluded Russia interfered to help Trump and docume...

Jan 12, 2026
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Did Russia help Donald trump get elected

Yes — multiple U.S. government investigations and independent reporting conclude that the Russian government mounted a broad, coordinated operation aimed at aiding Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential bid...

Nov 3, 2025

Did Obama administration investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election?

The Obama administration did respond to and investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election, but the scope, methods and timing of those actions were contested across multiple official reviews an...

Jan 2, 2026

precedent cases for mk ultra v2k torture

The clearest legal precedents tied to MK‑ULTRA are civil settlements and limited court findings acknowledging that CIA‑backed experiments inflicted harm on unwitting subjects—most notably a 1988 settl...

Nov 4, 2025

What controversies or conspiracy theories have surrounded Vietnam POWs and MIAs, and what evidence addresses them?

Claims that American POWs were deliberately left behind in Southeast Asia after the Vietnam War and that the U.S. government covered up live prisoners have driven decades of controversy; multiple offi...

Jan 15, 2026

Did Obama inform senator about gang 8 before raid laden

President Obama did not seek prior, full congressional approval for the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, but key congressional intelligence leaders were briefed about the intelligence and the po...

Dec 12, 2025

Did Obama start russiagate?

Newly declassified documents and statements from current DNI Tulsi Gabbard assert Obama-era officials ordered and shaped the January 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment and related messaging about ...

Nov 25, 2025

Did the Obama administration have any evidence of Russian interference in the 2016 election?

The Obama administration publicly concluded in late 2016 that the Russian government conducted a multi-faceted campaign to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and it took sanctions and o...

Nov 24, 2025

Did Baron Trump testify before the Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee?

Available reporting in the provided sources does not show any record that Barron (or “Baron”) Trump testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee; searches turn up press covera...

Nov 10, 2025

Did Hillary Clinton create Russiagate hoax?

The claim that is not supported by conclusive evidence in the available record; investigations established that Russian interference in 2016 occurred, while separate questions remain about how opposit...

Jan 18, 2026

What evidence exists of Russian interference in the 2016 US election?

Multiple U.S. investigations and independent research established that Russia mounted a multipronged interference campaign in 2016 that combined cyber intrusions to steal and disclose Democratic Party...

Jan 15, 2026

What were the biggest controversies and scandals in Trump's first presidency?

Donald Trump’s first presidency was dominated by a handful of recurring controversies — the probe into Russian contacts and election interference, two impeachments tied to Ukraine and to the post‑2020...

Jan 13, 2026

What are the committee procedures for handling and publicly releasing witness materials that are sensitive or classified?

Congressional committees treat witness materials that are sensitive or classified as a separate category subject to strict access, storage, and disclosure controls: access is limited to cleared staff ...

Dec 6, 2025

What investigations have examined Trump’s business ties to Russian oligarchs and their findings?

Multiple investigations — most prominently the FBI probe, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry, and a bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee review — examined alleged links between Donald Trump,...

Nov 29, 2025

Russian Collusion in US elections

U.S. officials and multiple investigations have concluded that Russia has conducted sustained interference campaigns in U.S. elections using hacking, disinformation, and covert influence networks — no...

Nov 20, 2025

What led to the Benghazi diplomatic compound attack in 2012?

The Benghazi attack on September 11–12, 2012, was carried out by militants associated with Ansar al-Sharia and killed four Americans including Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens; later U.S. prosecution...

Nov 9, 2025

Pam bondi accuse Obama 2016 collusion

Pam Bondi has directed a grand jury probe into the origins and handling of the 2016 Russia investigation, focusing on Obama-era officials and intelligence assessments; multiple reporting threads show ...

Oct 26, 2025

Was the 2016 election affected by Russia interference?

U.S. intelligence and congressional investigations concluded , a finding reaffirmed in later reviews and supported by ongoing evidence of similar Russian activity. Subsequent government actions and ne...

Oct 14, 2025

How did the Senate Intelligence Committee report differ from the Mueller Report on Russia connections?

The Senate Intelligence Committee’s report and the Mueller special counsel report covered overlapping territory—Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election—but , producing complementary but distinc...