Report: Russia is already interfering in the 2020 campaign to help President Donald Trump toward reelection. The briefing suggests many of the same tactics used in 2016 could be employed in the months to come.

President Trump abruptly replaced acting director of national intelligence Joseph Maguire, in what the post describes as a direct response to the briefing. The post is less clear on the contents of the briefing, but the Times reports from five different sources.

In February, Facebook took down dozens of accounts believed to be engaged in propaganda campaigns. In January, a phishing attack on the biden-linked Ukrainian natural gas company burisma was also attributed to Russia the evidence for the attribution is tenuous.

In 2016, Russian election meddling efforts ranged from Facebook troll accounts to a sophisticated effort to steal and disseminate emails from the Democratic National Committee. That hacking effort had a significant impact on national opinions in the run-up to the election election.