Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

Yes, Russian Election Sabotage Helped Trump Win

Republicans want you to think that meddling didn’t figure in the 2016 election result. Don’t.

July 24, 2018 at 4:37 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

A little help from his friends.
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It’s a Republican talking point: Russia interfered with the 2016 presidential election, but it didn’t affect the outcome.

More likely than not, that’s wrong.