The unfolding Trump scandal has little to do with ‘surveillance and leaking’ but it has everything to do with the incident in which Russian hackers broke into voter registration rolls in 20 states. If you’re wondering why an incident that has almost been forgotten could cause Trump to really flip his lid right now – today, we recently found out why the names, email addresses and party affiliations of American voters were of such interest to Trump’s Russian pals.
The information was used in a way that effectively convinced a large number of people that voting for Hillary would be a horrible mistake. When you hear it, I think you’ll agree that the plan is far too intricate to have been conceived by the Trump transition team alone. However, Donald Trump isn’t the only American to have collaborated with Russia. To put the information gathered to good use, a political mining company had to be employed. It must have been fate, because Cambridge Analytica is just such a company, and it is owned by Steve Bannon.