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, had a long career of work for leading Republicans, including presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. But by the time he became Donald Trump's campaign chairman in 2016, Manafort was best known for his work on behalf of foreign political leaders, including several with distinctly autocrati

se, 2016), http‘Wfreedomhouse otglreport/heedom•world/free- dom•vmrl47I116t 3. See, among others, Steve Rosenberg, 'Russian Media's Love Affair with Trump:British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), November 2, 20161 4. Javier Corrales, "Autocratic Legalism in Venezuela,' Journal of Democracy 26, na 2 (Ap

yed a clear preference for Republi- can candidate Donald Trump and disdain for Clinton.3) For Putin, the

ce the 2016 U.S. presidential election in Donald Trump's favor? The answer to that question may never be

Firewall in Push for Internet Control; Wail Street Journal, December 16, 2015. china4outsas-ereat-firewall4n-push-forintemet-control-1450251090. 16. Tom Phillips, 'China Xi Jinping Says Internet Users Must Be Free to Speak Their Minds "Guardian December 16, 2015, hflwrif 17. 'Xi Jinping Visits Flagship State

sing.fcc.gov /myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=1487042. 17 Eller, Donnelle, “China-backed newspaper insert tries to undermine lowa farm support for Trump, trade war.” September 24, 2018. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2018/09/24/china -daily-watch-advertisement-tries-sway-iow

ystem is lobbying. For example, within one day of President Trump tweeting his openness to a settlement with ZTE Co

ng Kong Visit,” Financial Times (UK), November 30, 2014, accessed October 11, 2018, https://www.ft.com/content/08919562-78ba-11e4-b518-00144feabdco; Tom Phillips and Benjamin Haas, “British Conservative Party Activist Barred from Entering Hong Kong,” Guardian (UK), October 11, 2017, accessed October 11, 2018,

l,” Wall Street Journal, December 16, 2015, http:/Awww.wsj.com/articles/ china-touts-its-great-firewall-in-push-for-internet-control-1450251090. 16. Tom Phillips, “China's Xi Jinping Says Internet Users Must Be Free to Speak Their Minds,” Guardian, December 16, 2015, https:// www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec

reedom House Chapter 6 Flacks and Friends Did the Russian government attempt to surrepti- tiously influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election in Donald Trump's favor? The answer to that question may never be definitively known. There is, neverthe- less, a critical mass of evidence that Kremlin-allied forces

t-truth era,” in which lies and distortions carry as much weight as facts. Clearly, at least some of this hand-wring- ing was a partisan reaction to Trumps victory. But it followed an election in which the winning candidate falsely claimed, among other things, that the balloting was rigged against him, t