SARAH FERGUSON, REPORTER: The spies were the forward team from the infamous Internet Research Agency in Saint Petersburg the front-line organisation in Vladimir Putin's asymmetrical war against US democracy. But it turns out after time that they weren't. JAMES CLAPPER, US DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 2010-2017: Initially, and traditionally, these kinds of operations are very innocent in their overt behaviour and appearance.īut that was just kind of foundation building.Įstablish a presence, get online, and again, for a long time it would appear to be innocent. ROD ROSENSTEIN, US DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL: Two of the defendants allegedly travelled to the United States in 2014 to collect intelligence for their American influence operations. SARAH FERGUSON, REPORTER: It starts with a road trip across America in 2014.īefore the US Presidential campaign was underway, before Donald Trump was a serious candidate, two Russian spies were criss-crossing the country, gathering intelligence on the US political system, looking for and finding vulnerabilities. We begin by following the spies and the money trail. Over the next few weeks you will meet the characters at the centre of this extraordinary saga. More than a year ago special prosecutor Robert Mueller was appointed to investigate Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 election and whether Trump or his campaign officials helped them.Īlso under investigation are Trump's business links with Russia, testing allegations that his deal-making has exposed him to compromise. Since his inauguration, President Trump has been caught up in a rolling series of allegations. Tonight, we begin our special 3-part investigation into the story of the century - the election of US President Donald Trump and his ties to Russia. SARAH FERGUSON, PRESENTER: Hello and Welcome to Four Corners.
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