Special Counsel indictments against 13 Russian nationals revealed that a key aspect of the alleged covert assault on the 2016 presidential election http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/elections/presidential-election.htm was an attempt to suppress turnout by African-American voters http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/elections/african-american-voters.htm, an undertaking described in great detail in the papers filed in federal court Friday.
--- Black turnout in the 2016 election dropped for the first time in a presidential election in 20 years, according to findings by the Pew Research Center. Turnout fell from a record-high 66.6% in 2012 to 59.6% in 2016, the Pew Research Center found, the largest drop on record for blacks. ... “They didn't come out to vote for Hillary. They didn't come out,” Trump said at a rally in Hershey, Pa. “And that was a big — so thank you to the African-American community.” ... Russian influence operation attempted to suppress black vote: Indictment https://www.yahoo.com/gma/russian-influence-operation-attempted-suppress-black-vote-indictment-022604429--abc-news-topstories.html
