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This combination of 2017-2018 photos shows from left, a Facebook posting from a group named &quot;Being Patriotic&quot; attributed to Russian agents by the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri whose campaign was targeted by Russian hackers and voting machines in Chicago after hackers found a way into the voter registration database at the Illinois State Board of Elections in mid-2016. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, Jeff Roberson, Kiichiro Sato)

Will Russian hackers affect this year’s US election?

By FRANK BAJAK and ADAM GELLER - Associated Press

The Latest: FBI aware of hack political found by Microsoft

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Russian opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former owner of the Yukos Oil Company, poses for a photograph after being interviewed by The Associated Press in London, Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Khodorkovsky’s London-based investigative unit, the Dossier Center, is compiling profiles of Russians it accuses of benefiting from corruption with an eye toward their eventual prosecution. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Russian secret-spilling site ‘Dossier’ steps into spotlight

By RAPHAEL SATTER - Associated Press

In this file photo taken on April 22, 2018, Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, File)

Natalia Veselnitskaya, lawyer who met Donald Trump Jr., tied to Russian officials, emails show

By Raphael Satter - Associated Press

In this file photo taken on April 22, 2018, Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, File)

Emails: Lawyer who met Trump Jr. tied to Russian officials

By RAPHAEL SATTER - Associated Press

A man walks past the building of the Russian military intelligence service in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 14, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday scolded the Obama administration for not responding aggressively enough to Russian hacking of Democratic targets in the 2016 U.S. election — cyberattacks underpinning the indictment of 12 Russian military intelligence officers. Trump's first response to special counsel Robert Mueller's initial charges against Russian government officials for interfering in American politics came in tweets the president posted while at his golf resort in Scotland, two days before a high-stakes summit in Finland with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Prosecutors: Russian hackers exploit US cyber vulnerability

By TAMI ABDOLLAH - Associated Press

A man walks past the building of the Russian military intelligence service in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 14, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday scolded the Obama administration for not responding aggressively enough to Russian hacking of Democratic targets in the 2016 U.S. election — cyberattacks underpinning the indictment of 12 Russian military intelligence officers. Trump's first response to special counsel Robert Mueller's initial charges against Russian government officials for interfering in American politics came in tweets the president posted while at his golf resort in Scotland, two days before a high-stakes summit in Finland with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Russian hackers used US online infrastructure against itself

By TAMI ABDOLLAH - Associated Press

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is empowered to look at virtually any Russian contact no matter how "stale" it is. (Associated Press/File)

Paul Manafort case ruling led to Robert Mueller’s extensive investigation

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A statue of Lenin stands outside the stadium after the official training session of the Russian team one the eve of the group A match between Russia and Saudi Arabia at the 2018 soccer World Cup at Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

U.S. warns World Cup attendees of Russian hacking risks

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 1, 1971, file photo, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, is shown at the graduation ceremonies for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington. Government informants are an age-old investigative tactic that’s as much a part of the FBI’s 110 years of history as J. Edgar Hoover or its “10 Most Wanted” list. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges)

Snitch: FBI’s use of informants as old as the agency itself

By ANNE FLAHERTY - Associated Press

In a Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, file photo, Donald Trump Jr., son of President-elect Donald Trump, walks from the elevator at Trump Tower, in New York. Donald Trump Jr. told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he couldn't remember whether he had discussed the Russia investigation with his father, according to transcripts released Wednesday of his interview with the panel. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

The Latest: Trump Jr. saw no issue with Trump Tower meeting

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Parliament speaker Vyacheslav Volodin during his meeting with heads of Russian Parliament in St Petersburg, Russia, Friday, April 27, 2018. (Michael Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

House intel concludes no collusion in 2016 campaign

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A solider watches code lines on his computer at the French Defense ministry stand during the International Cybersecurity forum in Lille, northern France, Tuesday Jan. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler) **FILE**

Kremlin-backed hackers targeting critical infrastructure, U.S., U.K. cybersecurity officials say

By Ken Shepherd - The Washington Times

In this June 21, 2017, file photo, special counsel Robert Mueller departs after a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Robert Mueller authorized to probe Manafort on allegation found in anti-Trump dossier

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

The U.S. flag flies at the U.S. consulate in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, March 30, 2018. The U.S. flag is flown at half-mast to mourn victims of Kemerovo fire killing 64 people. Russia announced the expulsion of more than 150 diplomats, including 60 Americans, on Thursday and said it was closing a U.S. consulate in retaliation for the wave of Western expulsions of Russian diplomats over the poisoning of an ex-spy and his daughter in Britain, a tit-for-tat response that intensified the Kremlin's rupture with the United States and Europe. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

The Latest: Australia says Russia expelling 2 of its staff

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A police tent covers the area where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found critically ill following exposure to the Russian-developed nerve agent Novichok in Salisbury, England, Tuesday, March 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

The Latest: Russia warns UK over ultimatums, points at nukes

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Forensic officers work at the cemetery in Salisbury, England, Saturday March 10, 2018, as investigations continue at the cemetery where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal's wife Liudmila and son Alexander are laid to rest. Emergency service personnel and troops trained in chemical warfare were deployed on the streets of Salisbury as investigations continue into the nerve-agent poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter. (PA via AP)

Spy poisoning is latest in string of suspicious cases in UK

By GREGORY KATZ - Associated Press

A policeman stands outside the Zizzi restaurant in Salisbury, England Wednesday, March 7, 2018 near to where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal was found critically ill. Britain's counterterrorism police took over an investigation Tuesday into the mysterious collapse of a former spy and his daughter, now fighting for their lives. The government pledged a &quot;robust&quot; response if suspicions of Russian state involvement are proven. Sergei Skripal and his daughter are in a critical condition after collapsing in the English city of Salisbury on Sunday. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)

UK police: Russian ex-spy was attacked with nerve agent

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

This Jan. 30, 2017, file photo shows a sign above the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Kaspersky Lab seeks injunction blocking DHS from banning Russian antivirus vendor

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE In this file photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017, Vitaly Mutko, Russian Federation Deputy Prime Minister &amp; Russia 2018 WCup Local Organising Committee Chairman, speaks with press during the opening of the WCup Fan ID distribution center in Moscow, Russia.Vitaly Mutko, a Russian government official who has been dogged by allegations of involvement in doping, has temporarily stepped down as president of the Russian Football Union, a move apparently intended to deflect international criticism as Russia prepares to host the 2018 World Cup. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Mutko steps down as president of Russian Football Union

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press