Why Russia Hacked Our Election

Vladimir Putin offered Donald Trump a swap at the now infamous Helsinki summit: I’ll let you interview the twelve Russian agents accused of hacking DNC emails, if you give my team access to Bill Browder. Browder is the founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management and author of the 2015 New York Times best-seller Red Notice, which recounts his experience as the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005. Join Browder for an evening of conversation about Putin, hacking, and why his human rights activism has him lodged so firmly under Putin’s skin.
This conversation was recorded during the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado. The week-long event is presented by the Aspen Institute in partnership with The Atlantic. Prominent leaders and thinkers across business, politics, media, culture, science, and more participate in hundreds of panels, interviews, presentations, and screenings.
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[@barefootID]

Well done Bill! YOU ARE MY HERO!!!!!

[@dotmurphy7279]

What you are seeing in Bill is the Browder mind set. He decided what the right thing to do is and you can't move him with dynamite. How do I know? I was born Browder. He's my Daddy to a T.

[@veronikataf5206]

You really need a Magnitsky Act in the counties that are Tax havens and also in Switzerland.

[@samarc4467]

True!

[@ninianstorm6494]

@@samarc4467 george bush 14 years ago said he wants ukraine in nato foreshadow nuland f word 2014 coup kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIW0ZHdnlpKdaJI wesley clark foreshadow reveal 2000 to 2012 all rig for kill iraq to syria kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZ7Ve4V-rMeJfZo aware USA can give everyone medicare+lower inflation so wages regain value but need to punish all those whom want to stay in Syria like Schiff/pelosi? they constant print money to occupy iraq-syria oil gold

[@throwaways8621]

He's an expert in using Tax Havens

[@kevinhuynh2435]

Thank you Bill Browder for all you've done to campaign for human rights. Sergei Magnitsky will never he forgotten.

[@throwaways8621]

LOL how much are YOU being paid?

[@throwaways8621]

BB is a sc@mbag and he knows all about Tax Havens..... all that money he had hidden with Skandia, F!ith

[@ennediend2865]

RIP ⭐ S. MAGNITSKY 🌷

[@ennediend2865]

@@throwaways8621 Justice will be served , Pootin has too much Russian blood on his corrupt hands...RIP Boris Nemtsov🌷long list of assassinations by the dictator's mafia clique.

[@salt27dogg]

@@throwaways8621If people only knew the real story about Browder . Talk about accusing ur enemies of what u do . In terms of tax fraud

[@us-Bahn]

The Magnitzky Act passed 92-4 in the Senate. Who were the 4 that abstained, and who were the 4 that voted against? And why?

[@nguyetrennie6006]

I love watching your shows ❤! May you have many years of success in your career!

[@cindymaceda2999]

Pls keep safe. Hope your family are okay.

[@rswfire]

The story about that family is heartbreaking. (Around the 40 minute mark.)

[@throwaways8621]

On the payroll eh?

[@raichelsolomon8370]

The Americans need to make a movie about Bill Crowther and his lawyer and make the world watch this movie to get all of us to witness the evil of these autocratic.

[@boozolini4465]

Watching this in 2022 help to figure out who we are dealing with.

[@cindymaceda2999]

Watching this in Feb. 2024 to find out why Alexei Navalny was killed in an Arctic gulag when he was supposedly about to be traded along with 2 Americans imprisoned in Russia in exchange for a Russian criminal.

[@boozolini4465]

@@cindymaceda2999 hi, can you share the source?

[@cindymaceda2999]

@@boozolini4465I only saw it on CNN today. Apparently, Navalny’s group released this information. I haven’t cross - checked the story on other outlets.

[@cindymaceda2999]

@@boozolini4465AFP just reported on it 2 hours ago.

[@daveevans1236]

Bill deserves the highest award that this world can bestow on another person. A hero beyond words!

[@TheT1000tony]

Bill Browder is an absolute hero. Just read his book "Freezing Order" - an incredible story. Keep going Bill!

[@christinegivens9048]

Love Bill Bowder! And Julia Ioffe. Two of the most credible experts on Russia that I’ve managed to find in my research.

[@jamesconner3437]

@@GR-zh4ol ??? We are listening ….. What crimes, or are you just a nut case ?

[@ianrutherford2331]

Both are pathologically dishonest liars. What's not to like ..

[@harrypalmer3481]

@@jamesconner3437 Agreed. Either a nut case or someone's cage has been rattled!

[@harrypalmer3481]

I've come to the same conclusion, with my limited knowledge but 100s of hours searching, watching & listening to many different points of view. Garry Kasparov has some interesting insights too, with some significant overlap of opinion with Julia Ioffe & Bill Browder.

[@prujbonar6045]

@@harrypalmer3481 I think "Ex Putin adviser - he must be stopped", is worth a watch too. It's on KZbin.

[@russellnolan9212]

But why aren't people found guilty? Dang! If you love the thieves, to heck with you!

[@dennisvanderstraten5608]

Recently, several alien races of the Galactic Federation also complained that they were hacked by the Russians..........

[@darbyheavey406]

Russia bought a few thousand dollars worth of FB ads. The headline is very misleading.

[@benbuietv]

What happens to all the assets that are seized under the act?

[@pivan5779]

Hope they go to Russian School, Hospital, road-buliding etc. It is russian peoples money.

[@BrettHar123]

Pi Van No it goes into US government revenue, they would never give the Putin “dictatorship”money to build roads and hospitals, meanwhile they all live in caves.

[@B_Bodziak]

@@BrettHar123 It is ill-gotten money AND the US was only tbe 1st of several countries that adopted the Act. Putin screamed more about the Magnistky Act than anything else in his 23 year "reign" because his PERSONAL funds are Frozen

[@maddiemaddie4036]

Well done to you mr browder

[@dermotporeilly1850]

Bill. You are doing the world a great service. I read your book. Excellent.

[@jacksparrow1057]

Now the rest of the story kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnasY2eqbZl6ibc

[@leilagomulka5690]

Fascinating.

[@carolemcdonough8121]

Donald Trump goes wherever the money is. He was running out of lenders in the US. Russian oligarchy are affiliated with high end property in NY. Trump wanted to build money making property in Russia. Becoming president would give him opportunity to meat influencial people.

[@bigfreshdeal]

give Russian stolen money back

[@jamesconner3437]

Yes , Mr Putin, give the stolen money back soon, please. The people are waiting.

[@pivan5779]

Please, give us a good link to Mueller Report, you make it sound so interessting :-)

[@susilemare198]

Check out Malcolm Nance’s take on Mueller Report. It is on his KZbin channel.

[@johncampbell2979]

I am stunned by the ignorance of most of the comments, fact this man was referred to by a British High Court judge as not a creditable witness (ie) a legal way of saying he's a liar.

[@BrettHar123]

Does he look like a credible witness? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqCrYmqmha-gfrs

[@christinelapping7903]

Which judge, when? Context is everything and a link to a credible source would be good.

[@davidgoddard5532]

You said the economics are not good in Russia. However, Jade McGlynn says the economics in Russia were so bad in Russia in the 1990’s after the USSR collapsed, that doctors were driving taxis after work to make enough money to feed their families. She says Russian people are grateful to Putin for bringing about an economic resurgence. She says they see or think democracy will or has been responsible for the 1990’s downturn. Obviously Putin picks up and encourages this thinking so Jade doesn’t think the Russian people want Going on to sanctions she says Russian people blame the West for the current economic downturn and don’t want a new leader or democracy. Can we have Bill & Jade on stage at the same time?

[@barbaramongoose9]

Mr Browder you are a hero! Thank you for fighting and for speaking up! I salute you sir.

[@EBAYvillager]

Got to take down the top devils and keep our saints alive, that s how to win.

[@TheJcrist]

Gloria Crawford yes he is a "hero". Also a liar and a crook.

[@LouMontana-wc7nr]

@@TheJcrist Because you support Trump?

[@danieldinicola4605]

Bill Browder might be a BIG liar. Do a little more digging and see he is no saint either. This moved massive amount of securities out of Russia which is a taxable event. Just saying.

[@B_Bodziak]

@@TheJcrist He sounds like Trump

[@cawag98]

Thanks for posting this. I’m here while reading “Mr Putin” by Fiona Hill

[@almetavance9542]

The Muller Report did not say there was no colusion

[@250txc]

Mr Browder does not pull any punches that's for sure.

[@UberTankred]

"our election" - british citizen

[@ianrutherford2331]

Very good point.

[@B_Bodziak]

He was born in the US. He will always be a citizen unless he denounces the US which he hasn't done. I hold US, UK and EU/Irish passports. I'm as much of an American as trump is.

[@Baronsamedi1804]

@@B_Bodziak he has denounced his US citizenship

[@jonhelmer8591]

@@B_Bodziak Yeah, you smell a bit like Mr Trump.

[@jonhelmer8591]

@@Baronsamedi1804 Yeah, these Putin shills really don't do their homework.

[@pinkster5n]

Where's the sound engineer? Could someone get Bill to lower the microphone a bit? That would get rid of the breath noise and allow us to see his face better!

[@SueFerreira75]

More amazing that The Aspen Institute didn't appear to have two lapel mics when this was recorded. Ice cream cone mics are antediluvian.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

mute the vid and read the captions. Enjoy the silence. Of yourself mainly. hahaha

[@paulineegan7301]

@@SueFerreira75 0

[@cindymaceda2999]

He is so deadpan when he recounts his horrible experiences, understates the danger he has been in, you just have to crack up. 😂

[@sent4dc]

I love the closing statement. Bravo.

[@ianrutherford2331]

Yes, there is absolutely no limits to Browder's blatantly shameless unscrupulousness. for details: “The Killing of William Browder: Deconstructing Bill Browder's Dangerous Deception” by Alex Krainer

[@sweetman5249]

@@ianrutherford2331 Russian GRU ? 😝

[@ianrutherford2331]

@@sweetman5249 In your dreams.

[@sweetman5249]

@@ianrutherford2331 your statements 😝

[@sweetman5249]

@@ianrutherford2331 someone defending kleptocracy 😝

[@FreeMind5094]

could it be because you toppled scores of governments around the world?

[@stacydickson1580]

Bill Browder is a true hero who has done such an amazing thing to fight against corruption. I would love to meet him one day and thank him for the amazing work he has done. It just goes to show you one person can make a difference.

[@nguyetrennie6006]

I love watching your show Bill! Hope you are having many more years of success in writing ❤.

[@Wollemand]

Watching in 2022.. Thinking 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔😱😱😱😱

[@cindymaceda2999]

That’s it ! If Trump is re-elected, in a deal with Putin, he’ll repeal the Magnitsky Act. 😬

[@ennediend2865]

BECAUSE THEY COULD NEED THE DONALD !!

[@leilagomulka5690]

❤❤ ❤

[@patrickmcelligott5646]

RIP Sergei!

[@lindamurray6156]

Can the host not hold the the microphone right in front of your mouth, if you hold it below your chin you can be heard perfectly well.

[@georgeconroy9908]

Reagan created a monster when he left the USSR to the mercy of gangsters.

[@ennediend2865]

NO, Russia's future was no business of his as POTUS.

[@patrickmcelligott5646]

Bullshit, he thought that making totalitarian gangsters into big capitalists would change Russia. Reagan was no saint, he paid big US businesses to leave the US and move to tax havens regarding US taxes. He helped cement big business’ and the elites’ hold on our country, and begin the strangling of small business. He was deep in dementia, which was also true when he was governor of California. He backed off on immigration enforcement to try to break the unions. So, Putin, suka, and his cronies, hacked the election and worked with the RNC and Jeff Sessions to write the party platform on Ukraine. The russki sukas worked with bots to spread lies to get the Supreme Sociopath elected. They also worked at hacking election computers. Dick Tater, who was elected, kissed Putin’s ass continuously. So much that there is constant speculation about what the Russians had over Trump. Well tRump and Putin have the same goals. Trump told us that in a speech in DC recently, where he vowed in no uncertain terms. As for Bill Barr, he lied to Congress to get them to invade Panama. Why? Manuel Noriega had told the US to back off or he would release the Panamanian banking records to the Senate Finance Committee. Barr immediately lied to Congress to get them to authorize the invasion of Panama. Noriega was captured and not allowed to testify on his own behalf, on “National Security” grounds. What was in the Panamanian bank records? One thing was the Panama Papers. Were there also CIA drug monies from cocaine that were being used, because the CIA didn’t want to have to disclose to Congress what they were doing with their funding, as was rumored? George Bush worked with Noriega, when Bush was head of the CIA. And Barr? He also lied to Congress about the Mueller report. Lying to an official of the US government is a felony. Trump has also done plenty of that. Why are these guys still walking around? Because we have special treatment for our oligarchs. If any of this is incorrect, it would come out in trial, but we have two sets of laws in this country. One for the wealthy and elites, (ever hear of white collar crime and white collar prisons? Of course, that is if they ever come to trial and are convicted.)

[@Back2Eire]

It was Bush not Reagan with regard to the end of the Soviet Union. Also it was during Bill Clinton's watch that Putin came forward.

[@georgeconroy9908]

@@Back2Eire Take down that wall Mr Gorbachev. Then Reagan thatcher pope John 2 created neo liberalism an we are all back to slave labour.

[@ottobthomas6254]

Communism created them

[@patrickmcelligott5646]

The oligarchs of the world all work together

[@petermillar9022]

No better person to approach on this was Sen John MCain who was himself a prisoner of war so he personally would truly understand the plight of this man. Amazing story and well done. I am buying your book as i watch the video.(20 mins in) As an Australian we need people like yourself that will stand up against this sort of injustice.

[@markelalagoz7363]

Well, you guys are proof that Americans are still pretty effed up in the head. By the way, I am American also

[@boryskrupa5102]

We have a very old saying in Poland: on the Polish-Chinese border, it's quiet again. It seems it is going to be revised to Ukraine-Chinese or Kazakhstan-Chinese. Thanks to good people evil is shrinkig!

[@vachepetrosian5644]

YOU WERE WRONG THEN AND YOU ARE WRONG KNOW,

[@tavitamuelu4828]

I'm just praying for your safety Sir. NZ should have that SM Law too. Some rich Russians living there too.Nearly finished reading your first book. I went and bought the second book too.

[@markelalagoz7363]

So you are on a witchhunt for the Russians, huh? Listening to the very same person who is doing what he accuses of others of doing.

[@komm11]

Brilliant!

[@elzatatarinov1837]

Eroi di questo secolo

[@mikecota3883]

I saw the biggest yaught get seized.

[@JameBlack]

lol so many Russian bots here...

[@JameBlack]

@Justin have yo watched the video?

[@JameBlack]

@Justin ну и?

[@demoonk420]

you are russian bot. Stop to hacking our propaganda.

[@ebajjj]

Kleptator Putin has 20,000-80,000 cyber soldiers who hit the West (and his own people) 1,000,000,000,000 times since 2013. One trillion times. That`s enough propaganda power to put any president of his choice in office, including Putin himself.

[@trippnface]

Hillary lost.....because she was Hillary Clinton. Thanks for playing...

[@B_Bodziak]

Trump lost and Hillary isn't facing charges

[@ennediend2865]

Not only because of that , ask all American intelligence agencies : Putin had Trump elected. Only Trump chose to believe ... Putin !! Never thought I'd live to see a POTUS do THAT !!! 🧐😳🥺😥

[@HegelsOwl]

This has all been debunked, and we Bowder's own anti-Putin film-maker has proven that Bowder is a liar.

[@throwaways8621]

BB is such an expert he has rely on a bot army to pump him...

[@LouMontana-wc7nr]

Republicans, Russians? I see no difference!

[@thomastaylor9586]

Hillary and Bill Browder should go get a room

[@mh3535]

After 33 minutes - Q: "Why did Russia hack the election?" A: "Because the Mueller report said they did it." Thanks for wasting my time.

[@NancyChasteen]

LMAO

[@sf1726]

Browder specifically said that the Russians want to repeal the Magnitsky Act so all the money stolen from Russia by Putin & his oligarchs is safe from confiscation and the perpetrators safe from prosecution. The Russians are not friends of the US.

[@cawag98]

You missed 29:00 and 33:00 Browder makes the case that the Magnitsky Act’s repeal was the driving force for their hack of the 2016 election.

[@sweetman5249]

@@sf1726 Exactly. Thank you 🙏.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

$1 trillion stolen by the top 1000 Oligarchs of which $200 billion is Pooh-tins of which $75,000 is for Pooh-tin's gold toilet.

[@fredghost5253]

We supposed to believe this guy? Really? Y’all can do better than that.

[@B_Bodziak]

You realize ALL of this took place while trump was still a democrat, right

[@jonhelmer8591]

All I can say is that his facts check out. The paper trails exist. Your problem seems to be not liking the truth. Thank heavens for your type. Imagine if all the money stolen by Putin and his team for their superyachts had been spent on a Russian navy and airforce. Russia could have taken Ukraine in three days. Thank you Thieves in Law.

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

Well obviously asking you to read his book is asking too much.

[@kevingarver9752]

I CALL B.S. !!!!!!!

[@jeanlacaolacao9709]

Is trump now criminally indicted?

[@holdenm5808]

Gonna apologize for the bullshit spewed???

[@KiljiArslan]

This is misinformation.

[@briannxx]

They didn’t and your lies are embarrassing

[@dublinvids5146]

Does the hacking not count? Serious question.

[@cawag98]

Perhaps you’re hoping people won’t watch the video?

[@jonhelmer8591]

What lies? Please elaborate. You seem to be the only really embarrassing thing here.

[@cosomotv]

Bill Browder is a liar

[@cawag98]

Back to Russia Hugo.

[@jonhelmer8591]

Funny, his facts check out. I assume you are a supporter of Mr Putin. Therefore you have learned that a truth you do not like is a lie. Could you identify some of his lies and we can check them out together.

[@prujbonar6045]

Did you get some of the tax money too?

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

hugo read Browder's book and get back to us

[@youdontunderstand62]

Bill Browder wouldn’t have a political campaign if he didn’t lie about the adoption process. I feel used by him