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By February 2016, internal IRA documents referred to support for the Trump Campaign and opposition to candidate Clinton.[3] For example, HOM  directions to IRA operators Harm to Ongoing Matter 
  "Main idea: Use any opportunity to criticize Hillary [Clinton] and the rest (except Sanders and Trump - we support them)."[4] Harm to Ongoing Matter 
     

The focus on the U.S. presidential campaign continued throughout 2016. In HOM 2016 internal HOM  reviewing the IRA-controlled Facebook group "Secured Borders," the


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  2. See, e.g., SM-2230634 serial 131 HOM .
  3. The IRA posted content about the Clinton candidacy before Clinton officially announced her presidential campaign. IRA-controlled social media accounts criticized Clinton's record as Secretary of State and promoted various critiques of her candidacy. The IRA also used other techniques.  
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      See SM-2230634, serial 70.
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