Russian troll accounts on Facebook sent messages to the Trump campaign during the 2016 election, The New York Times reported Thursday.
At least one account messaged the Facebook page for the Florida arm of the Trump campaign, called “Florida For Trump.”
The employee who responded to one of the Russian accounts thanked the person for their “enthusiasm, creativity and support” for Trump. The staffer then gave the account the email address for the Trump campaign’s Florida communications director.
The Times obtained a copy of the Facebook interaction. However, the Russian account has since been deactivated, meaning only the messages from the Trump campaign page can be seen.
“Nobody reasonably would have asked — or even thought to ask — ‘Are you sure you’re not with Russia?’” Karen Giorno, the GOP operative who was the Florida state director for the Trump’s campaign when it was contacted by the Russian account, told The Times. “It’s just not something that normally you would think you have to watch out for.”
Giorno said that she would have been more concerned about opposing candidates trying “to infiltrate our campaign, or whether someone who was trying to represent the campaign had a criminal record, or had the right character or background.”
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Russian trolls messaged with Trump campaign officials on Facebook: report https://t.co/hpe3sC5g0p pic.twitter.com/MxI2Ly1Fq4
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