In an extensive review of the 2016 assessment, conducted as part of its wide-ranging Russia investigation, the Senate Intelligence Committee in 2020 found no “significant analytic tradecraft issues” with U.S. spy agencies’ work.

A declassified CIA report weakened an earlier determination that Russia’s Vladimir Putin had “aspired” to help elect Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, supporting President Trump’s longstanding claim that the Kremlin played no role in his victory.

A 2017 intelligence assessment found that Russia waged an information warfare campaign designed to boost Trump’s prospects and damage Hillary Clinton's candidacy.