Israeli firm pitched Don Jr. on election meddling scenario in 2016 -- and it sounds eerily like the R

Israeli firm pitched Don Jr. on election meddling scenario in 2016 — and it sounds eerily like the Russia scheme

A consulting firm with ties to Israeli intelligence pitched a plan to the Trump campaign to use social media and foreign assistance to interfere with the 2016 election that turned out to be eerily similar to Russian meddling.

Wikistrat started gaming out a foreign influence campaign just days after Donald Trump entered the race, and an associated firm pitched senior campaign official Rick Gates on the plan in April 2016, reported The Daily Beast.

The pitch by Psy Group, which is reportedly owned by Wikistrat founder Joel Zamel, laid out an election influence campaign that involved creating thousands of fake social media accounts to support Trump, and Zamel himself took part in at least two meetings in Washington in 2016 and 2017.



https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/israeli-firm-pitched-don-jr-election-meddling-scenario-2016-sounds-eerily-like-russia-scheme/

It’s not clear whether the Psy Group plans were ever implemented, but some former employees said at least parts of them were carried out.