In-Depth Interview: Cyber Security Consultant Trent Lapinski Rejects “Russia Hacking” Claims

Interview from the Peter B. Collins Show concerning Russian election hacking

On January 4th, I did an interview on the Peter B. Collins Show concerning the publicly available evidence concerning Russia hacking the 2016 Presidential election process which you can listen to above. Peter typically doesn’t allow anyone to post interviews from his show until after his 2-week paywall is removed, but gave me special permission to post this due to the timeliness of the content discussed.

The content of the interview includes discussion around several of my Medium posts including: “Evidence of Russian Hacking Is Inconclusive”, my unfortunate experience with Wil Wheaton, and my infamous letter to Democrats from election night.

The primary intention of the interview is to discuss the publicly available information concerning the political Russian election hacking narrative currently being pushed by the Obama White House, mainstream media, CIA, DHS, and FBI.

It is important to note the US Government today declassified a new Russia Hacking statement which appears to pivot away from hacking claims, and instead now argues the Russian government was responsible for some kind of propaganda campaign during the 2016 election. This statement was not available when we did our interview, but does not really provide any additional evidence.

The latest statement also conveniently states:

We did not make an assessment of the impact that Russian activities had on the outcome of the 2016 election. The US Intelligence Community is charged with monitoring and assessing the intentions, capabilities, and actions of foreign actors; it does not analyze US political processes or US public opinion.

Meanwhile, the document fails to provide any further evidence of the claims and accusations being made by the US Government of “hacking the election process.”

Lastly, I believe I speak for both myself and Peter by stating we are both patriotic Americans. Our intention is not to support Russia, or Russian interests. We are merely discussing the political nature of the publicly available evidence as of January 4th, 2016.

Full disclosure: I have known Peter B. Collins since I was a toddler. He is friends with my parents, and has worked with my father on many occasions.