Covering the years leading up to Election Day 2016, Part 1 chronicles Russia's interference campaign, beginning with an in-depth portrait of Russian troll farm, the Internet Research Agency, and its owner Yevgeny Prigozhin, colloquially known as "Putin's Chef." Next, the filmmakers dive into the full story of the DNC hack, offering an illuminating account of the Obama administration's inability to blunt the attack, despite the best efforts of many top national security officials, which ultimately exposed thousands of internal Democratic Party documents.