Trump, Supporters Go On Offense After Report Of Clinton Tie To Dossier
7 years, 5 months ago

Trump, Supporters Go On Offense After Report Of Clinton Tie To Dossier

NPR  

Trump, Supporters Go On Offense After Report Of Clinton Tie To Dossier Enlarge this image toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images A long-simmering fight is back on this week over the role of the infamous Donald Trump dossier after a new report that confirmed that the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's campaign helped fund it. The battle over the unverified dossier is a crucial front in the broader political fight over the Trump White House, the public's perceptions of the president and his stunning election win. That document lays out the intelligence community's view that Russia conducted a multifaceted influence operation to undermine American democracy, damage Clinton and help Trump win. Sponsor Message The fight over the dossier has helped contributed to the unraveling of the House Intelligence Committee's Russia probe as well as a similar investigation by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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Exposed: NY Times shares 'false statements' Trump's FBI pick made to 'undercut' agency
2 months ago

Exposed: NY Times shares 'false statements' Trump's FBI pick made to 'undercut' agency

Raw Story  

MAGA loyalist Kash Patel, tapped to be President Donald Trump's FBI director, has "repeatedly undercut" the agency by pushing "false statements" about its work and practices in his books and podcast appearances, The New York Times reported on Thursday. For starters, Patel has repeatedly claimed the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election was triggered by the so-called "Steele …

Former spy says Russia plotted to kidnap Americans for trump election
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Former spy says Russia plotted to kidnap Americans for trump election

Daily Mail  

Russian military intelligence plotted to kidnap Americans in Syria or Iraq before allowing a speedy resolution as a way to boost Donald Trump's standing ahead of the 2020 election, according to the former MI6 spy who authored the infamous 2016 dossier on the then Republican nominee. 'And it would provide the opportunity for Trump and Putin to react forcefully and …

The FBI says Iran tried to send hacked files to Democrats. It’s another sign of foreign meddling
6 months ago

The FBI says Iran tried to send hacked files to Democrats. It’s another sign of foreign meddling

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — When the FBI said this week that Iran had tried to provide Democrats with material stolen from Donald Trump’s campaign, it was only the latest allegation of foreign interference with the U.S. election. The FBI said a few people connected to Biden’s reelection effort received unsolicited emails in late June and early July, before he dropped out of …

'Come on': CNN's Acosta buries GOP operative's rant about Trump-Russia probe
6 months, 3 weeks ago

'Come on': CNN's Acosta buries GOP operative's rant about Trump-Russia probe

Raw Story  

Republican operative David Urban on Monday found himself getting shut down when he complained about the so-called Steele dossier that was filled with many pieces of false intelligence suggesting a conspiracy between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the 2016 presidential election. "When Don Jr. and Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort are meeting with a Russian lawyer at …

FBI investigating individuals tied to Russia state media ahead of 2024 election
7 months ago

FBI investigating individuals tied to Russia state media ahead of 2024 election

The Independent  

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FBI probes cyber theft claims of Trump campaign documents hacked by Iran
7 months, 1 week ago

FBI probes cyber theft claims of Trump campaign documents hacked by Iran

Live Mint  

The FBI is investigating allegations that sensitive documents from Donald Trump's presidential campaign were stolen in a cyber intrusion, as well as attempts to gain access to Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign, days after the Trump campaign declared it had been hacked by Iran. The Trump campaign provided no specific evidence of Iran's involvement, but the claim came shortly after …

FBI investigating possible Iranian hacking of Trump and Biden campaigns: report
7 months, 1 week ago

FBI investigating possible Iranian hacking of Trump and Biden campaigns: report

Raw Story  

The FBI is probing hacking attempts — purportedly by Iran — against the Trump and Biden campaigns in recent months, according to a report. Politico reporter Alex Isenstadt flagged the news on social media, saying, "Trump's campaign says it has been hacked." "The acknowledgment came after POLITICO began receiving emails from an anonymous account with documents from inside Trump’s operation, …

FBI says it is investigating after Trump campaign said sensitive documents were hacked by Iran
7 months, 1 week ago

FBI says it is investigating after Trump campaign said sensitive documents were hacked by Iran

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The FBI is investigating allegations that sensitive documents from Donald Trump’s presidential campaign were stolen in a cyber intrusion, as well as attempts to gain access to Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, days after the Trump campaign declared it had been hacked by Iran. The FBI released a brief statement on the Trump matter reading, “We can confirm …

How Fox News is lying about Trump’s trial
10 months, 3 weeks ago

How Fox News is lying about Trump’s trial

Raw Story  

David Pecker, long-time publisher of the National Enquirer and Donald Trump’s bosom buddy, spent hours on the witness stand in Manhattan last week. Trump, Pecker and Cohen paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to “kill” news that could hurt Trump’s campaign, without reporting those payments to the Federal Election Commission as the campaign contributions they were. He said he told …

AOC says Republicans used 'Russian intelligence' to try to impeach Joe Biden as Stephen Colbert asks her if the GOP is spreading 'propaganda' from the Kremlin
11 months, 2 weeks ago

AOC says Republicans used 'Russian intelligence' to try to impeach Joe Biden as Stephen Colbert asks her if the GOP is spreading 'propaganda' from the Kremlin

Daily Mail  

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Republicans leading the impeachment inquiry took evidence from 'Russian Intelligence' after two GOP House members said that Russian propaganda has 'infected' the party. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Republicans leading the impeachment inquiry took evidence from 'Russian Intelligence' after two GOP House members said that Russian propaganda has 'infected' their party Late night host Stephen Colbert asked …

'Go look it up': Dan Goldman schools GOP rep. for distorting Trump impeachments
1 year, 1 month ago

'Go look it up': Dan Goldman schools GOP rep. for distorting Trump impeachments

Raw Story  

Rep. Dan Goldman called out his GOP colleagues for misrepresenting Donald Trump's first impeachment. In comparing the two impeachments, Rep. Mark Green suggested the so-called Steele dossier prompted the action against Trump. Rep. Dan Bishop insisted the Steele dossier — written by a spy and alleging cooperation between Trump and Russia — was used to impeach Trump. "It started with …

How the 2016 election could factor into the case accusing Trump of trying to overturn the 2020 race
1 year, 3 months ago

How the 2016 election could factor into the case accusing Trump of trying to overturn the 2020 race

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — To hear his lawyers tell it, Donald Trump was alarmed by Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, motivated as president to focus on cybersecurity and had a good-faith basis four years later to worry that foreign actors had again meddled in the race. “There’s usually multiple data points that each side will argue indicates one mental state or …

Trump rages on social media at Judge Chutkan — and demands Jan. 6 committee be criminally charged
1 year, 6 months ago

Trump rages on social media at Judge Chutkan — and demands Jan. 6 committee be criminally charged

Raw Story  

Donald Trump assailed Judge Tanya Chutkan in a social media rant Monday after the federal judge set the former president’s trial date in the 2020 election conspiracy case for March 4, 2024. Trump’s lawyers had sought an April 2026 start for the election conspiracy case, while special counsel Jack Smith requested a Jan. 2, 2024 start date. “Today a biased, …

Trump supporters view the latest indictment as evidence of a crime — against Trump
1 year, 7 months ago

Trump supporters view the latest indictment as evidence of a crime — against Trump

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump and his supporters are reacting to a third indictment against him with a now-familiar playbook: deflecting with unrelated accusations, distracting with misleading claims about the charges, and demonizing the prosecution. He has created this seamless world, where to his followers, everything just confirms his victimhood.” Trump’s repeated lies about the election are at the …

Read Trump’s furious reaction to indictment: ‘This is war’
1 year, 9 months ago

Read Trump’s furious reaction to indictment: ‘This is war’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But when you look at what’s happened to our country in the last three …

Trump Indictment: Live Updates On Mar-A-Lago Documents Case
1 year, 9 months ago

Trump Indictment: Live Updates On Mar-A-Lago Documents Case

Huff Post  

Extremist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene used news of Trump’s indictment to emphasize the need for Republicans to win the 2024 presidential election.In a long tweet posted shortly after news of the indictment broke last night, Greene took a dig at the Democratic Party, saying that they must “awake in the night with panic” at the thought of Republicans winning in …

The Durham report has bared the American ‘deep state’
1 year, 9 months ago

The Durham report has bared the American ‘deep state’

Live Mint  

In India, we are regularly told by opposition parties that the government uses its intelligence agencies to serve its political ends—the Central Bureau of Investigation, the National Investigation Agency, the Enforcement Directorate and so on. To put it simply, the entire Russia-Trump theory seems to have been a political ploy by the Barack Obama government and the people who managed …

Trump demands congressional GOP 'defund the FBI' in all-caps rage post
1 year, 11 months ago

Trump demands congressional GOP 'defund the FBI' in all-caps rage post

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump demanded that his allies in Congress defund both the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in a furious all-caps Truth Social post on Wednesday. Trump, still apparently furious over being indicted on criminal charges related to three different hush-money payments, said that all federal law enforcement should effectively be shut down …

Trump dogged by sixth under-the-radar investigation as indictments loom
2 years ago

Trump dogged by sixth under-the-radar investigation as indictments loom

Raw Story  

According to American University’s Washington College of Law professor Kimberly Whele, Donald Trump is at the center of no less than six criminal or criminally-related investigations and that one of them is running under the media radar with the latest focus on impending indictments in Manhattan and Georgia. In her column for the Bulwark, the legal expert ticked off the …

'FBI should apologize': Trump rails against investigation while promoting post that demands Obama be jailed
2 years, 4 months ago

'FBI should apologize': Trump rails against investigation while promoting post that demands Obama be jailed

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump on early Wednesday morning once again lashed out at the FBI probing his campaign's multiple contacts Russian agents during the 2016 presidential election. In his latest Truth Social post on the matter, Trump promoted a post advocating that former President Barack Obama be thrown in jail for his supposed role in launching the Russia investigation, despite …

Analyst acquitted at trial over discredited Trump dossier
2 years, 5 months ago

Analyst acquitted at trial over discredited Trump dossier

Associated Press  

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A jury on Tuesday acquitted a think tank analyst accused of lying to the FBI about his role in the creation of a discredited dossier about former President Donald Trump. The sole conviction — an FBI lawyer admitted altering an email related to the surveillance of a former Trump aide — was for conduct uncovered not by …

Trump dossier source shocked speculation portrayed as fact
2 years, 5 months ago

Trump dossier source shocked speculation portrayed as fact

Associated Press  

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Russian-born analyst who provided the bulk of the information for a flawed dossier about former President Donald Trump told an FBI agent he was shocked and dismayed that the speculative information he provided was portrayed as fact, an agent testified Thursday. The “Steele dossier” contained numerous allegations about connections between Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and the …

Judge rules naughty bits off limits at Trump dossier trial
2 years, 5 months ago

Judge rules naughty bits off limits at Trump dossier trial

Associated Press  

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that prosecutors cannot present evidence to a jury about the most salacious parts of a flawed dossier alleging connections between former President Donald Trump and Russia at an upcoming trial of an analyst who served as a primary source for that report. Special Counsel John Durham says Danchenko was a primary source …

Judge Tosses Trump Suit Against Hillary Clinton That's 'Lacking In Substance'
2 years, 6 months ago

Judge Tosses Trump Suit Against Hillary Clinton That's 'Lacking In Substance'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A federal judge has tossed a lawsuit Donald Trump filed against Hillary Clinton in March, accusing Clinton and other high-profile Democrats of orchestrating a “malicious conspiracy” by linking his 2016 presidential campaign to Russian meddling in the election. In a Thursday ruling, U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks ripped the suit as a legally deficient “two-hundred-page political manifesto” …

Donald Trump told staff he needed to protect 'Russiagate' docs: report
2 years, 6 months ago

Donald Trump told staff he needed to protect 'Russiagate' docs: report

Raw Story  

On Wednesday, Rolling Stonereported that former President Donald Trump told White House officials that he would protect documents that he believed would expose the Russia investigation as a hoax and reveal a "Deep State" conspiracy to destroy his presidency. At the end of his presidency, Trump and his team pushed to declassify these so-called 'Russiagate' documents, believing they would expose …

DOJ directly probing Trump's actions in plot to overturn 2020 election in criminal investigation: report
2 years, 7 months ago

DOJ directly probing Trump's actions in plot to overturn 2020 election in criminal investigation: report

Raw Story  

On Tuesday, The Washington Postreported that the Justice Department is now focusing in on the actions of former President Donald Trump in the plot to throw out the results of the 2020 presidential election. "Prosecutors who are questioning witnesses before a grand jury — including two top aides to Vice President Mike Pence — have asked in recent days about …

Hillary Clinton uses Trump’s own tweets against him in lawsuit over whether he was ‘Putin’s puppet’
2 years, 8 months ago

Hillary Clinton uses Trump’s own tweets against him in lawsuit over whether he was ‘Putin’s puppet’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and the 20 …

Jury selected for trial of lawyer charged with lying to FBI
2 years, 10 months ago

Jury selected for trial of lawyer charged with lying to FBI

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A jury was picked Monday in the trial of a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who is accused of lying to the FBI as it investigated potential ties between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016. The case against Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity attorney who represented the Clinton campaign in 2016, is the first trial arising from …

DNC, Clinton campaign agree to Steele dossier funding fine
2 years, 11 months ago

DNC, Clinton campaign agree to Steele dossier funding fine

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee have agreed to pay $113,000 to settle a Federal Election Commission investigation into whether they violated campaign finance law by misreporting spending on research that eventually became the infamous Steele dossier. The Clinton campaign hired Perkins Coie, which then hired Fusion GPS, a research and intelligence firm, …

Trump sues Hillary Clinton and accuses her of concocting 'unthinkable plot' to make him look like Putin's puppet
3 years ago

Trump sues Hillary Clinton and accuses her of concocting 'unthinkable plot' to make him look like Putin's puppet

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump has now filed a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and is accusing her of being the mastermind of a plot to falsely make Trump look like Russian President Vladimir Putin's puppet. In the lawsuit, which was flagged by Reuters legal reporter Jan Wolfe, Trump alleges Clinton engaged in an "unthinkable plot" to make it appear as though …

Right-wing media's latest "bombshell" — the Durham report — is a nothingburger
3 years, 1 month ago

Right-wing media's latest "bombshell" — the Durham report — is a nothingburger

Salon  

Right-wing media is having a tizzy about the apparent lack of mainstream coverage around an alleged – and highly dubious – scandal that former president Donald Trump was being spied on by the Hillary Clinton campaign back in 2016. These alleged ties, according to The Washington Post, involved "possible evidence of a secret communications channel between computer servers associated with …

Forget the Steele dossier: Mueller report release shows why Trump-Russia inquiry was required
3 years, 3 months ago

Forget the Steele dossier: Mueller report release shows why Trump-Russia inquiry was required

Salon  

The last few weeks we have seen the media work itself into something of a frenzy in an attempt to force a "reckoning" on the matter of the Steele Dossier, the opposition research document prepared by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele about then-candidate Donald Trump. Trump had been seeking to do business in Russia for years and was found …

Adam Schiff defends Christopher Steele dossier on Trump-Russia connections saying top line was ‘all too true’
3 years, 4 months ago

Adam Schiff defends Christopher Steele dossier on Trump-Russia connections saying top line was ‘all too true’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press, Mr Schiff was presented with clips of his …

Analyst who aided Trump-Russia dossier charged with lying
3 years, 4 months ago

Analyst who aided Trump-Russia dossier charged with lying

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A Russian analyst who contributed to a dossier of Democratic-funded research into ties between Russia and Donald Trump was arrested Thursday on charges of lying to the FBI about his sources of information, among them a longtime supporter of Hillary Clinton. The indictment says Danchenko misled the FBI by denying that he had discussed any allegations in the …

Analyst who aided Trump-Russia dossier charged with lying
3 years, 4 months ago

Analyst who aided Trump-Russia dossier charged with lying

LA Times  

Special counsel John Durham is conducting an inquiry into the federal investigation of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and alleged ties between Moscow and the Trump campaign. The indictment says Danchenko misled the FBI by denying that he had discussed any allegations in the dossier with a contact of his who worked as a public relations executive and was …

A key source for the infamous Trump-Russia dossier is charged with lying to the FBI
3 years, 4 months ago

A key source for the infamous Trump-Russia dossier is charged with lying to the FBI

NPR  

A key source for the infamous Trump-Russia dossier is charged with lying to the FBI Enlarge this image toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP Jose Luis Magana/AP A Russian national who was a key source of information used in the 2016 dossier of allegations about Donald Trump's alleged ties to Russia has been arrested and indicted on accusations that he lied …

Lawyer charged in probe of Trump-Russia investigation
3 years, 6 months ago

Lawyer charged in probe of Trump-Russia investigation

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The prosecutor tasked with examining the U.S. government’s investigation into Russian election interference charged a prominent cybersecurity lawyer on Thursday with making a false statement to the FBI five years ago. The indictment accuses Michael Sussmann of hiding that he was working with Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign during a September 2016 conversation he had with the FBI’s general …

Former federal prosecutor charged in Durham’s Russia inquiry with making false statement to FBI
3 years, 6 months ago

Former federal prosecutor charged in Durham’s Russia inquiry with making false statement to FBI

LA Times  

Special counsel John Durham has worked for 2½ years examining the U.S. government’s investigation into Russia’s interference in U.S. elections. The indictment accuses Michael Sussmann of hiding that he was working with Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign during a September 2016 conversation he had with the FBI’s general counsel, when he relayed concerns from cybersecurity researchers about potentially suspicious contacts between …

Declassified Russia documents: How Team Trump used Fox News as a laundromat for unverified Russian information about top Democrats
4 years, 5 months ago

Declassified Russia documents: How Team Trump used Fox News as a laundromat for unverified Russian information about top Democrats

CNN  

CNN — While most of the nation was largely fixated over the past week on President Donald Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis, the President and his allies in right-wing media have been engrossed with something else entirely. He also released a memo from the CIA to the FBI, which said some Russians believed Clinton was using Trump’s ties to Russia “as a …

Trump says he likes Putin. US intelligence says Russia is attacking American democracy.
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump says he likes Putin. US intelligence says Russia is attacking American democracy.

CNN  

Washington CNN — Despite repeated warnings from intelligence officials and his own FBI director that Russia is carrying out a blatant attack on American democracy, President Donald Trump summed up his views at a rally on Monday in very simple terms, “I like Putin, he likes me.” Trump has consistently expressed a personal affinity for his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, …

Trump campaign’s Russia contacts ‘grave’ threat, Senate says
4 years, 7 months ago

Trump campaign’s Russia contacts ‘grave’ threat, Senate says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Trump campaign’s interactions with Russian intelligence services during the 2016 presidential election posed a “grave” counterintelligence threat, a Senate panel concluded Tuesday as it detailed how associates of Donald Trump had regular contact with Russians and expected to benefit from the Kremlin’s help. A Manafort lawyer, Kevin Downing, said Tuesday that information sealed at the request of …

The Senate just dropped a massive Russia bombshell (and most people missed it)
4 years, 7 months ago

The Senate just dropped a massive Russia bombshell (and most people missed it)

CNN  

CNN — On Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee dropped a bombshell about Russia’s interference in the 2016 election – and its ongoing efforts to disrupt the 2020 contest as well. Consider what we learned on Tuesday : * Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s “high-level access and willingness to share information with individuals closely affiliated with the Russian intelligence services” was …

Russia worked to help Trump in 2016 election: Senate panel
4 years, 7 months ago

Russia worked to help Trump in 2016 election: Senate panel

Al Jazeera  

The US Senate called the report the ‘most comprehensive description’ of Russian efforts and the ‘threat they posed’. The United States Senate intelligence committee concluded that the Kremlin launched an aggressive effort to meddle in the 2016 presidential contest on behalf of Donald Trump as the Republican-led panel on Tuesday released its fifth and final report in its investigation into …

Trump’s 2016 campaign chair communicated with Russian intelligence, bipartisan Senate panel finds
4 years, 7 months ago

Trump’s 2016 campaign chair communicated with Russian intelligence, bipartisan Senate panel finds

LA Times  

President Trump’s 2016 campaign eagerly capitalized on Russia’s efforts to meddle in the U.S. election four years ago, according to a bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report that raises new concerns about connections between his top aides and Moscow. The report, released Tuesday, found that the Trump campaign “publicly undermined” the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia was behind the email …

Senate Report: Former Trump Aide Paul Manafort Shared Campaign Info With Russia
4 years, 7 months ago

Senate Report: Former Trump Aide Paul Manafort Shared Campaign Info With Russia

NPR  

Senate Report: Former Trump Aide Paul Manafort Shared Campaign Info With Russia Enlarge this image toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort passed internal Trump campaign information to a Russian intelligence officer during the 2016 election, a new bipartisan Senate report concludes. Manafort, who was later convicted for financial …

Bipartisan Senate Intel report details Trump campaign contacts with Russia in 2016, adding to Mueller findings
4 years, 7 months ago

Bipartisan Senate Intel report details Trump campaign contacts with Russia in 2016, adding to Mueller findings

CNN  

CNN — The Senate Intelligence Committee released Tuesday the most comprehensive and meticulous examination to date explaining how Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and the Trump campaign welcomed the foreign adversary’s help, revealing new information about contacts between Russian officials and associates of President Donald Trump during and after the campaign. The committee says it obtained “some information …

Bipartisan Senate Intel report details Trump campaign contacts with Russia in 2016, adding to Mueller findings
4 years, 7 months ago

Bipartisan Senate Intel report details Trump campaign contacts with Russia in 2016, adding to Mueller findings

CNN  

CNN — The Senate Intelligence Committee released Tuesday the most comprehensive and meticulous examination to date explaining how Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and the Trump campaign welcomed the foreign adversary’s help, revealing new information about contacts between Russian officials and associates of President Donald Trump during and after the campaign. The committee says it obtained “some information …

Trump retweets Russian propaganda about Biden that US intel agencies say is intended to influence 2020 election
4 years, 7 months ago

Trump retweets Russian propaganda about Biden that US intel agencies say is intended to influence 2020 election

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump on Sunday night retweeted Russian propaganda about former Vice President Joe Biden that the US intelligence community recently announced was part of Moscow’s ongoing effort to “denigrate” the Democrat ahead of November’s election. Late Sunday, Trump amplified a tweet that contained audiotapes of a 2016 conversation between Biden and then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko – material …

Obama official says Trump adviser tried to ease Russia sanctions
4 years, 7 months ago

Obama official says Trump adviser tried to ease Russia sanctions

Al Jazeera  

The second-in-command Justice Department official in the Obama administration told Congress that President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser informed a Russian diplomat in 2016 that the incoming Trump administration would “essentially neutralise” US sanctions imposed on Russia for its election interference. Sally Yates, President Barack Obama’s deputy attorney general, told a United States Senate committee on Wednesday that it …

‘Obamagate,’ Trump’s latest theory about the ‘deep state’ and Obama’s role in the Russia investigation
4 years, 10 months ago

‘Obamagate,’ Trump’s latest theory about the ‘deep state’ and Obama’s role in the Russia investigation

CNN  

Washington CNN — President Donald Trump and his allies added a new dimension this week to their “deep state” conspiracy theory, directly accusing former President Barack Obama of leading a supposed “coup” to sabotage the Trump presidency. Obama’s concerns about Flynn Several factors recently sparked the chatter from Trump and right-wing media outlets about Obama’s purported role in the Russia …

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