4 men, 4 takeaways from the monster Senate intelligence report on Russian election meddling

[Rogue Valley]

4 men, 4 takeaways from the monster Senate intelligence report on Russian election meddling

8/18/20
Paul Manafort (and Konstantin Kilimnik) - For the first time, the committee unequivocally identified Manafort business associate Konstantin Kilimnik as "a Russian intelligence officer." The committee's assessment of Kilimnik went further than an investigation of Russian election interference prepared by Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller. Before joining the Trump campaign in March 2016, Manafort "directly and indirectly" communicated with Kilimnik, according to the Senate report, and "on numerous occasions, Manafort sought to secretly share internal campaign information" with the Russian operative.

Roger Stone (and WikiLeaks) - The Senate report found that Trump spoke with Stone about back-channel efforts to communicate with the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks about the release of emails stolen by Russian hackers that were damaging to Clinton and the Democratic National Committee. Trump told Mueller's team, in written responses to investigators' questions, that he did not recall discussing WikiLeaks with Stone. "Despite Trump's recollection, the committee assesses that Trump did, in fact, speak with Stone about WikiLeaks and with members of his campaign about Stone's access (to the group) on multiple occasions," the report said.

Donald Trump Jr. (and Trump Tower) - Senate officials concluded that in a meeting June 9, 2016 with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya at Trump Tower, "it was the intent of the campaign participants in the meeting, particularly Donald Trump Jr., to receive derogatory information that would be of benefit to the campaign from a source known ... to have connections to the Russian government." Investigators concluded that the offer of information was part of a "broader influence operation targeting the United States that was coordinated, at least in part, with elements of the Russian government."

Christopher Steele (and the FBI) - Senate investigators said the FBI's efforts to investigate the allegations in the dossier were focused largely on identifying Steele's source network. Though the bureau attempted to corroborate the dossier's contents, the Senate panel concluded that effort was "lacking in both thoroughness and rigor."

In respect to the 2016 Trump campaign working with Russian agents, there is plenty of "there there".

Especially damaging is the conclusion that Trump used Roger Stone as his cutout in discussions with Wikileaks, which had been provided with hacked data from Hillary Clinton/DNC by Russia's GRU/FSB intelligence agencies.

Roger Stone, convicted of five felony counts of lying to congressional investigators, one count of obstructing a congressional probe and one count of witness tampering, had his prison sentence commuted by president Trump on July 10, 2020.

 

[OrphanSlug]

I guess we should start to look at all things Trump in this regard... anything morally questionable, sinister, probably illegal, and definitely of poor character gets **** done.

 

[KLATTU]

whew...and I thought Republicans were bad about Benghazi.

Talk about obsession.

 

[calamity]

4 men, 4 takeaways from the monster Senate intelligence report on Russian election meddling

In respect to the 2016 Trump campaign working with Russian agents, there is plenty of "there there".

Especially damaging is the conclusion that Trump used Roger Stone as his cutout in discussions with Wikileaks, which had been provided with hacked data from Hillary Clinton/DNC by Russia's GRU/FSB intelligence agencies.

Roger Stone, convicted of five felony counts of lying to congressional investigators, one count of obstructing a congressional probe and one count of witness tampering, had his prison sentence commuted by president Trump on July 10, 2020.

Looks like a slam dunk that traitorous Republicans sold out America for their own self-interest. Of course, we all knew it. And, we all saw the Trump supporters lie about it.

Let's never forget.

 

[calamity]

whew...and I thought Republicans were bad about Benghazi.

Talk about obsession.

Yes, we get it. Trump supporters sold out their country, and now pretend like it's a nothingburger.

 

[bluesmoke]

whew...and I thought Republicans were bad about Benghazi.

Talk about obsession.

Yup. The obsession of the Republican led Senate Intelligence Committee. You nailed it. SARC.

 

[KLATTU]

a big nothing burger, revealing information that has been know and made public ad nauseum , paid attention to only by TDS kooks.

 

[bluesmoke]

I guess we should start to look at all things Trump in this regard... anything morally questionable, sinister, probably illegal, and definitely of poor character gets **** done.

Such Republican tactics, especially those of Stone, have been highly effective. And the Dems look on. What a sad state of affairs.

 

[Rogue Valley]

Such Republican tactics, especially those of Stone, have been highly effective. And the Dems look on. What a sad state of affairs.

Turnabout will be quite entertaining.

 

[bluesmoke]

Turnabout will be quite entertaining.

Not really. The way this usually works, by the time the Reps have done what they do so much better than the Dems, the public is tired of it and that is not the nature of the Dems, anyway. They're not good at 100% turnabout/revenge is fair play. They're too professorial. Too forgiving. Look at all Stone has gotten away with, and he has. Guess who's laughing and who sustained the damage?