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brooklynite

(94,727 posts)
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 08:22 PM Mar 2017

US Officials: Info suggests Trump associates may have coordinated with Russians

Source: CNN

The FBI has information that indicates associates of President Donald Trump communicated with suspected Russian operatives to possibly coordinate the release of information damaging to Hillary Clinton's campaign, US officials told CNN.

This is partly what FBI Director James Comey was referring to when he made a bombshell announcement Monday before Congress that the FBI is investigating the Trump campaign's ties to Russia, according to one source.

The FBI is now reviewing that information, which includes human intelligence, travel, business and phone records and accounts of in-person meetings, according to those U.S. officials. The information is raising the suspicions of FBI counterintelligence investigators that the coordination may have taken place, though officials cautioned that the information was not conclusive and that the investigation is ongoing.

In his statement on Monday Comey said the FBI began looking into possible coordination between Trump campaign associates and suspected Russian operatives because the bureau had gathered "a credible allegation of wrongdoing or reasonable basis to believe an American may be acting as an agent of a foreign power."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/22/politics/us-officials-info-suggests-trump-associates-may-have-coordinated-with-russians/index.html



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US Officials: Info suggests Trump associates may have coordinated with Russians (Original Post) brooklynite Mar 2017 OP
Drip, drip, drip... DesertRat Mar 2017 #1
A Little April shower is coming. Kablooie Mar 2017 #7
" US officials told CNN." hoping it is true riversedge Mar 2017 #2
This should not surprise anyone. Trump alluded to it during his campaign when he said Russian's still_one Mar 2017 #5
Nunes has warned the Trump Russian thugs Cryptoad Mar 2017 #3
FBI has info*not conclusive*suggesting that Trump associates helped coordinate Russians' release o riversedge Mar 2017 #4
Is Tillerson a Russian choice? MissKat Mar 2017 #6
Oh, yes not fooled Mar 2017 #14
BOOM LudwigPastorius Mar 2017 #8
You know how the right, along with some on the left are going to characterize this. They will still_one Mar 2017 #9
Impeach the lying corrupt ASSHOLE now! milestogo Mar 2017 #10
No Wonder Nunes Rushed Over To the WH... TomCADem Mar 2017 #11
DO YOU THINK bucolic_frolic Mar 2017 #12
This is scary if even remotely true. Shocking. n/t Little Tich Mar 2017 #13

Kablooie

(18,641 posts)
7. A Little April shower is coming.
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 08:47 PM
Mar 2017

Drip, drip, drop
Little April shower
Beating a tune
As you fall all around

Drip, drip, drop
Little April shower
What can compare
To your beautiful sound
Beautiful sound
Beautiful sound
Drip, drop, drip, drop



Read more: Bambi - Little April Showers Lyrics | MetroLyrics

still_one

(92,396 posts)
5. This should not surprise anyone. Trump alluded to it during his campaign when he said Russian's
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 08:32 PM
Mar 2017

should hack the Democrats, and Rudy Giuliani admitted it on fox news by saying information relating to the Democrats was going to be released.

The republicans won't do a damn thing about it either

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
3. Nunes has warned the Trump Russian thugs
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 08:30 PM
Mar 2017

so they can clean it up at best possible before the hammer drops! FBI should issue a warrant for Nunes!

riversedge

(70,299 posts)
4. FBI has info*not conclusive*suggesting that Trump associates helped coordinate Russians' release o
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 08:31 PM
Mar 2017

Tweet


Eric Geller?Verified account @ericgeller 12m12 minutes ago

FBI has info—*not conclusive*—suggesting that Trump associates helped coordinate Russians' release of hacked docs. http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/22/politics/us-officials-info-suggests-trump-associates-may-have-coordinated-with-russians/index.html



MissKat

(218 posts)
6. Is Tillerson a Russian choice?
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 08:44 PM
Mar 2017

After reading about Rex and how he'd never met Cheeto-lini, I had to ask myself, "Why Rex?"

And then it hit me like a hammer-- he was awarded a medal of honor by Putin.

Could Rex be Putin's choice???

Am I thinking too hard? But doesn't that make sense?

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
14. Oh, yes
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 10:34 PM
Mar 2017

Tillerson was installed as SoS to facilitate getting rid of sanctions imposed on Russia by President Obama because of the invasion of Crimea, so that dump's puppetmaster Putin can sell his oil on the world market. Also, to help develop those reserves including in the Arctic.

Truly evil.

Tillerson is also on board with Putin's plan to weaken diplomacy including the State Department.

IMPEACH NOW!



LudwigPastorius

(9,170 posts)
8. BOOM
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 08:55 PM
Mar 2017

Shoe dropped.

All the President's men must now be dreaming about a nice, cozy dacha on the outskirts of St. Petersburg instead of the inside of a federal supermax.

still_one

(92,396 posts)
9. You know how the right, along with some on the left are going to characterize this. They will
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 08:58 PM
Mar 2017

rewrite the narrative saying that "we should be thanking the Russians" for exposing the activities of the Democratic party"

It will end up not being about the Russians interfering with our election, or the Trump campaign working with them to coordinate that, but to sell the garbage that it was actually a good thing.

We also know these activities occurred on many fronts, including the planting misinformation:

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/sanders-staffers-confirm-that-russian-trolls-were-pushing-anti-hillary-memes-on-social-networks-and-comment-threads/

http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-internet-trolls-and-donald-trump-2016-7



TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
11. No Wonder Nunes Rushed Over To the WH...
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 09:45 PM
Mar 2017

If you check out Nunes website, he is a true believing Trumpster.

bucolic_frolic

(43,286 posts)
12. DO YOU THINK
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 09:53 PM
Mar 2017

publicly asking - in full public view - the Russians to hack HRC's emails and release them
to the public might be an attempt to 'coordinate' timing and release?

Holy Cow, when is anyone going to wake up about this?

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