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kpete

(71,898 posts)
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 04:59 PM Jan 2018

NBC: FBI knew of possible Trump-Russia collusion before election, according to Senate testimony

FBI knew of possible Trump-Russia collusion, according to Glenn Simpson’s Senate testimony
by KEN DILANIAN and MIKE MEMOLI


WASHINGTON — By the time the FBI sat down in September 2016 for a full interview with the ex-British spy who had been researching Donald Trump’s Russia connections, the bureau had already received information raising concerns about possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to a transcript made public Tuesday.

Glenn Simpson, a former newspaper reporter and the founder of a research firm called Fusion GPS, spoke to the Senate Judiciary Committee for more than 10 hours in August about his research into Trump, and on Tuesday more than 300 pages of his testimony were released by the committee’s ranking Democrat, Dianne Feinstein of California.





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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-knew-possible-trump-russia-collusion-according-senate-testimony-n836216





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Botany

(70,281 posts)
1. Daily Kos: Dossier author cut off all contact with FBI once they appeared to be protecting Trump
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 05:03 PM
Jan 2018

I suppose we knew already that much of the FBI New York office, what with their close ties to Rudy Giuliani, was in the tank for Trump.

But now we know that Steele and Simpson alerted the FBI about likely Russian blackmail of Trump (and yes, their concern was the pee-pee tape) as far back as JULY of 2016. So for three effing months, until the dubious New York Times article came out about a week before the election, which said the FBI found no Trump connection to Russia, Steele and Simpson were trying to sound the alarm to U.S. Law Enforcement, and they got crickets.

The FBI has a lot of explaining to do. (and so does the NY Times too)


https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/9/1731244/-Dossier-Author-Steele-Cut-Off-all-Contact-with-FBI-once-they-Appeared-to-be-Protecting-Trump?detail=emaildkre

triron

(21,914 posts)
2. But the media and the fbi (or part of their cadre) were obsessed
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 05:16 PM
Jan 2018

with DNC and Podesta emails and Hillary's private email server (which was never hacked).

Botany

(70,281 posts)
3. God only knows how wide and deep this evil that is now Trump/GOP/Russia runs.
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 05:20 PM
Jan 2018

God damn NY Times, CNN, and the Washington Post had the Trump/Russia story
and did not run it but they had plenty of air time or ink for HRC's emails.

wishstar

(5,267 posts)
5. I believe I read in transcript that ABC also knew about dossier claims before election
Wed Jan 10, 2018, 06:30 PM
Jan 2018

while they were allowing Trump (but not Clinton) to call in to GMA every morning and spew his talking points relentlessly without much pushback.

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