A GOP Congressman Received "Sensitive Documents" From Russian Officials in 2016

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Former Rep. Dana Rohrabacher met with Russian involved in “targeting elections,” a Senate committee finds.

Former GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher had more extensive contacts with Russian officials attempting to influence US politics than previously known, the Senate Intelligence Committee said in a report released Monday.

The findings on Rohrabacher are part of the committee’s fifth and final volume detailing Russian interference in the 2016 election. The final report focuses on counterintelligence.

The efforts to influence Rohrabacher, who formerly chaired a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee that oversaw relations with Russia, are among examples of the Kremlin’s success in exerting influence in Washington.

The panel examined a trip to Russia that Rohrabacher took in April 2016 as part of a congressional delegation. During the visit, the lawmaker and an aide, Paul Behrends, brushed off the concerns of diplomats in the US embassy and “separated from the group” to attend a meeting with “a close confidant” of Vladimir Putin, the report said.

They also accepted a folder containing what a Russian official claimed were “sensitive” materials. These Russian efforts dovetailed with Moscow’s attempts a few months later to help the Donald Trump’s presidential campaign by passing on what they claimed was damaging information related to Hillary Clinton. Rohrabacher did not respond to requests for comment from Mother Jones.

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1. So scumbag Dana didn't provide the materials to the FBI, knowing clear and well that bribery ...

attempts by foreign entities is illegal, and one of the top officials of our government didn't even tell a soul. Traitor.

[tishaLA]

2. "You mean that's a problem?," asked disgraced repub senator

Ron Johnson.

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3. So that's what Rep. Kevin McCarty was joking about when Speaker Ryan

told him to shut the hell up.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

5. Do you mean Paul Ryan, their "rising star?"

Where is he now?

John Boehner must be enjoying another glass of wine and laughing hysterically.

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4. Why is everyone so surprised - we knew

Kevin McCarthy told them and Ryan told them to keep it in the family.

[abqtommy]

6. +100 Spot on! NOw in 2020 this is a big deal? Gimme a break...