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(CNN)President Donald Trump and other top 2016 Trump campaign officials repeatedly privately discussed how the campaign could get access to stolen Democratic emails WikiLeaks had in 2016, according to newly released interview notes from Robert Mueller's special counsel investigation.
CNN sued the Justice Department for access to Mueller's witness interview notes, and this weekend's release marks the first publicly available behind-the-scenes look at Mueller's investigative work outside of court proceedings and the report itself. Per a judge's order, the Justice Department will continue to release new tranches of the Mueller investigative notes monthly to CNN and Buzzfeed News, which also sued for them.
A retelling of events from former Trump deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates, who served alongside campaign chairman Paul Manafort, is the fullest detail revealed by the Justice Department yet on discussions within the Trump campaign as it pursued damaging information about its Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. The documents were stolen by the Russians, the American intelligence community has found.
"[Rick] Gates recalled a time on the campaign aircraft when candidate Trump said, 'get the emails.' [Michael] Flynn said he could use his intelligence sources to obtain the emails," investigators wrote in a summary of Gates' April 2018 interview with Mueller's team. Flynn was a foreign policy adviser on the campaign and became Trump's first national security adviser.
"Flynn had the most Russia contacts of anyone on the campaign and was in the best position to ask for the emails if they were out there," the investigators also wrote about Gates' interview.
Gates described in an interview with Mueller investigators last year how several close advisers to Trump, Trump's family members and Trump himself considered how to get the stolen documents and pushed the effort, according to investigators' summary.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/02/politics/mueller-investigation-notes-trump-stolen-emails/index.html
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)The truth is gushing out these days
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,415 posts)OliverQ
(3,363 posts)in his Congressional hearing.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)Didn't Ghouliani recently butt dial a journalist, and in the conversation he was talking to a guy named 'George' and telling him he needed money? Around $250,000 I believe was the amount. Same George.
Either that or my memory is slipping with old age.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)He must be a severely compromised Russian asset. Russia found them a real stooge. I hope he gets some prison time. Maybe have a look at his pension too.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)concerned. No wonder that judge was so pissed off.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)OliverQ
(3,363 posts)Link to tweet
What is that 90% counterintel information being used for? How could there be this much info, and Mueller still let Trump somewhat off the hook on conspiracy?
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)I think the investigations have exposed some pretty bad stuff. I think there are spies and moles in very high places. Probably lots of deals being made to get the top perpetrators.
renate
(13,776 posts)When all this literally nefarious stuff was going on behind the scenes.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,415 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Christmas, it really is.
belpejic
(720 posts)Thank you CNN!
You're still in the hook for for Wolf "Wolf" Blitzer and the rest of the crew...
LiberalFighter
(51,084 posts)OliverQ
(3,363 posts)Cambridge Analytica is headquartered in the News Corp building in New York founded by Rupert Murdoch. That's the building that Fox news, the Wall Street Journal, and The Sun tabloid are based out of.
mcar
(42,372 posts)This is big.