FBI, 5 other agencies probe possible covert Kremlin aid to Trump
Source: McClatchy Washington Bureau
"The informal, inter-agency working group began to explore possible Russian interference last spring, long before the FBI received information from a former British spy hired to develop politically damaging and unverified research about Trump, according to the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the inquiry."
"The BBC reported last week that the joint inquiry was launched when the CIA learned last spring, through a Baltic ally, of a recording indicating the Russian government was planning to funnel funds aimed at influencing the U.S. election."
"A key mission of the six-agency group has been to examine who financed the email hacks of the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta. The London-based transparency group WikiLeaks released the emails last summer and in October."
"The working group is scrutinizing the activities of a few Americans who were affiliated with Trumps campaign or his business empire and of multiple individuals from Russia and other former Soviet nations who had similar connections, the sources said."
Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article127231799.html
Focus is on the money - How did email hackers get paid - how could money from Russia get to email hackers.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)...and his Russian SympCronies in the Republican House and Senate.
Stop the TREASONOUS KGOP takeover of America now.
tenorly
(2,037 posts)And King Con knows it.
herding cats
(19,564 posts)This is a good article! Thanks for posting.
Justice
(7,188 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)will be president in 48 hours.
skip fox
(19,359 posts)with the Russian hacking efforts, either by directing their activities (helping them select "targets" or working to find intermediaries who could pass the information off to WikiLeaks.
onetexan
(13,041 posts)the media keeps focusing on the "interfering" but there's been no reports i've heard of any investigation of the trump team colluding with the russians. Would love to hear our spy agencies are actually focusing on that.
Justice
(7,188 posts)"Steele, who had worked previously with the FBI and was well regarded, fed the bureau information in July and September suggesting collusion between Trump associates and Moscow in the hacking of Democratic computers, they said. Eventually, he met in Italy with an FBI official to share more information alleging that a top Trump campaign official had known about the hacking as early as last June, the sources said. "
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)If intelligence sat on this, delayed or obstructed, fucking treasonous heads should roll!
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)be this is some covert plan to get Pence in. Like in private, the GOP is saying HELP US
onetexan
(13,041 posts)so that IF the report ever comes out that there is clear collusion between trump & russians, trump will be ousted but then pence becomes prez. Their underlying goal here of course is to ensure Hillary didn't get a chance. That is exactly what has happened.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Is this inaction caused by D.C. bureaucracy, or is it because intelligence wants to find every single person involved? I hope it's the latter, but suspect it's the former.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,996 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)Can the Obama DoJ appoint a special counsel to investigate as one of its last official acts?