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US intelligence officials informed senators in recent weeks that Russia has run a yearslong campaign to frame Ukraine for its own hacking of the 2016 election. The briefing came as Republicans ramped up their defense of Trump in the Ukraine affair.
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Russian intelligence operatives conveyed "Ukraine election interference" propaganda to prominent Russians and Ukrainians who then used intermediaries, like oligarchs and businessmen, to pass the material to US political figures and journalists.
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"Russian intelligence aimed part of their operation at prompting Ukrainian authorities to investigate allegations that people in Ukraine tried to tamper with the 2016 US election and to shut down inquiries into corruption by pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine."

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US intelligence officials believe one of the people the Kremlin relied on to spread "Ukrainian interference" propaganda was Deripaska, a Russian oligarch linked to Manafort – who in 2016 claimed Ukrainians, not Russians, stole Democratic emails.
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US Intelligence: “Russian intelligence deployed a network of agents to blame Ukraine for its own 2016 interference, conveying [propaganda] to prominent Ukrainians [Shokin] who then used...businessmen [Giuliani] to pass the material to US political figures [Nunes, Pompeo, Trump].”
"Russian intelligence aimed their operation at prompting Ukrainian authorities to investigate allegations that people in Ukraine tried to tamper with the 2016 US election and to shut down inquiries into corruption by pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine."
The counterintelligence probe into Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has been ongoing since at least Feb 2019 and indicates that FBI and SDNY criminal prosecutors are looking at broader issues related to Giuliani than previously reported.
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NEW: Court ordered documents just released from State uncover “a clear paper trail from Giuliani to the Oval Office to Pompeo to facilitate Giuliani’s smear campaign against a US ambassador,” further implicating Pompeo in the Ukraine affair.
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@mawilner Emails show that the White House helped arranged a call between Giuliani and Pompeo in March, the day after Giuliani gave the White House a packet of propaganda on the Bidens and Yovanovitch, and two days later, Pompeo then spoke to Nunes.
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@mawilner “Regular channels” weren’t working so Trump’s then-Oval Office personal assistant connected Giuliani with Pompeo, who then called Nunes.

A Mar 28, 2019, email lists Pompeo's scheduled calls, including a Mar 29 call to Giuliani and an Apr 1 call to Nunes.
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💣Aiding&Abetting💣:

The years long narrative ‘Ukraine rather than RU meddled in the 2016 elex’ is a RU Intel Op, US Intel says.

US Intel officials informed senators and their aides of the origin of this narrative & how it serves RU

Yet GOP continue to amplify the falsehoods
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RU had engaged in a yearslong campaign to essentially frame Ukraine as responsible for Moscow’s own hacking of the 2016 election.

The briefing came as Republicans stepped up their defenses of Mr. Trump in the Ukraine affair.
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Russian intel officers launched an op in 2017 blaming Ukraine for DNC hack/elex interference.

This disinfo was then passed to prominent Russians & Ukrainians, then thru intermediaries (oligarchs, businessmen) who passed it to US politicians & journalists. nyti.ms/2QIG1Yx
In a briefing, US intelligence officials informed senators & their aides in recent weeks that Russia had engaged in a years-long campaign to frame Ukraine for Moscow’s own hacking of the 2016 election.

And once again, right-wing media & Republicans allied w/ Russia to lie to us.
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🔥“Moscow has run a yearslong operation to blame #Ukraine for its own 2016 election interference. #Republicans have used **similar talking points** to defend @realDonaldTrump in #impeachment proceedings.”

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