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“We can say, without any hesitation, that the Committee found absolutely no evidence that then-candidate Donald Trump or his campaign colluded with the #Russia|n government to meddle in the 2016 election...”
“#WikiLeaks actively sought, & played, a key role in the #Russia|n influence campaign & very likely knew it was assisting a Russian intelligence influence effort”
“The @FBI gave the Steele Dossier unjustified credence... lacked a formal or considered process for escalating their warnings about the Democratic National Committee (DNC) hack“
“at least 2 participants in a June 9, 2016, meeting w/Trump Campaign officials, Natalia Veselnitskaya & Rinat Akhmetshin, have significant connections to the #Russia|n gvt , including the Russian intelligence services...”
“...The Committee, however, found no reliable evidence that information of benefit to the Campaign was transmitted at the meeting, or that then-candidate Trump had foreknowledge of the meeting”
Re: June 9, 2016 mtg


“...the most comprehensive examination of ties btw Russia & the 2016 Trump campaign to date-a breathtaking level of contacts btw Trump officials &Russian gvt operatives that is a very real counterintelligence threat”
"When this investigation began 3 years ago, Vice Chairman Warner & I agreed that the Senate Intelligence Committee’s core responsibility would be to follow the facts wherever they might lead...Committee investigators have upheld their mission"

Findings look at key players and Russian activities
"The Committee found that Deripaska conducts influence operations...Russian gvt coordinates with & directs Deripaska on many of his influence operations"

"Pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarchs w/deep economic ties to Russia also paid Manafort tens of millions of dollars and formed strong ties with Manafort independent of #Deripaska" per Senate report


"Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian effort to hack computer networks & accounts affiliated with the Democratic Party & leak information damaging to Hillary Clinton"

"WikiLeaks actively sought, and played, a key role in the Russian influence campaign & likely knew it was assisting a Russian intelligence influence effort"

"The Trump Campaign publicly undermined the attribution of the hack-and-leak campaign to Russia and was indifferent to whether it and WikiLeaks were furthering a Russian election interference effort"

"The Committee found evidence suggesting that it was the intent of the Campaign participants..to receive derogatory information...from a source known, at least by Trump Jr, to have connections to the Russian government"

"While these negotiations were ongoing, Trump made positive public comments about #Putin in connection w/his presidential campaign" per the Senate report...
@MichaelCohen212, Felix Sater "sought to leverage Trump's comments...to advance the deal"

"The Committee found that [Felix] Sater did, in fact, have significant senior-level ties to a number of #Russia|n businessmen & former government officials, & was in a position, through intermediaries, to reach individuals close to #Putin"


"The Committee found no evidence that Page made any substantive contribution to the Campaign or ever met Trump" per Senate report, but it says many questions remain about his activities

"The existence of a cadre of informal advisors...w/varying levels of access to the President-elect & varying awareness of foreign affairs presented attractive targets for foreign influence, creating notable counterintelligence vulnerabilities" per Senate report



were all met by "potential assertions" of executive privilege during the Transition" the report says