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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
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“...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"
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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"
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"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
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"Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian effort to hack computer networks & accounts affiliated with the Democratic Party & leak information damaging to Hillary Clinton"
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"WikiLeaks actively sought, and played, a key role in the Russian influence campaign & likely knew it was assisting a Russian intelligence influence effort"
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"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"
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"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"
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"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"
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"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"
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"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
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"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
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were all met by "potential assertions" of executive privilege during the Transition" the report says