ICYMI: Senate Intel's Volume 5 dives into Paul Manafort's ties to Konstantin Kilimnik, described plainly here as "a Russian intelligence officer."
Manafort sought to secretly share internal Trump campaign info with Kilimnik on "numerous occasions."
Doc: intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/…
Manafort sought to secretly share internal Trump campaign info with Kilimnik on "numerous occasions."
Doc: intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/…
"The Committee obtained some information suggesting Kilimnik may have been connected to the GRU's hack and leak operation targeting the 2016 U.S. election."
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In his additional views to the report, Senator @RonWyden notes: "Unfortunately, significant aspects of this story remain hidden from the American public," shielded by "excessive redactions."
He says this includes the new info tying Kilimnik to the hack-and-leak ops.
He says this includes the new info tying Kilimnik to the hack-and-leak ops.
Note: The bipartisan Senate Intel's report goes farther than Mueller, whose report described Kilimnik as someone the "FBI assesses to have ties to Russian intelligence."
Kilimnik's ties to the hack-and-leak operations appear to be a new detail in the Senate Intel report.
Kilimnik's ties to the hack-and-leak operations appear to be a new detail in the Senate Intel report.
