NEW: @DNI_Ratcliffe says “The @FBI has had possession” of #HunterBiden laptop.
“Without commenting on any investigation that they may or may not have, their investigation is not centered around Russian disinformation and the IC is not playing any role with respect to that.”
"Ratcliffe is 100% correct," a senior intel official said. "There is no intel at this time to support @AdamSchiff
statement....Numerous foreign adversaries are seeking to influence American politics policies,& media narratives."
Official added: "They don't need any help from politicians who spread false information under the guise of intelligence."
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NEW: @realDonaldTrump held a call with his campaign this AM, @TeamTrump, and predicted victory on Nov. 3.
"We’re going to win, and we’re going to win strong...I wouldn’t have told you that two or three weeks ago. I am more excited today than I was two weeks ago.”
NEW: @realDonaldTrump said he is "very happy, this is the day of both campaigns that I feel the best about winning. Because we’re winning in many states," touting performance in NC, PA, Ohio, Iowa, Michigan, & said he's confident in New Mexico, Minnesota
NEW: @realDonaldTrump added that he will "run up the coast — we’re going to get Florida, South Carolina, Georgia — we’re doing very, very well."
“We are in the best shape we’ve ever been in.”
NEW: Senate Homeland Security Committee subpoenaed Cambridge Professor Stefan Halper as part of probe into origins of #CrossfireHurricane. Halper has been long reported as an #FBI informant, including during 2016, when he made contacts w/ @carterwpage@GeorgePapa19
NEW:Halper is compelled to produce all records related to FBI's #CrossfireHurricane probe; DOJ IG's review of that investigation;& the #unmasking of US "persons or entities affiliated, formally or informally, with the Trump campaign,Trump transition, or Trump administration.”
NEW: Halper is required to produce those documents to @SenRonJohnson committee on October 14 at 5:00pm.
“getting additional insight on Russian activities from [REDACTED]”per @JohnBrennan notes. "alleged approved by @HillaryClinton a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisers to vilify @realDonaldTrump by stirring up scandal claiming interference by Russian security service"
NEW: @JohnBrennan notes state @HillaryClinton
proposal was “on 28 of July." In the margin, Brennan writes "POTUS," but that section of the notes is redacted.
A senior Trump campaign official told Fox News that the masthead was a seven-figure buy, and described it as “the most valuable piece of real estate on the internet.”@TeamTrump
YouTube sells the masthead for 24-hour increments, meaning the Trump campaign will control it for the entirety of Sunday, the official said.
NEW: FBI official who served on #Mueller team said he believed the prosecution of #MichaelFlynn was part of an attitude to “get Trump,”& that he did not wish to pursue a Trump-Russia collusion probe as it was “not there"& considered it to be a "dead end." foxnews.com/politics/fbi-o…
NEW: FBI agent William J. Barnett made the comments during an interview on Sept. 17 at DOJ w/ Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri Jeffrey Jensen,Jensen has joined U.S. Attorney John #Durham's team in his review of the origins of the Trump-Russia probe.
NEW: Barnett said he thought #FBI Trump-#Russia probe was “opaque” & “with little detail concerning specific evidence of criminal events & that the “predication” of #Flynn probe was “not great,” & it“was not clear” what the “persons opening the case wanted to ‘look for or at.’”