Thread: We now have proof that the Trump campaign knew long in advance that the Russians were planning on releasing stolen Clinton & DNC emails. #Collusion has been established. Why is hardly anyone talking about this? 1/
We had known since the Papadopoulos plea last October that the Trump campaign were told in April 2016 that “the Russians had emails of Clinton,” and “they have thousands of emails.” 2/ 
While the information revealed in the plea does not directly say that Papadopoulos told top officials in the Trump campaign, it made clear he was in frequent contact w them re his Russian contacts & it is inconceivable to believe he just didn’t tell them this bombshell. 3/
We now know from the Democrats’ HPSCI memo released Saturday night that the Russians also told Papadopoulos of their plan to disseminate the stolen emails. 4/
The DOJ felt certain enough of their evidence that the Russians told Papadopoulos that they intended to release the emails that they submitted it to the FISA Court. 5/
Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead author of the Dem HPSCI memo, emphasized the significance of this revelation on @chrishayes on Monday night that this is “the first time the public has been able to see one of the links here.” msnbc.com/all-in/watch/g… 6/
Schiff draws a line right to Trump, “so when Donald Trump openly called on the Russians to hack Clinton’s emails & they would be richly rewarded if they revealed those to the press, his campaign had already been put on notice that the Russians were prepared to do just that.” 7/
This also sheds new light on the reason Don Jr was so eager to get the promised dirt from the Russians during the infamous Trump Tower meeting: “If it’s what you say I love it.” 8/
The conspiracy is now in the open: Trump campaign knew the Russians had stolen Clinton & DNC emails & they planned to release them; eagerly sought covert Russian help; encouraged more Russian email releases; & made extensive use them when released knowing Russia stole them. 9/
Collusion has been established. The Trump campaign conspired with a hostile foreign power running a covert intelligence operation to help them win an election. To believe otherwise you must now ignore the facts that are staring us in the face. END
