Darn those colluding rigged witches, somehow those who are regularly privy to the classified IC reporting have begun to signal how certain and ‘factual’ is #TrumpRussia. This report strengthens the foundation of Mueller’s investigation.
This report also indicates the differences between the allegiances of Senators and the intentions of WH partisans like Devin Nunes of the House Intelligence committee.
Helsinki formula won’t guarantee any haircuts in Moscow like some members of the GOP Congress are getting today.
While Republicans in the House have openly aimed to discredit the Justice Department’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s Russian ties,
Tuesday’s seven-page report saw the Senate committee’s Republicans siding with US intelligence and law enforcement, including the FBI.
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“The ICA is a sound intelligence product,” the committee says, noting it was produced after “reasonable, transparent and open” debate. The committee said intelligence analysts they interviewed reported “no politically motivated pressure to reach any conclusions,” and noted that the CIA and FBI had “high confidence” that Russia favored Trump, while the National Security Agency had “moderate confidence.”
The Senate report also rejects claims that the so-called Steele dossier—a set of memos by a former British intelligence agent—informed the intelligence community finding that Russia interfered in the election. “All individuals the Committee interviewed verified that the dossier did not in any way inform the analysis in the ICA,” the report says.
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But the toughest challenge yet may lie when the committee releases its findings on alleged coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia. The panel has not set a date for that release, which unlike today’s report, is likely to divide Democratic and Republican senators
Denial is a river in Egypt: