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JUST IN: Senate Intelligence Committee releases 5th & final report on #Russia #Election2016 meddling - on Russia’s attempts to gain influence in the American political system
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/report_volume5.pdf
https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/report_volume5.pdf
The 5 bipartisan reports from the Senate Intelligence Committee based on “more than three years of investigative activity, more than 200 witness interviews, and more than a million pages of reviewed documents” per statement “All five volumes total more than 1300 pages”
Statement from Senate Intelligence Committee acting Chair @marcorubio:
“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...”
“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...”
“... “What the Committee did find however is very troubling” per @marcorubio “We found irrefutable evidence of #Russia|n meddling”
More @marcorubio “We discovered deeply troubling actions taken by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, particularly their acceptance and willingness to rely on the ‘Steele Dossier’ without verifying its methodology or sourcing”
Other key findings from 5th Senate Intel Committee report, per @marcorubio statement:
“ #WikiLeaks actively sought, & played, a key role in the #Russia|n influence campaign & very likely knew it was assisting a Russian intelligence influence effort”
“ #WikiLeaks actively sought, & played, a key role in the #Russia|n influence campaign & very likely knew it was assisting a Russian intelligence influence effort”
Other key findings from 5th Senate Intel Committee report, per @marcorubio statement:
“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“
“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“
Other key findings, per @marcorubio statement:
“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...”
“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...”
More from @marcorubio statement:
“...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
“...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
Other key findings from 5th & final report from Senate Intel Committee per acting chair @marcorubio
NEW: Senate Intel Vice Chair @MarkWarner on 5th #Russia report:
“...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”
“...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”
"I encourage all Americans to carefully review the documented evidence of the unprecedented & massive intervention campaign waged on behalf of then-candidate Donald Trump by #Russia|ns & their operatives & to reach their own independent conclusions" per @MarkWarner
"This cannot happen again" Senate Intel Vice Chair @MarkWarner "As we head into the heat of the 2020 campaign season, I strongly urge campaigns, the executive branch, Congress & the American people to heed the lessons of this report in order to protect our democracy”
Fmr Intel Comm. Chair @SenatorBurr:
"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"
"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"
NEW: Senate Intel Committee #Russia report "reaffirms Special Counsel Mueller’s finding that President Trump did not collude with Russia" per @senatemajldr, in statement, adding " It confirms and sheds new light on Russia’s efforts to influence American politics"
More from @senatemajldr: New Senate Intel #Russia report "reminds us all yet again that the discredited Steele Dossier–itself an effort intended to influence the 2016 election–was compiled by a foreign national from dubious foreign sources, including potential disinformation"
