TPM - "Our First Full Collusion Story"

[NRaleighLiberal]

"By JOSH MARSHALL Published MAY 25, 2017 4:24 PM

We seem to have our first full GOP/Rus collusion story, albeit with a relatively low level GOP operative in Florida.

Strongly suspect there are many more to come.

Florida GOPer Helped Russian Hacker Disseminate Dems’ Voter Turnout Data

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/anthony-nevins-roger-stone-stolen-democratic-voter-analyses

By ALICE OLLSTEIN Published MAY 25, 2017 3:54 PM

A Republican political operative in Florida asked the alleged Russian hacker who broke into Democratic Party organizations’ servers at the height of the 2016 campaign to pass him stolen documents, according to a report Thursday by the Wall Street Journal.

In return, that operative received valuable Democratic voter-turnout analyses, which the newspaper found at least one GOP campaign consultant took advantage of the information. The hacker went on to flag that same data to Roger Stone, a longtime confidant of Donald Trump’s who briefly advised his presidential campaign, and who is currently under federal investigation for potential collusion with Russia.

The Wall Street Journal’s report presents the clearest allegations to date of collusion between people connected to Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia.

Cybersecurity experts were sounding the alarm as early as last July that Guccifer 2.0, which had tapped into both the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic National Campaign Committee, was connected to the Russian military intelligence apparatus. However, in September, Florida GOP consultant Aaron Nevins wrote to Guccifer 2.0 to tell the hacker to “feel free to send any Florida based information,” according to the Journal.

Guccifer 2.0 ended up passing Nevins 2.5 gigabytes of stolen documents, including information about Democrats’ get-out-the-vote strategy in Florida and other swing states, the Journal reported. Nevins then posted the documents on his blog, HelloFLA.com, under a pseudonym.


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[wildeyed]

1. Yeah, WSJ posted the story this afternoon.

What jumped out at me, RNC and FL GOP refusing to comment. Hmmmm....

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-alleged-russian-hacker-teamed-up-with-florida-gop-operative-1495724787

[sheshe2]

2. Running scared....

[McCamy Taylor]

3. Jail time?

[L. Coyote]

4. It is only collusion if you can prove the hacker is a Russian.

Maybe the hackers are Americans who had to pretend to be Russians to release the hack! Think people!! You hack the DNC, you want to release the material, you can't do it as Republican operatives. And since they pretended to be Russians and operated from Russia to avoid US jurisdiction in the first place ....

[Honeycombe8]

6. I was under the impression that intel knows who the Russian hackers are.

That's how they know Russia interfered with the election. I could be wrong about that. We don't exactly have a report conclusion that lays out facts.

[L. Coyote]

8. YES Russians interfered in the election. But, who the DNC & Podesta hackers are, uncertain.

We know the malware sent packets to a server in Russia that is known to have been used by hackers working for Russia.

Hacking the election and hacking the DNC are two distinct puzzles, DNC hack jut one part of the other.

[Dustlawyer]

11. It is soliciting and receiving stolen property.

[PatrickforO]

5. Hmm. We should feel free to try Aaron Nevins with treason, then.

[AntiFascist]

12. Treason is the Reason...

hey that should be a bumper sticker!

[boston bean]

7. mother fer!!!

what is the constitutional remedy for a foreign hacked election?????

[BigmanPigman]

9. I think a new amendment needs to be written...this is new territory!

Of course it won't happen until it's too late. In fact it already is too late.

[benld74]

10. They're everywhere! They're everywhere!