Bombshell report says FBI looking at Russia's Sputnik news agency: Theres a direct line to Trump

[UCmeNdc]

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is reportedly looking into whether a Russian government-funded news outlet helped to influence the 2016 presidential campaign on behalf of then-Republican candidate Donald J. Trump.

Yahoo News’ Michael Isikoff and Hunter Walker reported on Monday that FBI agents could be building a case that Sputnik was part of an “influence campaign” to help Trump win the presidency.

Former Sputnik Washington Correspondent Andrew Feinberg, who was fired in May, turned over a cache of emails to Yahoo and presumably the FBI.

According to Feinberg, he was also interviewed by the FBI for more than two hours on Sept. 1.

“They wanted to know where did my orders come from and if I ever got any direction from Moscow,” Feinberg explained to Yahoo News. “They were interested in examples of how I was steered towards covering certain issues.”

Former FBI counterintelligence agent Asha Rangappa called the developments “incredibly significant.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/bombshell-report-says-fbi-looking-at-russias-sputik-news-agency-theres-a-direct-line-to-trump-winning/

[Me.]

1. No Kidding

“incredibly significant”

[saidsimplesimon]

2. Thank you UCme

Michael Isikoff is a skilled, truthful, investigative reporter.

[red dog 1]

7. + 1

[rurallib]

3. big drip in the quickening of drips

[L. Coyote]

4. Andrew Feinberg‏ is tweeting about this:

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Hekate]

5. Well, well, well. Where are the RT and Sputnik apologists of yesteryear?

Hello? Anyone out there?

[elias7]

11. I'm glad I'm not one of them

No room for them

[BigmanPigman]

6. This is going to be a looooooooooooong investigation.

[kentuck]

10. Maybe they can make it last until the end of his second term?

But they have to follow all the leads.

[red dog 1]

8. K&R...Thanks for posting

This story is real, and it's being covered by other news outlets, including:

- HuffPo
- Business Insider
- Newsweek
- McClatchy DC

and others

[Enoki33]

9. CNN previously reported on this.

[link:http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/04/media/sputnik-andrew-feinberg/index.html|