Officials tell CNN that FBI 'informant' not planted inside Trump campaign
Source: CNN
By Shimon Prokupecz, Jim Sciutto, Laura Jarrett and Manu Raju, CNN
Updated 1:25 PM ET, Fri May 18, 2018
Washington (CNN)An unsupported theory circulating on Capitol Hill and conservative media outlets about an "informant" spying on the Trump campaign reached new heights Friday morning, as President Donald Trump tweeted about the "all time greatest political scandal."
But US officials tell CNN that the confidential intelligence source was not planted inside the campaign to provide information to investigators.
One of the officials said the informant is a US citizen, but provided no other details on the identity.
The officials say that the identity of the informant had been closely held at the highest levels of the FBI and intelligence community, and the individual has been a source for the FBI and CIA for years.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/18/politics/trump-campaign-informant/index.html
Key words in the article: "not planted"
Eliot Rosewater
(31,131 posts)are doing.
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Botany
(70,618 posts)And Page has been on the Fed's watch list for years.
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Russian spies.
Botany
(70,618 posts)n/t
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)if it was Felix Sater, it's not exactly a big secret?
Botany
(70,618 posts)Yes it is. Trump and the republicans worked with a hostile foreign power, Russia, to rig
our elections through cyber warfare.
C_U_L8R
(45,027 posts)if it was Jeff Sessions.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)If Sessions turned out to be the one giving all the incriminating info on Trump.
MontanaMama
(23,364 posts)was part of the Dotard's inner circle when they say they were "not planted"??
WhiteTara
(29,729 posts)MontanaMama
(23,364 posts)CIA interviewed on MSNBC yesterday and in his opinion, it would be highly unusual for our government to plant/embed someone in the campaign...for many reasons. He stated this informant could have been embedded by another government however. The reporter asked if that meant a possible double agent and the CIA guy said YES.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)They were doing illegal things and did the right thing and reported it to authorities, plus he's hated so much his own people are jumping over each other to leak stuff on him out, showing how much they lie, and how corrupt they are. Real Americans are stepping up to out them with leaks. He's doing this to himself from his own actions. Rudy is just another stupid trump trick running around making himself and trump look stupid.
bucolic_frolic
(43,393 posts)no need for spies, it was all available online - Trump tweets, Wikileaks, Fox consultants
Tarc
(10,478 posts)Crimes were witnessed and passed on to the FBI.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)murielm99
(30,778 posts)He would out himself, simply for the attention.
progressoid
(50,001 posts)hmmm...
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)I think it was international 'troubles'-troubles that would involve Feds.
imo bannon is probably 'owned' by fbi/cia and funny how President Trump made Bannon his best friend & sleepover buddie- all on his own.
angrychair
(8,748 posts)Donald j trump dum dummmm dummmmmmm