Graham releases declassified docs on early months of Russia probe

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Politico

A Senate committee released declassified documents Friday suggesting that senior FBI officials were initially skeptical of the emerging narrative early in Donald Trump’s presidency that his campaign was in contact with Russian intelligence officers.

The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), published the documents as part of a GOP-led review of the origins of the Russia investigation that has ensnared the president and his associates for years. Trump himself has encouraged the Senate’s probe, while Democrats have panned it as a politically motivated effort to boost the president.

The documents suggest that even as press reports began to describe connections between Americans in Trump’s orbit and figures in Russia’s shadowy intelligence services, the FBI had gathered little, if any, evidence that such ties existed.

“We have not seen evidence of any officials associated with the Trump team in contact with [intelligence officers],” wrote Peter Strzok, the FBI agent who helped initiate and lead the Russia probe, in internal notes accompanying a Feb. 14, 2017, New York Times article. “We are unaware of ANY Trump advisors engaging in conversations with Russian intelligence officials.”

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/graham-releases-declassified-docs-on-early-months-of-russia-probe/ar-BB16SvAb?li=BBnb7Kz

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Lindsey you ass kissing toady. You're not going to save Trump.

[Miigwech]

1. Peter Strzok is his source? Is he f-ing kidding here?

[OneCrazyDiamond]

2. Has anybody trustworthy vetted this?

I bet it's altered like most of the crap Republicans put out.

[onetexan]

3. witch hunt to distract

[Midnight Writer]

4. Doesn't this damage the narrative that the FBI led the charge into investigating Trump/Russia?

It sounds like the Press cottoned onto the Russia connection before the Feds looked at it seriously.

[pnwmom]

5. Proving that the FBI officials weren't targeting Trump. Thanks, Mitch. n/t

[aggiesal]

6. If you haven't read the full article, the (R)'s are cherry picking what they release ...

Strzok's comments were limited to Russia’s then-ambassador to the U.S. and the Russian embassy’s liaison to Congress.
And what Lady G released was written before the FBI began to investigate Pendejo45's buddy Roger Stone.

I can't see how this is going to make Hair Pendejo45 look good.