White House was warned Giuliani was target of Russian intelligence operation to feed misinformation

[Zorro]

Source: Washington Post

White House was warned Giuliani was target of Russian intelligence operation to feed misinformation to Trump

U.S. intelligence agencies warned the White House last year that President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani was the target of an influence operation by Russian intelligence, according to four former officials familiar with the matter.

The warnings were based on multiple sources, including intercepted communications, that showed Giuliani was interacting with people tied to Russian intelligence during a December 2019 trip to Ukraine, where he was gathering information that he thought would expose corrupt acts by former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

The intelligence raised concerns that Giuliani was being used to feed Russian misinformation to the president, the former officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information and conversations.

The warnings to the White House, which have not been previously reported, led national security adviser Robert O’Brien to caution Trump in a private conversation that any information Giuliani brought back from Ukraine should be considered contaminated by Russia, one of the former officials said.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/giuliani-biden-ukraine-russian-disinformation/2020/10/15/43158900-0ef5-11eb-b1e8-16b59b92b36d_story.html

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Nice to see this breaking news tonight before the Trump show comes on.

[brooklynite]

1. Didn't see THAT coming.....

[soothsayer]

2. WH reply: "Yes!!"

[AleksS]

3. Kind of sad.

Ghouliani really could have had it all--retired as "America's Mayor," had a cushy job on the speaking circuit, gone to all the best parties, pretty much had it made, and he sold it all out for the Orange Shitgibbon.

I'm not sad FOR him, but I am saddened BY him.

[TomCADem]

4. Russian misinformation has become a central feature of Republican campaign operations

This is why we need to work hard to vote every Republican out. They are all complicit.

[saidsimplesimon]

5. Thank you Washington Post, right on cue

for an October surprise. I hope they just keep piling on. Thanks for all that you do Zorro.

[ffr]

6. In 'The Hill's' version, tRump is said to have replied to the news, "That's Rudy."

No Mr. impeached infected tRump, that's a traitor who is conspiring against the interests of the United States. Like you, you traitor!

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. How come Trump hasn't complained about US intelligence agencies spying on his personal lawyer?

He should be demanding inquiries, sackings, arrests. And demanding the resignation of the person in charge of this worse-than-Watergate crime - Donald J. Trump.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. The GOP is a bunch of useful idiots

[Kid Berwyn]

9. It's not like Putin doesn't know what Trump is gonna do about it.

Moron does what Moron’s told. Deal’s a deal.

[NorthOf270]

10. Uncle Rudy needs to go to jail