U.S. says Manafort associate passed sensitive polling data to Russian intelligence

[DonViejo]

Source: Axios

1 hour ago - World

Zachary Basu

The U.S. government has sanctioned Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian-Ukrainian political consultant indicted in the Mueller investigation in 2018, for carrying out election influence operations on behalf of Russian intelligence services.

The big picture: The Senate Intelligence Committee's report on 2016 Russian election interference assessed that Kilimnik, who worked with former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort as a lobbyist for the pro-Russia president of Ukraine, is a Russian intelligence officer.

The investigation found that on numerous occasions, Manafort sought to pass sensitive internal polling data and campaign strategy to Kilimnik. The committee was unable to determine why or what Kilimnik did with that information, in part due to the pair's use of encrypted messaging apps.

The committee did obtain "some information" suggesting Kilimnik "may have been connected" to Russia's hacking and leaking of Democratic emails. The section detailing these findings is largely redacted, however.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/konstantin-kilimnik-manafort-russian-intelligence-ea03b416-e1eb-4fb3-b983-ffbacbafaaa3.html

[Budi]

1. US Dept of Treasury, Sec Yellen. Press Release. Deep Dive Read

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0126

PRESS RELEASES
Treasury Escalates Sanctions Against the Russian Government’s Attempts to Influence U.S. Elections
April 15, 2021

Names, connections, who, what, when, & how.

Unbelievable network build, but not surprising.

[empedocles]

2. Lots of good news lately.

'The Process' grinds on.

[Maine Abu El Banat]

6. I know

But we are moving in the right direction!

[Botany]

3. It wasn't polling data but data analytics that allowed the Russians to microtarget their rat .....

... fucking of elections in 2016.

BTW will anybody be held accountable for this? In a word, no.

[Lemon Lyman]

4. -

Shocker!

Well done Mueller. Cheese-N-Rice.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. K&R

[flying_wahini]

7. I thought this as already known material.

Wasn’t this covered last year, or am I imagining this?

[mpcamb]

8. Paul Manafort is free on a trump pardon. How 'bout some new charges?

Put him back in the slammer where that traitor belongs!

[rockfordfile]

9. We more stronger sanctions and action