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kentuck

(111,104 posts)
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 08:11 PM Dec 2017

F.B.I. Warned Hope Hicks About Emails From Russian Operatives

I wonder how much she told them??
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/08/us/politics/hope-hicks-russia-trump-fbi.html

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WASHINGTON — F.B.I. officials warned one of President Trump’s top advisers, Hope Hicks, earlier this year about repeated attempts by Russian operatives to make contact with her during the presidential transition, according to people familiar with the events.

The Russian outreach efforts show that, even after American intelligence agencies publicly accused Moscow of trying to influence the outcome of last year’s presidential election, Russian operatives were undaunted in their efforts to establish contacts with Mr. Trump’s advisers.

There is no evidence that Ms. Hicks did anything improper. According to former officials, American intelligence and law enforcement agencies became alarmed by introductory emails that Ms. Hicks received from Russian government addresses in the weeks after Mr. Trump’s election.

After he took office, senior F.B.I. counterintelligence agents met with Ms. Hicks in the White House Situation Room at least twice, gave her the names of the Russians who had contacted her, and said that they were not who they claimed to be. The F.B.I. was concerned that the emails to Ms. Hicks may have been part of a Russian intelligence operation, and they urged Ms. Hicks to be cautious.

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F.B.I. Warned Hope Hicks About Emails From Russian Operatives (Original Post) kentuck Dec 2017 OP
Fascinating. And the FBI officials knew all about Hope Hicks emails. skylucy Dec 2017 #1
Is Hicks the next link in the chain reaching from Russian cash to Trump? guillaumeb Dec 2017 #2
Hope Hicks will likely spend the rest of her life in prison Abouttime Dec 2017 #3
Worst dictator since Hitler? Loki Liesmith Dec 2017 #4
Yeah, it's looking so Abouttime Dec 2017 #8
Hope Hicks is more like Trumps Eva Braun Pachamama Dec 2017 #5
Paradise is pressing the potentate's pants ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #7
She's, sorry to say, a dimwitted PR flack. Advisors are experts. Hicks is just a lackey. sharedvalues Dec 2017 #6

skylucy

(3,739 posts)
1. Fascinating. And the FBI officials knew all about Hope Hicks emails.
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 08:21 PM
Dec 2017
No wonder tRumps toadies are going bonkers.
 

Abouttime

(675 posts)
3. Hope Hicks will likely spend the rest of her life in prison
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 08:37 PM
Dec 2017

She is the right hand woman of the worst dictator since Hitler, she's a modern day Gobbels.
I'm at least happy Obama left the FBI and Justice Dept. in good hands to keep are eye on these criminals.
Can we imagine the mess we would be in without the foresight of those that were able to get FISA warrants on these traitors to document their crimes?
I'm hoping Obama comes back onto the national and world stage to help with the transition once Mueller drops the hammer on these scumbags.

 

Abouttime

(675 posts)
8. Yeah, it's looking so
Sat Dec 9, 2017, 01:45 AM
Dec 2017

Stalin won WW2 and accomplished great things, PolPot and IdiAmin were direct reactions to colonialism. None of those can be compared to trump.
I would say trump is worse than Pinochet, orders of magnitude worse and we haven't seen the worst yet, we may not survive.
Trump has the potential to be the worst leader in human history, seriously.
Mussolini is often mentioned in the same breath as trump but Mussolini never had the power trump has stolen.
So yeah, Mussolini, Pinochet, Hitler...Trump.

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