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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 Trumps 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 years presidential election, Russian operatives were undaunted in their efforts to establish contacts with Mr. Trumps 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. Trumps 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.
skylucy
(3,739 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)One hopes.
Abouttime
(675 posts)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.
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)Stalin?
Idi Amin?
Pinochet?
Pol Pot?
Abouttime
(675 posts)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.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)I wonder what kind of paradise that Trump promised Hope...
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)There can be no greater joy!