FBI has second dossier on possible Trump-Russia collusion
Source: The Guardian
The second memo was written by Cody Shearer, a controversial political activist and former journalist who was close to the Clinton White House in the 1990s.
Unlike Steele, Shearer does not have a background in espionage, and his memo was initially viewed with scepticism, not least because he had shared it with select media organisations before the election.
However, the Guardian has been told the FBI investigation is still assessing details in the Shearer memo and is pursuing intriguing leads.
One source with knowledge of the inquiry said the fact the FBI was still working on it suggested investigators had taken an aspect of it seriously.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/30/trump-russia-collusion-fbi-cody-shearer-memo?CMP=twt_gu&__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true
More drip... There is also still evidence from other Five Eyes Countries besides the Netherlands that we've heard about but that hasn't been fully explained.
This Russia story just won't go away
Botany
(70,512 posts)Former National Security Council member: Trump was - and is still likely - 'a tool of the Russians'
Russia's goal; "undermining U.S. democracy by polarizing the American constituency"
I think Ill leave that to Bob Mueller to answer, Vinograd replied. What I do think is, we already know from the intelligence community and the entire intelligence community agrees on this is that Donald Trump was Russias preferred candidate. Now that is not because any kind of personal love for Donald Trump. It is because they viewed him and his election as being more preferable to advancing their policies and to advancing their mission again of undermining U.S. democracy by polarizing the American constituency and decreasing American leverage around the world, and that is what Vladimir Putin wants.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/former-national-security-council-member-trump-still-likely-tool-russians/
riversedge
(70,239 posts)YessirAtsaFact
(2,064 posts)Regarding Orwellian Orange and Russia
DUmp has been suspected of money laundering for years and his contacts with Russia are suspicious.
Western intelligence services have been interested in him for some time