FBI warned Trump in 2016 Russians would try to infiltrate his campaign
Source: NBC News
WASHINGTON In the weeks after he became the Republican nominee on July 19, 2016, Donald Trump was warned that foreign adversaries, including Russia, would probably try to spy on and infiltrate his campaign, according to multiple government officials familiar with the matter.
The warning came in the form of a high-level counterintelligence briefing by senior FBI officials, the officials said. A similar briefing was given to Hillary Clinton, they added. They said the briefings, which are commonly provided to presidential nominees, were designed to educate the candidates and their top aides about potential threats from foreign spies.
The candidates were urged to alert the FBI about any suspicious overtures to their campaigns, the officials said.
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Trump was "briefed and warned" at the session about potential espionage threats from Russia, two former law enforcement officials familiar with the sessions told NBC News. A source close to the White House said their position is that Trump was unaware of the contacts between his campaign and Russians.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-warned-trump-2016-russians-would-try-infiltrate-his-campaign-n830596
Trump can no longer claim ignorance!
Botany
(70,501 posts)n/t
Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)Ole Vlad had to be pinching himself years ago when he realized a complete dunce, total failure at everything he does, trump, needed money and since Vlad has more money than ANY living being, why not make an investment!
Look how it paid off.
turbinetree
(24,695 posts)"The candidates were urged to alert the FBI about any suspicious overtures to their campaigns, the officials said. "
Well one was attacked and infiltrated, and notified the FBI--------------that is what AMERICAN CITIZEN'S do>...........
The other was a traitor and was committing treason, even at the republican convention , with traitorous senator from Alabama, sitting on his team, did he , the Alabama senator make that fucking call-------------NOPE, he was just committing treason, after all he helped write the platform form the right wing "REPUBLICAN Party" let me repeat this he was helping this traitorous team write the "REPUBLICAN" platform to take down a foreign government (UKRAINE) and end economic sanctions to a mafia crime family government full of kleptocrats ..............
MaybeBaby
(3 posts)Forewarned, and still stupid.
onetexan
(13,037 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)The amateur Trump Gang thought they were so smart and would cover their tracks.
McCONnell was already in on it. Knew he was going to get campaign money ($2.5 million) and could steal Obama's Supreme Court pick.
C Moon
(12,212 posts)ANYONE who doesn't see that Trump's thrust into President of the U.S. was aided by Russia, is a COMPLETE IDIOT!
The GOP knows thisand many are probably involvedbut they won't act on it, because they are dizzy with power.
Someone has to save our country from Russia and the rich.
All the Mueller predictions on DU make me nauseous, because they come and go each day like a bad dream. And each day that passes, Trump/GOP/Putin's U.S. takeover becomes more and more entrenched.
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)Everybody laughs at how Trump is tweeting at 4 a.m. but that's when he's on his phone, talking to Putin. You know Moscow is about 9 or 10 hours ahead of Washington DC time, right?
When it's 3 or 4 pm in Moscow, it's the early a.m. hours in the Eastern USA time zone. Trump's babysitters haven't come to work yet so he's all alone then. He thinks nobody knows.
C Moon
(12,212 posts)I pictured Putin telling him that his use of "Fake News" was a great idea, and to continue using it; at which time, Trumpty got all warm inside and smiledhe was probably bursting at the seams wanting to tell everyone his best friend liked it.
Javaman
(62,521 posts)askyagerz
(776 posts)Trump would have been told, "If you see these kinds of contacts please let us know about them so we can keep you updated on the threat picture," said Frank Montoya, a former FBI counterintelligence agent and supervisor who retired in 2016.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,173 posts)"Oh really?...would you have their number on you?"
estefanyo
(21 posts)Because he knew.
marble falls
(57,080 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)didn't the FBI know already?
rockfordfile
(8,702 posts)Do you still trust Mueller?
marble falls
(57,080 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,181 posts)Definitely for months, arguably for years, possibly for decades.