Posted on 04/21/2020 9:19:41 PM PDT by bitt
A new Senate report undercuts claims by President Trump and his allies that Obama-era officials sought to undermine him while investigating Russia’s 2016 election meddling.
For years, President Trump has derided the assessment by American intelligence officials that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to assist his candidacy, dismissing it without evidence as the work of a “deep state” out to undermine his victory.
But on Tuesday, a long-awaited Senate review led by members of Mr. Trump’s own party effectively undercut those allegations. A three-year review by the Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee unanimously found that the intelligence community assessment, pinning blame on Russia and outlining its goals to undercut American democracy, was fundamentally sound and untainted by politics.
“The I.C.A. reflects strong tradecraft, sound analytical reasoning and proper justification of disagreement in the one analytical line where it occurred,” said Senator Richard M. Burr, Republican of North Carolina and the panel’s chairman. “The committee found no reason to dispute the intelligence community’s conclusions.” The endorsement by Mr. Burr’s committee comes at a key moment for the intelligence agencies. Not only has Mr. Trump moved in recent months to install a loyalist in the top spy position, but Attorney General William P. Barr has also blessed a broad review of possible misconduct by investigators examining the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia, apparently including work by intelligence officials.
The federal prosecutor whom Mr. Barr appointed to review the government’s response to Russian election interference, John H. Durham, is examining whether the C.I.A. or other intelligence agencies overstated President Vladimir V. Putin’s support of the Trump campaign, a central finding of the 2017 assessment. His team has interviewed intelligence analysts, questioning whether Obama-era intelligence officials hid evidence or manipulated analysis about Moscow’s covert operation, people familiar with the Durham inquiry have said.
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THEY’RE BEGINNING TO PANIC.
BURR, INCLUDED.
Saw that Biden’s campaign slogan will be “Grope and Change”
Interference, as in starting the phony dossier to favor the Beast? You bet your arsenal they did!
I never thought it was disputed that Russia tried to interfere in the election. The dispute was that they did so to aid Trump and colluded with his associates. But in reality it was Hillary and her ilk they wanted to win.
Bush League Republican led panel came to that conclusion because Burr is letting Warner run the committee in the spirit of bipartisanship that is the hallmark of Bush League Republicanism.
NY Times is trying to merge two totally different things.
No one questioned the idea that Russia meddles in elections; they have for generations. Not only was Russia doing it but so was Australia, the UK, Mexico, China, Italy, Germany, the UN, and Iran.
What was absurd was the idea that Trump was colluding with Russia. And to date no one has found any evidence to support this claim.
The Times is trying to imply that the first is the same as the second.
Burr, who is under an ethics cloud already, and Warner are up to their necks in the conspiracy so no wonder they come down on the side of the IC.
This boys are on the panic wagon.
These boys are on the panic wagon.
the (evil) spirit of John S. McCain lives on...
You know that the U.S. would never think of interfering in another country’s election. Was Burr a frequent visitor to Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse? If you want to deceive the public you have to base your story on something that is a little plausible. This report is nonsense.
Burr and Warner in a CYA mode.
Maybe they will marry so they can’t be required to testify against each other.
The Slimes has become just like Baghdad Bob, broadcasting Saddam Husseiin victories as incoming morter rounds fell all around him , clearly audible and in some cases visible on his broadcast.
The Slimes are in a position where they tell the truth, or they will be increasingly marginalized as a mere jingoistic propaganda rag which has nothing about it other than leftist, progressive wet dreams.
TANK NEW YORK SLIMES. TANK NOW!
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