WASHINGTON (AFP) - The chairman of President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign secretly shared campaign information with a Russian intelligence officer, posing a 'grave' espionage threat to the United States, a US Senate report said on Tuesday (Aug 18).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - The chairman of President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign secretly shared campaign information with a Russian intelligence officer, posing a"grave" espionage threat to the United States, a US Senate report said on Tuesday .
While the reason for the sharing was not clear, the report said, it noted that it took place just as Russian GRU intelligence and a government-linked social media operation actively sought to tilt the election towards Trump. 'WITCH HUNT' The report came as US intelligence has warned of active Russian attempts to interfere in the current presidential race in Trump's favor.
In a statement his current campaign called the allegations of cooperation with Russia a"hoax" and said the Senate report did not prove any collusion. JAILED FOR FRAUD, NOT SPYING The Senate report, the final product of a three-year investigation into Russian election meddling in 2016, described numerous incidents in which the Trump campaign actively sought the help of Moscow and WikiLeaks to damage the campaign of Trump rival Hillary Clinton.
"The special counsel's inability to 'establish' a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia does not convey the breadth and complexity of the threat presented by their actions," the Senate report says.
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