FBI: No Sign of Criminal or Intelligence Ties Between Trump and Russia
Go figure!
The New York Times:
For much of the summer, the F.B.I. pursued a widening investigation into a Russian role in the American presidential campaign. Agents scrutinized advisers close to Donald J. Trump, looked for financial connections with Russian financial figures, searched for those involved with hacking the computers of Democrats, and even chased a lead – which they ultimately came to doubt – about a possible secret channel of email communications from the Trump organization to a Russian bank.
Law enforcement officials say that none of the investigations so far have found any conclusive or direct link between Mr. Trump and the Russian government. And even the hacking into Democratic e-mails, F.B.I. and intelligence officials now believe, was aimed at disrupting the presidential election rather than electing Mr. Trump.
Hillary Clinton’s supporters, angry over what they regard as a lack of scrutiny of Mr. Trump by law enforcement officials, pushed for these investigations. In recent days they have also demanded that James B. Comey, the director of the F.B.I, discuss them publicly, as he did last week when he announced that a new batch of emails possibly connected to Mrs. Clinton had been discovered.
The good news: Donald Trump is NOT offering kind words and a strangely consistent preference for a more conciliatory attitude to Vladimir Putin because he’s being bribed or blackmailed.
The bad news: Donald Trump is offering kind words and a strangely consistent preference for a more conciliatory attitude to Vladimir Putin because he actually thinks it’s a good idea. ...Read the rest from Jim Geraghty HERE.
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