reason that we did not include the dossier per se as an organic part of the intelligence community assessment we published on january 6th of 2017 in which we briefed to then president trump on that day was we could not, in the time we had, corroborate the second or third order assets that were used to compile it. but as far as christopher steele s own credibility, we didn t have any question about that. now, that s an important point. let s clarify that. then i want to get into what the transcript makes clear of this particular senate committee. there is a notion that the reason that they have to go after the dossier is it s all you guys had. the fbi based everything they did, the intelligence from the dni on down, based everything on this dossier. you got nothing else?
let s talk about the russia leaks. much of the evidence proving russia interfered with the election is classified. let s take a look at what we publicly know. on june 14th, 2016, the washington post reported that russian hackers got into the democratic national committee servers. it is the first public report of the breach. june of 2016. this is right after that all-important meeting that happened at trump tower on june 9th. january 6th of 2017, the office of the director of national intelligence, dni, released a declassified version of its analysis into russian interference, which included assessments from the cia, the fbi and the nsa. remember, the dni oversees all of the other intelligence agencies, which is what led to everybody saying that all the intelligence agencies concluded this. a lot of the intelligence agencies in the united states, for instance, coast guard intelligence, they don t study this stuff. that s why they didn t have to
we begin tonight with the oh, so curious timing of a damaging leak targeting president trump. and why it may have come from the unholy alliance of james comey, jim clapper, and john brennan. it was a headline that sent the media apparatus into apoplexy. the new york times blaring from the start, trump has muddied a clear message, putin interfered. notourse, this meeting was a secret. and the findings not exactly new. don t believe me? here s the headline from the washington post on january 6th of 2017. declassified report says it putin ordered effort to undermine safe and u.s. elections and help trump. t so what can we glean from the new york times repackaging a report just days after the f president s much criticized meeting with vladimir putin? first, let s look at some of the key officials who were in that meeting. john brennan, the cia director
cyberattacks to sway the 2016 american election. the evidence included texts and e-mails from russian military officers and information gleaned from a top secret source close to flmplt putin, who had described to the cia how the kremlin decided to execute its campaign of hacking and disinformation. mr. trump sounded grudgingly convinced, according to several people who attended. but every since, mr. strump has tried to cloud the clear findings that he received on january 6th of 2017. well, today the president was asked a question about the russian election interference. he answered it. then the white house said in effect, we heard it wrong. before we hear his latest remarks, here is the briefest reminder of what he said on monday at the news conference with putin in helsinki, followed by his attempt at a fix on tuesday. joofr dan coast came to me and some others and said they think it s russia.