he was very closely aligned with putin. right now, the american government, secretary mnuchin and the treasury department, is easing sanctions on him. it all worked. they won. they got putin putin got trump elected president. putin s allies are now thriving because of this. it s just we act like this story they all got caught. maybe they got caught, but they still won. not just trump, not just putin, but even these allies, these oligarch allies of trump s campaign chairman. the vice chairman of the intelligence committee, he says the data provided, the as soon assive sensitive internal data would have been useful for russia s intelligence operation. is he correct?