Thank you, mr. Chairman. Welcome, everyone, to the last gasp of the russia collusion Conspiracy Theory. As democrats continue to voice this expect tackle on the American People as well as you, mr. Mueller, the American People may recall the media first began spreading this Conspiracy Theory in the spring of 2016 when fusion gps, funded by the dnc and the Hillary Clinton campaign started developing the Steele Dossier, a question of outlandish accusations that trump and his associates were russian agents. Fusion gps, steele and other confederates fed these theorys to naive reporters and top officials in numerous government agencies, including the fbi, Department Of Justice and the State Department. Among other things, the fbi used Dossier Allegations to obtain a
warranty to spy on the Trump Campaign. Despite acknowledging Dossier Allegations as being salacious and unverified, former fbi director james comey briefed those allegations to President Obama and president elect trump. Those bri
Thank you, mr. Chairman. Welcome, everyone, to the last gas of the russia collusion Conspiracy Theory. As democrats continue to foist the spectacle on the American People, as well as you, mr. Mueller, the American People may recall the media first began spreading this Conspiracy Theory in the spring of 2016. When the fusion gps, funded by the dnc and the elder Clinton Campaign, started developing the Steele Dossier. A collection of outlandish accusations that trump and his associates were russian agents. Effusion gps, steel, and other confederates and to top officials in numerous agencies, quitting the fbi, the apartment of justice, and the state department. Among other things, the fbi used dusty allegations to obtain a
warrant to spy on the Trump Campaign. Despite acknowledging dusty allegations as being salacious and unverified, former fbi director james comey briefed those allegations to President Obama and president elect trump. This briefings conveniently leaked to the press. Laun
director mueller, meeting with him wasn t enough. sharing internal polling information wasn t enough. mr. manafort went so far as to offer this russian oligarch tied to putin a private briefing on the campaign, is that right, sir? yes, sir. and finally, mr. manafort also discussed internal campaign strategy on four battleground states, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania and minnesota with the russian intelligence-linked individual, did he not, sir? that s reflected in the report. it s clear he hoped to be paid back money he was owed by russian or ukrainian oligarchs. that is true. would you agree, sir, that manafort s contacts with russians close to vladimir putin and his efforts to exchange private information on americans for money left him vulnerable to blackmail by the russians? generally so, that would be the case. several individuals associated with the trump campaign were also trying to
information wasn t enough. mr. manafort went so far as to offer this russian oligarch tied to putin a private briefing on the campaign. is that right, sir? yes, sir. and, finally, mr. manafort also discussed internal campaign strategy on four battleground states, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania and minnesota. the russian intelligence linked individual. did he not, sir? that s reflected in the report, as were the items you listed previously. director mueller, based on your decades of years of experience at the fbi, would you agree, sir, it creates a national security risk when a presidential campaign sharm shares private polling information on the american people? private political strategy related to winning the votes of the american people and private information about american battleground states with a foreign adversary? is that the question, sir? yes, sir. i m not going to speculate along those lines. to the extent it s within the
betrayed our country, lied to the grand jury, tampered with witnesses and who repeatedly tried to use his position with the trump campaign to make more money. let s focus on the betrayal and greed. your investigation, sir, found a number of troubling contacts between mr. manafort and russian individuals before and after the campaign. is that right, sir? right. correct. in addition to the june 9th meeting just discussed, manafort also met several times with a man named konstantin kilimnik, who was found to have ties to the russian government. correct. he didn t just meet with him but shared private trump campaign polling information with this man linked to russian intelligence. is that correct, sir? that is correct. in return, the information was shared with a russian oligarch tied to vladimir putin. is that correct, sir? allegedly. director mueller, meeting with him wasn t enough. sharing internal polling