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Russia's ambassador to Washington told his superiors in Moscow that he discussed campaign-related matters, including policy issues important to Moscow, with Jeff Sessions during the 2016 presidential race, contrary to public assertions by the embattled attorney general, according to current and former U.S. officials. Ambassador Sergey Kishak's accounts of two comversations with Sesions -then a top foreign policy adviser to Republican candidate Donald Trump ere intercepted by U.S. spy agencies, which monitor the communications of senior Russian officials both in the United States and in Russia. Sessions initially failed to disclose his contacts with Kislyak and then said that the meetings were not about the Trump campaign. One U.S. official said that Sessions- who testified that he has no recollection of the April encounter has ovided "misleading" statemen intelligence indicates that Sessions and Kislyak had "substantive" discussions on matters including Trump's positions on Russia-related issues and prospects for U.S.-Russia relations in a Trump administration. ts that are "contradicted by other evidence." A former official said that the

Russia's ambassador to Washington told his superiors in Moscow that he discussed campaign-related matters, including policy issues important to Moscow, with Jeff Sessions during the 2016 presidential race, contrary to public assertions by the embattled attorney general, according to current and former U.S. officials. Ambassador Sergey Kishak's accounts of two comversations with Sesions -then a top foreign policy adviser to Republican candidate Donald Trump ere intercepted by U.S. spy agencies, which monitor the communications of senior Russian officials both in the United States and in Russia. Sessions initially failed to disclose his contacts with Kislyak and then said that the meetings were not about the Trump campaign. One U.S. official said that Sessions- who testified that he has no recollection of the April encounter has ovided "misleading" statemen intelligence indicates that Sessions and Kislyak had "substantive" discussions on matters including Trump's positions on Russia-related issues and prospects for U.S.-Russia relations in a Trump administration. ts that are "contradicted by other evidence." A former official said that the

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Jeff Sessions discussed the campaign with Kislyak

Russia's ambassador to Washington told his superiors in Moscow that he discussed campaign- related matters, including policy issues important to Moscow, with Jeff Sessions during the 2016 presidential race, contrary to public assertions by the embattled attorney general, according to current and former U.S. oficials. Ambassador Sergey Kislyak's accounts of two conversations with Sessions- then a top foreign policy adviser to Republican candidate Donald Trump were intercepted by U.S. spy agencies, which monitor the communications of senior Russian officials both in the United States and in Russia. Sessions initially failed to disclose his contacts with Kislyak and then said that the meetings were not about the Trump campaign.

Russia's ambassador to Washington told his superiors in Moscow that he discussed campaign- related matters, including policy issues important to Moscow, with Jeff Sessions during the 2016 presidential race, contrary to public assertions by the embattled attorney general, according to current and former U.S. oficials. Ambassador Sergey Kislyak's accounts of two conversations with Sessions- then a top foreign policy adviser to Republican candidate Donald Trump were intercepted by U.S. spy agencies, which monitor the communications of senior Russian officials both in the United States and in Russia. Sessions initially failed to disclose his contacts with Kislyak and then said that the meetings were not about the Trump campaign.

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More of Steele Dossier

Despite this, the PA official confirmed, from direct knowledge, that the gist of the allegations was true. PUTIN had been receiving conflicting advice on interfering from three separate and expert groups. On one side had been the Russian ambassador to the US, Sergei KISLYAK, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with an independent and informal network run by presidential foreign policy advisor, Yuri USHAKOv 2. (KISLYAK's predecessor in Washingtons who had urged caution and the potential negative impact on Russia from the operation/s. On the other side was former PA Head, Sergei IVANOV, backed by Russian Foreign Intelligence (SVR), who had advised PUTIN that the pro-TRUMP, anti- CLINTON operation/s would be both effective and plausibly deniable with little blowback. The first group/s had been proven right and this had been the catalyst in PUTIN's decision to sack IVANOV (unexpectedly) as PA Head in August. His successor, Anton VAINO, had been selected for the job partly because he had not been involved in the US presidential election operation/s.

Despite this, the PA official confirmed, from direct knowledge, that the gist of the allegations was true. PUTIN had been receiving conflicting advice on interfering from three separate and expert groups. On one side had been the Russian ambassador to the US, Sergei KISLYAK, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with an independent and informal network run by presidential foreign policy advisor, Yuri USHAKOv 2. (KISLYAK's predecessor in Washingtons who had urged caution and the potential negative impact on Russia from the operation/s. On the other side was former PA Head, Sergei IVANOV, backed by Russian Foreign Intelligence (SVR), who had advised PUTIN that the pro-TRUMP, anti- CLINTON operation/s would be both effective and plausibly deniable with little blowback. The first group/s had been proven right and this had been the catalyst in PUTIN's decision to sack IVANOV (unexpectedly) as PA Head in August. His successor, Anton VAINO, had been selected for the job partly because he had not been involved in the US presidential election operation/s.

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Active Measures are in full alert

Patriot @patriot17761980 1h This Russia nonsense is one of many distractions that are preventing President Trump from getting his agenda passed. Mueller must be fired Robert A Butler @RB2414FL 1h SPECIAL COUNSEL-THE SPECIAL COUNCIL ROBERT MUELLER IS NOT ABLE TO FIND "ANYTHING" ON POTUS SO HE "EXPANDS" HIS INVESTIGATION! MUST BE FIRED! Cullan Crothers @CullanCrothers 2h @FoxNews Rosenstein, Mueller, and probably Sessions must be fired now! Sessins has done nohing He recused nimser tom nis whole joi Cullan Crothers @CullanCrothers 2h Replying to @FoxNews @KellyannePolls @realDonaldTrump Mueller must be fired and Rosenstein too! If Sessions does not act on this then he needs to go too! Ultimate injustice with no cause! Do it! WILLIAM R MINCEY @WILLMIN71 2h Replying to @FoxNews @KellyannePolls @realDonaldTrump Mueller must be fired. Big Dem supporter. Get rid of cancer!!

Patriot @patriot17761980 1h This Russia nonsense is one of many distractions that are preventing President Trump from getting his agenda passed. Mueller must be fired Robert A Butler @RB2414FL 1h SPECIAL COUNSEL-THE SPECIAL COUNCIL ROBERT MUELLER IS NOT ABLE TO FIND "ANYTHING" ON POTUS SO HE "EXPANDS" HIS INVESTIGATION! MUST BE FIRED! Cullan Crothers @CullanCrothers 2h @FoxNews Rosenstein, Mueller, and probably Sessions must be fired now! Sessins has done nohing He recused nimser tom nis whole joi Cullan Crothers @CullanCrothers 2h Replying to @FoxNews @KellyannePolls @realDonaldTrump Mueller must be fired and Rosenstein too! If Sessions does not act on this then he needs to go too! Ultimate injustice with no cause! Do it! WILLIAM R MINCEY @WILLMIN71 2h Replying to @FoxNews @KellyannePolls @realDonaldTrump Mueller must be fired. Big Dem supporter. Get rid of cancer!!

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Devin Nunes created Fake News

Burr did not raise concerns about allegations that Rice improperly unmasked any US individuals, an issue first raised by House intelligence committee Chairman Devin Nunes. The unmasking thing was all created by Devin Nunes, and I'll wait to go through our full evaluation to see if there was anything improper that happened," Burr said. "But clearly there

Burr did not raise concerns about allegations that Rice improperly unmasked any US individuals, an issue first raised by House intelligence committee Chairman Devin Nunes. The unmasking thing was all created by Devin Nunes, and I'll wait to go through our full evaluation to see if there was anything improper that happened," Burr said. "But clearly there

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Trump Jr. and Manafort invited to testify

July 18, 2017 NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARING POSTPONEMENT The Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing entitled: "Oversight of the Justice Department's (Non) Enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act: Lessons from the Obama Administration and Current Compliance Practices" scheduled for Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 10:00 am. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building has been postponed subject to the call of the chair. By order of the Chairman Witnesses Panel I Mr. Adam Hickey Deputy Assistant Attorney General National Security Division U.S. Department Of Justice Washington, DC Mr. E.W. "Bll" Priestap Assistant Director Counterintelligence Division Federal Bureau Of Investigations Washington, DC The Honorable Michael Horowitz Inspector General U.S. Department Of Justice Washington, DC Panel II Mr. William Browder Chief Executive Officer Hermitage Capital Management London, United Kingdom Mr. Glenn R. Simpson Fusion GPS Washington, DC Mr. Paul J. Manafort DMP International, LLC Palm Beach Gardens. FL Mr. Donald J. Trump, Jr Trump Organization LLC New York, NY

July 18, 2017 NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARING POSTPONEMENT The Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing entitled: "Oversight of the Justice Department's (Non) Enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act: Lessons from the Obama Administration and Current Compliance Practices" scheduled for Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 10:00 am. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building has been postponed subject to the call of the chair. By order of the Chairman Witnesses Panel I Mr. Adam Hickey Deputy Assistant Attorney General National Security Division U.S. Department Of Justice Washington, DC Mr. E.W. "Bll" Priestap Assistant Director Counterintelligence Division Federal Bureau Of Investigations Washington, DC The Honorable Michael Horowitz Inspector General U.S. Department Of Justice Washington, DC Panel II Mr. William Browder Chief Executive Officer Hermitage Capital Management London, United Kingdom Mr. Glenn R. Simpson Fusion GPS Washington, DC Mr. Paul J. Manafort DMP International, LLC Palm Beach Gardens. FL Mr. Donald J. Trump, Jr Trump Organization LLC New York, NY

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Letter concerning the Trump family

Congress of the Hititeù tates ll!ashington,刃 20515 July 19, 2017 The Honorable Andrew McCabe Acting Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation U.S. Department of Justice 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20530 Dear Acting Director McCabe: We are writing to request that the Federal Bureau of Investigation conduct a review of a potentially serious issue involving First Daughter and Assistant to the President, Ivanka Trump. As a member of the White House staff and close adviser to the president, Ms. Trump applied for a security clearance, and, as a result, was required to disclose her own foreign contacts as well as those of her spouse and siblings Section 19 of the security clearance questionnaire for federal officials -known as Standard Form 86 (SF 86)-asks whether "you or any member of you immediate family in the past seven years had any contact with a foreign government, its establishment (such as embassy, consulate, agency, military service, intelligence or security service, etc.) or its representatives, whether inside or outside the U.S.? Knowingly falsifying or concealing information on a SF-86 questionnaire is a felony, punishable by up to five years in prison. Lack of candor, particularly regarding contacts with Russian officials, has been a significant issue for the Trump administration. We learned last week that Ms. Trump's husband, Jared Kushner, and brother Donald Trump Jr. met with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya and others, including a former Russian counter intelligence officer, for the purpose of obtaining damaging information about Hillary Clinton. Mr Trump Jr. initially denied any such meeting, and no mention of it was made on Mr. Kushner's initial security clearance questionnaire. Since his first filing, Mr. Kushner has had to update his SF-86 multiple times to reflect over 100 meetings or phone calls, including with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and Russian banker Sergey Gorkov, according to reports. It was also reported in May that Mr. Kushner met with Kislyak to establish a back channel with the Kremlin. We are concerned that Ivanka Trump may have engaged in similar deception. For example, did she disclose her husband's meeting with Kislyak and Gorkov? Did she disclose her brother's and husband's meeting with Veselnitskaya? Did she accurately disclose her own foreign contacts in her initial filing, which reports suggest may be numerous? If in fact she did accurately disclose these meetings, who at the White House knew of Mr. Kushner's and Mr. Trump Jr's multiple contacts with Russian officials before they were made public? And, most importantly, did she discuss any of these meetings with the President, and, if so, when? To date, Ms. Trump and her husband Jared Kushner have played an influential role in her father's administration. Ms. Trump even took her father's place at the head table with world leaders at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Between them, the couple have been assigned expansive policy portfolios, even as they maintain a business empire that relies on foreign financing and manufacturing. The juxtaposition of their public and private roles may be murky and confused, but her obligation to disclose her families and her foreign contacts is not. The high standard to which we hold public servants, particularly senior advisers to the President of the United States, requires that these questions be raised, and promptly answered PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPE

Congress of the Hititeù tates ll!ashington,刃 20515 July 19, 2017 The Honorable Andrew McCabe Acting Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation U.S. Department of Justice 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20530 Dear Acting Director McCabe: We are writing to request that the Federal Bureau of Investigation conduct a review of a potentially serious issue involving First Daughter and Assistant to the President, Ivanka Trump. As a member of the White House staff and close adviser to the president, Ms. Trump applied for a security clearance, and, as a result, was required to disclose her own foreign contacts as well as those of her spouse and siblings Section 19 of the security clearance questionnaire for federal officials -known as Standard Form 86 (SF 86)-asks whether "you or any member of you immediate family in the past seven years had any contact with a foreign government, its establishment (such as embassy, consulate, agency, military service, intelligence or security service, etc.) or its representatives, whether inside or outside the U.S.? Knowingly falsifying or concealing information on a SF-86 questionnaire is a felony, punishable by up to five years in prison. Lack of candor, particularly regarding contacts with Russian officials, has been a significant issue for the Trump administration. We learned last week that Ms. Trump's husband, Jared Kushner, and brother Donald Trump Jr. met with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya and others, including a former Russian counter intelligence officer, for the purpose of obtaining damaging information about Hillary Clinton. Mr Trump Jr. initially denied any such meeting, and no mention of it was made on Mr. Kushner's initial security clearance questionnaire. Since his first filing, Mr. Kushner has had to update his SF-86 multiple times to reflect over 100 meetings or phone calls, including with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and Russian banker Sergey Gorkov, according to reports. It was also reported in May that Mr. Kushner met with Kislyak to establish a back channel with the Kremlin. We are concerned that Ivanka Trump may have engaged in similar deception. For example, did she disclose her husband's meeting with Kislyak and Gorkov? Did she disclose her brother's and husband's meeting with Veselnitskaya? Did she accurately disclose her own foreign contacts in her initial filing, which reports suggest may be numerous? If in fact she did accurately disclose these meetings, who at the White House knew of Mr. Kushner's and Mr. Trump Jr's multiple contacts with Russian officials before they were made public? And, most importantly, did she discuss any of these meetings with the President, and, if so, when? To date, Ms. Trump and her husband Jared Kushner have played an influential role in her father's administration. Ms. Trump even took her father's place at the head table with world leaders at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Between them, the couple have been assigned expansive policy portfolios, even as they maintain a business empire that relies on foreign financing and manufacturing. The juxtaposition of their public and private roles may be murky and confused, but her obligation to disclose her families and her foreign contacts is not. The high standard to which we hold public servants, particularly senior advisers to the President of the United States, requires that these questions be raised, and promptly answered PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPE

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Judiciary Letter requesting documents

Mr. Donald Trump, Jr July 19, 2017 CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, JOWA CHAIRMAN ORRIN G HATCH UTAH LINDSEYO GRAHAM SOUTH CAROLINA OHN CORNYN. TEXAS MICHAEL S. LEE, UTAH TED CRUZ TEXAS BEN SASSE, NEBRASKA JEFF FLAKE ARIZONA MKE CRAPO, IDAHO THOM TILLIS NORTH CAROLINA JOHN KENNEDY,LOURSIANA DIANNE REINSTEIN, CALIFORNIA PATRICKJ. LEAHY, VERMONT RICHARD J.DURBIN, ILLINOIS S LDON WHITEHOUSE, RHODE ISLAND AMMY KLOBUCHAR, MINNESOTA anited States Senate documents provided during the meeting and all documents relating to scheduling, what happened during the meeting(s), and any related actions taken after the meeting(s); CHRISTOPHER A C----, DELAWARE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY MAIE K HIRONO, HAWA WASHINGTON, DC 20510-6275 OLAN DAVS Ce Counl and Stalf Dcto EO Duck Demerae Staflf Direco 2. all communications to, from, or copied to you relating to Rob Goldstone, Emin Agalarov, Aras Agalarov, Natalia Veselnitskaya, Rinat Akhmetshin, Anatoli Samochornov, Irakly (Ike) Kaveladze, Christopher Steele, Aleksej Gubarev, Webzilla B.V., XBT Holdings S.A., Alfa Group, Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin, the Ritz Carlton Moscow Hotel, Paul Manafort, Carter Page, Igor Sechin, Sergei Ivanov, Igor Divyekin, Sergei Millian, Dmitry Medvedev, Michael Flynn, Jill Stein, Michael Cohen, Konstantin Kosachev, Viktor Yanukovych, Corey Lewandowski, Sergei Kislyak, Yuri Ushakov, Anton Vaino, Mikhail Kalugin, Andrei Bondarev, Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven, German Khan, Oleg Govorun, Sergey Lavrov, Rosneft, Sergei Kiriyenko, Oleg Solodukhin. This shall include any documents referring to any of the aforementioned using alternate spellings, pseudonyms nicknames, abbreviations, or codes; July 19, 2017 VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION Mr. Donald Trump, Jr c/o Alan S. Futerfas 565 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10017 Dear Mr. Trump We are writing to confirm that adequate steps are being taken to preserve records, and 3. all documents relating to any attempts or actions taken by you or the Trump campaign to with a request for documents regarding any attempts or interest in obtaining information about presidential candidate Hillary Clinton from Russian government and affiliated sources, including through a June 2016 meeting between Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort, Natalia Veselnitskaya, and obtain information during the 2016 presidential campaign about Hillary Clinton from Russian government officials, associates, or representatives; any individuals who purported to act or whom you believed to be acting on behalf of Russian governmernt officials, associates receipt of information obtained as a result of Russia's influen epresentatives; or anyone who might have been involved in or in We expect that you have already taken care to preserve relevant documents in light of opegonrve ns 1 eral law l documents relating to any attempt taken by you or the Trump campaign to enforcement and c this has been done, and describe the scope of documents that are being preserved in encourage, gain, re otherwise use information related to Russia in n aimed at the US 2016 presidenti has not yet been done, we ask that you immedi ou evant documents in vour pos 2016 election Russian government offic act or whom were bel in tact Patrick Davis of Chairman Grassley's staff at (202) 224-5225 or the Trump c taff at (202) 224-7703 meeed We2 owing documents to the Committee no later in produ in Committee on the Judi all documents related to the June 9, 2016 meeti arrange a meeting with Na ng y other meeting, or tskaya or Rinat Akhmetshin, including al Documents lude any written, recorded, or graphic material of any kind, including letters, memoranda, reports, her electronic ments, a ored informati mail or recordings/record Sheldon Whitehous ommunica er or not they resulted in final documen rump for President, Inc. and any related Trump campaign mmi n Crime and Terrorism ors, associ Committee on the Judici Comm r or on behalf of them

Mr. Donald Trump, Jr July 19, 2017 CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, JOWA CHAIRMAN ORRIN G HATCH UTAH LINDSEYO GRAHAM SOUTH CAROLINA OHN CORNYN. TEXAS MICHAEL S. LEE, UTAH TED CRUZ TEXAS BEN SASSE, NEBRASKA JEFF FLAKE ARIZONA MKE CRAPO, IDAHO THOM TILLIS NORTH CAROLINA JOHN KENNEDY,LOURSIANA DIANNE REINSTEIN, CALIFORNIA PATRICKJ. LEAHY, VERMONT RICHARD J.DURBIN, ILLINOIS S LDON WHITEHOUSE, RHODE ISLAND AMMY KLOBUCHAR, MINNESOTA anited States Senate documents provided during the meeting and all documents relating to scheduling, what happened during the meeting(s), and any related actions taken after the meeting(s); CHRISTOPHER A C----, DELAWARE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY MAIE K HIRONO, HAWA WASHINGTON, DC 20510-6275 OLAN DAVS Ce Counl and Stalf Dcto EO Duck Demerae Staflf Direco 2. all communications to, from, or copied to you relating to Rob Goldstone, Emin Agalarov, Aras Agalarov, Natalia Veselnitskaya, Rinat Akhmetshin, Anatoli Samochornov, Irakly (Ike) Kaveladze, Christopher Steele, Aleksej Gubarev, Webzilla B.V., XBT Holdings S.A., Alfa Group, Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin, the Ritz Carlton Moscow Hotel, Paul Manafort, Carter Page, Igor Sechin, Sergei Ivanov, Igor Divyekin, Sergei Millian, Dmitry Medvedev, Michael Flynn, Jill Stein, Michael Cohen, Konstantin Kosachev, Viktor Yanukovych, Corey Lewandowski, Sergei Kislyak, Yuri Ushakov, Anton Vaino, Mikhail Kalugin, Andrei Bondarev, Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven, German Khan, Oleg Govorun, Sergey Lavrov, Rosneft, Sergei Kiriyenko, Oleg Solodukhin. This shall include any documents referring to any of the aforementioned using alternate spellings, pseudonyms nicknames, abbreviations, or codes; July 19, 2017 VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION Mr. Donald Trump, Jr c/o Alan S. Futerfas 565 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor New York, NY 10017 Dear Mr. Trump We are writing to confirm that adequate steps are being taken to preserve records, and 3. all documents relating to any attempts or actions taken by you or the Trump campaign to with a request for documents regarding any attempts or interest in obtaining information about presidential candidate Hillary Clinton from Russian government and affiliated sources, including through a June 2016 meeting between Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort, Natalia Veselnitskaya, and obtain information during the 2016 presidential campaign about Hillary Clinton from Russian government officials, associates, or representatives; any individuals who purported to act or whom you believed to be acting on behalf of Russian governmernt officials, associates receipt of information obtained as a result of Russia's influen epresentatives; or anyone who might have been involved in or in We expect that you have already taken care to preserve relevant documents in light of opegonrve ns 1 eral law l documents relating to any attempt taken by you or the Trump campaign to enforcement and c this has been done, and describe the scope of documents that are being preserved in encourage, gain, re otherwise use information related to Russia in n aimed at the US 2016 presidenti has not yet been done, we ask that you immedi ou evant documents in vour pos 2016 election Russian government offic act or whom were bel in tact Patrick Davis of Chairman Grassley's staff at (202) 224-5225 or the Trump c taff at (202) 224-7703 meeed We2 owing documents to the Committee no later in produ in Committee on the Judi all documents related to the June 9, 2016 meeti arrange a meeting with Na ng y other meeting, or tskaya or Rinat Akhmetshin, including al Documents lude any written, recorded, or graphic material of any kind, including letters, memoranda, reports, her electronic ments, a ored informati mail or recordings/record Sheldon Whitehous ommunica er or not they resulted in final documen rump for President, Inc. and any related Trump campaign mmi n Crime and Terrorism ors, associ Committee on the Judici Comm r or on behalf of them

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Russia threatens US over spy compounds

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Rohrabacher staffer outed for Russian ties

Long before he took up his most recent post as an aide to California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, Behrends worked alongside the Afghan mujahideen, helped the future Blackwater founder Erik Prince get an internship on Capitol Hill (later, he navigated the security firm through the political fallout from a 2007 massacre of civilians in Iraq) and served as chief lobbyist for a firm at the heart of the Jack Abramoff scandal. More recently, he has become a confidant of the pro-Trump Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel and served as the Capitol Hill point-man for the right-wing government of Hungary. While his boss-who was jokingly described by Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy in a closed-door meeting last year as being on the Kremlin's payroll-is the most vociferous defender of Russian interests in Congress and a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, it is Behrends who does much of the actual work, a role that now thrusts him into the spotlight as investigators and media sleuths suss out links between Trump's allies and Moscow. Behrends has been the chief Capitol Hil contact for the lawyer Natalia Vetlitskaya and the lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin, a former Soviet intelligence officer, whose contacts with Trump Jr., along with Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort, are now at the center of questions about whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.

Long before he took up his most recent post as an aide to California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, Behrends worked alongside the Afghan mujahideen, helped the future Blackwater founder Erik Prince get an internship on Capitol Hill (later, he navigated the security firm through the political fallout from a 2007 massacre of civilians in Iraq) and served as chief lobbyist for a firm at the heart of the Jack Abramoff scandal. More recently, he has become a confidant of the pro-Trump Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel and served as the Capitol Hill point-man for the right-wing government of Hungary. While his boss-who was jokingly described by Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy in a closed-door meeting last year as being on the Kremlin's payroll-is the most vociferous defender of Russian interests in Congress and a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, it is Behrends who does much of the actual work, a role that now thrusts him into the spotlight as investigators and media sleuths suss out links between Trump's allies and Moscow. Behrends has been the chief Capitol Hil contact for the lawyer Natalia Vetlitskaya and the lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin, a former Soviet intelligence officer, whose contacts with Trump Jr., along with Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort, are now at the center of questions about whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.

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Sean Hannity colluded with Russian agents

Specifically, Sean Hannity is on signals intelligence co-ordinating his pro-Trump message with organs of the Russian state, such as RT, Sputnik, Wikileaks and Julian Assange. However, emails co-ordinating messaging wit!h registered agents of the Russian state are said to exist from more shows than that of Sean Hannity

Specifically, Sean Hannity is on signals intelligence co-ordinating his pro-Trump message with organs of the Russian state, such as RT, Sputnik, Wikileaks and Julian Assange. However, emails co-ordinating messaging wit!h registered agents of the Russian state are said to exist from more shows than that of Sean Hannity

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Trump claims Comey used dossier as blackmail

In the interview, Mr. Trump said he believes Mr. Comey told him about the dossier to implicitly make clear he had something to hold over the president. "In my opinion, he shared it so that I would think he had it out there," Mr. Trump said. As said. "In retrospect." 09 leverage? "Yeah, I think so, " Mr. Trump

In the interview, Mr. Trump said he believes Mr. Comey told him about the dossier to implicitly make clear he had something to hold over the president. "In my opinion, he shared it so that I would think he had it out there," Mr. Trump said. As said. "In retrospect." 09 leverage? "Yeah, I think so, " Mr. Trump

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Trump threatens Mueller

Mr. Trump said Mr. Mueller was running an office rife with conflicts of interest and warned that investigators would cross a red line if they delve into Trump family finances unrelated to Russia. Mr. Trump never said he would order the Justice Department to fire Mr. Mueller, nor would he outline circumstances under which he might do so. But he left open the possibility as he expressed deep grievance over an investigation that has taken a political toll in the six months since he took office.

Mr. Trump said Mr. Mueller was running an office rife with conflicts of interest and warned that investigators would cross a red line if they delve into Trump family finances unrelated to Russia. Mr. Trump never said he would order the Justice Department to fire Mr. Mueller, nor would he outline circumstances under which he might do so. But he left open the possibility as he expressed deep grievance over an investigation that has taken a political toll in the six months since he took office.

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Deutsche Bank is being investigated

Banking regulators are reviewing hundreds of millions of dollars in loans made to Mr. Trump's businesses through Deutsche Bank's private wealth management unit, which caters to an ultrarich clientele, according to three people briefed on the review who were not authorized to speak publicly. The regulators want to know if the loans might expose the bank to heightened risks. Separately, Deutsche Bank has been in contact with federal investigators about the Trump accounts, according to two people briefed on the matter. And the bank is expecting to eventually have to provide information to Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the federal investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia

Banking regulators are reviewing hundreds of millions of dollars in loans made to Mr. Trump's businesses through Deutsche Bank's private wealth management unit, which caters to an ultrarich clientele, according to three people briefed on the review who were not authorized to speak publicly. The regulators want to know if the loans might expose the bank to heightened risks. Separately, Deutsche Bank has been in contact with federal investigators about the Trump accounts, according to two people briefed on the matter. And the bank is expecting to eventually have to provide information to Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the federal investigation into the Trump campaign's ties to Russia

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