{"id":72937,"date":"2020-04-22T02:27:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T01:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=72937"},"modified":"2020-04-22T02:27:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T01:27:07","slug":"republican-led-review-backs-intelligence-findings-on-russian-interference-to-assist-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/republican-led-review-backs-intelligence-findings-on-russian-interference-to-assist-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican-Led Review Backs Intelligence Findings on Russian Interference to assist Trump\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1664612868178885226\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">A new Senate report undercuts claims by President Trump and his allies that Obama-era officials sought to undermine his candidacy by investigating Russia\u2019s 2016 election meddling.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 American intelligence officials\u2019 determination that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to assist Donald J. Trump\u2019s candidacy was fundamentally sound and untainted by politics, according to a key Republican-led Senate review released on Tuesday. The findings undercut longstanding allegations by Mr. Trump and his allies that the officials were biased against him.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Intelligence Committee, which conducted\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intelligence.senate.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Report_Volume4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.intelligence.senate.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Report_Volume4.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1587584979894000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE71YghzeKpc3xAHhOlpOAO9Uj9fA\">the three-year study<\/a>, had already given the work of the C.I.A. and the F.B.I. an interim stamp of approval, but\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intelligence.senate.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Report_Volume4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.intelligence.senate.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/Report_Volume4.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1587584979894000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE71YghzeKpc3xAHhOlpOAO9Uj9fA\">the 158-page report<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday presented new detail about the government\u2019s attempts in 2016 and 2017 to make sense of Russia\u2019s attacks. Much of the report\u2019s contents about the so-called Intelligence Community Assessment were considered highly sensitive and blacked out by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe I.C.A. reflects strong tradecraft, sound analytical reasoning and proper justification of disagreement in the one analytical line where it occurred,\u201d said Senator Richard M. Burr, Republican of North Carolina and the panel\u2019s chairman. \u201cThe committee found no reason to dispute the intelligence community\u2019s conclusions \u201c<\/p>\n<p>NYT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Senate report undercuts claims by President Trump and his allies that Obama-era officials sought to undermine his candidacy by investigating Russia\u2019s 2016 election meddling. 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