Manafort worked with Russian intel officer who may have been involved in DNC hack, Senate panel says
Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort worked closely with a Russian intelligence officer who may have been involved in the hack and release of Democratic emails during the election, the Senate Intelligence Committee concluded in a bipartisan report released Tuesday.
The committee, which conducted the only bipartisan investigation on Capitol Hill centering on Russia’s 2016 meddling, also raised the possibility that Manafort was personally connected to the “hack-and-leak operations” that targeted Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. The committee states that “some evidence suggests Kilimnik may be connected” to the effort, which was helmed by Russia’s GRU, its main military-intelligence directorate.
Kilimnik’s name appears hundreds of times throughout the document, and he is described as not only aiding the Russian interference effort but working with Manafort and allies in Ukraine to help cover up evidence of Russia’s involvement — and spread false allegations that it was Ukrainians who interfered instead.
The report also described a slew of lingering mysteries and unanswered questions In particular, the panel raised sharp concerns about potentially “obstructive” conduct by witnesses who claimed to be part of “an undocumented and unproven 'joint defense agreement.’”
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