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Trump mad that IC included Democrats in briefing about how Russia is trying to get him re-elected

On February 20, 2020

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!! Intel officials told lawmakers that Russia is interfering on Trump’s behalf in 2020 — and Trump is angry that they told Democrats about it, per ⁦@nytimes⁩ https://t.co/czoApURcpw— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 20, 2020

Trump was particularly angry that Schiff was on the room for the briefing, per the Times >>> pic.twitter.com/I3g6MM2ZHy— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 20, 2020

NOTABLE: Rep. @RepSwalwell asked WRAY on Feb.6 whether Russia was interfering on behalf of any particular candidate in 2020.

Wray said he had to be careful in an open setting >>> pic.twitter.com/78HmvtHZXK— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 20, 2020

The GOP isn’t even pretending any more. If there’s anything resembling an actual election in November, it will be despite every effort on its part to make sure that doesn’t happen.

ETA: Important to note that the DNI director was replaced as a result of this with a more pliable hack.

Also, Trump offered a pardon to Assange if he would deny Russian involvement in the DNC email leak. This story by itself would qualify as pretty much the biggest scandal of all previous presidential administrations, but apparently nobody cares.