For example, like what the Senate Intelligence Committee revealed just yesterday?
- Trump's campaign chairman Paul Manafort's "high-level access and willingness to share information with individuals closely affiliated with the Russian intelligence services" was regarded as a "grave counterintelligence threat," and his "presence on the Campaign and proximity to Trump created opportunities for Russian intelligence services to exert influence over, and acquire confidential information on, the Trump Campaign."
- Manafort was working directly with Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian intelligence officer, and tried to share internal campaign information with him. The committee says it obtained "some information suggesting Kilimnik may have been connected" to Russia's 2016 hacking operation of Hillary Clinton's emails and the Democratic National Committee.
- Roger Stone was tasked by the campaign with finding all he could about what information WikiLeaks had about Clinton and Democrats more broadly, and "Trump and the Campaign believed that Stone had inside information and expressed satisfaction that Stone's information suggested more releases would be forthcoming."
- Two other Russians who took part in the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with the top brass of the President's campaign had "significant connections to Russian government, including the Russian intelligence services."
- Russian government actors continued until at least January 2020 to spread disinformation about Russia's role in the 2016 election -- and Manafort (and Kilimnik) actively participated in this influence campaign by blaming the meddling on Ukraine.
- Russia took advantage of the Trump transition team's inexperience and opposition to Obama administration policies "to pursue unofficial channels." And it's likely that Russian intelligence services exploited the Trump's transition team's lack of experience for Russia's advantage.
