Senate report describes closer ties between 2016 Trump campaign, Russia
By Olivia Beavers - 08/18/20 10:14 AM EDT
A Senate Intelligence Committee report released Tuesday detailed significant ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign, particularly with former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
The fifth volume of the panel's much anticipated report, which is more than 950 pages long, examined "Counterintelligence Threats and Vulnerabilities†during the high profile election race and marks the end to a sprawling investigation that began in January 2017.
Among the probe's newest revelations is that Konstantin V. Kilimnik, an associate of Manafort's, was a “Russian intelligence officer.†Manafort's contacts also posed a “grave counterintelligence threat,†according to the report.
"Manafort hired and worked increasingly closely with a Russian national, Konstantin
Kilimnik. Kilimnik is a Russian intelligence officer," reads the report.
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https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/512487-senate-panel-releases-final-report-on-russian-interference-detailing
