![]() “These documents, which I have long sought, tell a damning story for anyone who’s interested in trying to find the truth behind the corrupt nature of the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign in 2016 and beyond,” Graham added.īut Strzok’s comments came before the investigation into Trump adviser Roger Stone, who he wrote in one note had not been investigated. Graham, in a statement, argued that Strzok’s notes “question the entire premise of the FBI’s investigation” and undercuts Mueller’s probe. “Again we are unaware of ANY Trump advisors engaging in conversations with Russian intelligence officials,” he adds in another note. We have not seen evidence of any individuals affiliated with the Trump team in contact with IOs,” one of Strzok’s annotations reads, referring to intelligence officers. “This statement is misleading and inaccurate as written. In one of the documents released by Graham, Peter Strzok, a former FBI agent, annotated a New York Times February 2017 article headlined “Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence.” Graham, a top ally of Trump’s, is investigating “Crossfire Hurricane,” the FBI’s investigation into Russia’s election interference and the Trump campaign, and former special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, which subsumed it. The documents - an annotated version of a New York Times story and a 57-page memo of an interview with a source for Christopher Steele, who compiled a controversial research dossier against then-candidate Trump - comes as Republicans are ramping up their Obama-era investigations. ![]() ![]() Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Friday released two recently declassified documents tied to the years-long Russia probe, including notes suggesting FBI officials were skeptical of reports in early 2017 of contact between the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence officials.
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