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There were four key elements from the assessment that were repeated over and over again and formed the basis of the Russia hoax and the Robert Mueller witch hunt.
One, that Vladimir Putin wanted Donald Trump to win.
Two, Putin took action to help Trump win.
Three, the Russians had blackmail on Trump. That was the Steele dossier.
And four, that the Russians tried colluding with the Trump campaign. None of any of this was ever true.
There was no reliable intelligence to support any of these allegations.
Senior CIA officials repeatedly refused to traffic in these allegations.
But they were repeatedly overruled by CIA Director Brennan and FBI Director Comey, who insisted that they be pushed, even without verifiable evidence.
The Obama administration cherry-picked the intelligence, lied about their sources, misquoted sources, didn't corroborate their claims, suppressed intelligence that ran counter to their narratives, and even used anonymous internet postings.
Rank and file CIA admitted what they were doing violated their own tradecraft standards.
There was a massive pressure campaign that came right from the top.
CIA analysts say they received unusual directives from political appointees, the CIA Director, and Obama himself.
This is how the Russia hoax was born.
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Hillary Clinton: Donald Trump knows that the Russians helped him win in 2016.
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