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Special counsel Robert Mueller is examining what role, if any, former national security adviser Mike Flynn may have played in a private effort to obtain Hillary Clintons emails from Russian hackers, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The effort to seek out hackers who were believed to have stolen Mrs. Clintons emails was led by a longtime Republican activist, Peter W. Smith. In correspondence and conversations with his colleagues, Mr. Smith portrayed Mr. Flynn as an ally in those efforts and implied that other senior Trump campaign officials were coordinating with him He also named Mr. Flynns consulting firm and his son in the correspondence and conversations.iu09o
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Mueller Looking at Flynn Role In Pursuit of Clinton Emails (Original Post)
applegrove
Aug 2017
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Special Counsel Examines Possible Role Flynn Played in Seeking Clinton Emails From Hackers
Madam45for2923
Aug 2017
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Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)1. Special Counsel Examines Possible Role Flynn Played in Seeking Clinton Emails From Hackers
Last edited Thu Aug 31, 2017, 05:10 PM - Edit history (1)
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Mr. Smith believed that some 33,000 emails that Mrs. Clinton said were personal and had been deleted had been obtained by hackers. Last year, in the final months of the presidential campaign, he made contact with what he said were five groups of hackers, two of which he believed were comprised of Russians, who claimed to have obtained the emails.
Mr. Smith suspected the emails could reveal embarrassing details about Mrs. Clintons involvement in the Benghazi terrorist attacks, as well as her work with the Clinton Foundation, and wanted to release them publicly to harm Mrs. Clintons candidacy. There is no evidence that the server was ever hacked.
Investigators working for Mr. Mueller have been conducting interviews and collecting information as they seek to determine whether Mr. Flynn was involved in Mr. Smiths effort, and if his son, Michael G. Flynn, and the consulting firm Flynn Intel Group had a role, the people said. At the time Mr. Smith was trying to find the emails, Mr. Flynn was a senior adviser to the Trump campaign and had been on a short list of potential vice presidential candidates.
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In a document Mr. Smith used to explain his efforts and recruit assistance, he named several Trump campaign officials he said were working in coordination with him, including Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist for the president, and Kellyanne Conway, the former campaign manager and now White House counselor. They both said they were unaware of Mr. Smiths work and played no role in it.
Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/special-counsel-examines-possible-role-flynn-played-in-seeking-clinton-emails-from-hackers-1503694304
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applegrove
(118,778 posts)3. We are only allowed to copy 4 paragraphs from a source. Copyright laws
and all. Just an fyi.
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)4. k
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)2. Kicking!