GOP Operative Sought Clinton Emails From Hackers, Implied a Connection to Flynn

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Source: WSJ

WASHINGTON—Before the 2016 presidential election, a longtime Republican opposition researcher mounted an independent campaign to obtain emails he believed were stolen from Hillary Clinton’s private server, likely by Russian hackers.

In conversations with members of his circle and with others he tried to recruit to help him, the GOP operative, Peter W. Smith, implied he was working with retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, at the time a senior adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump.

“He said, ‘I’m talking to Michael Flynn about this—if you find anything, can you let me know?’” said Eric York, a computer-security expert from Atlanta who searched hacker forums on Mr. Smith’s behalf for people who might have access to the emails.

Emails written by Mr. Smith and one of his associates show that his small group considered Mr. Flynn and his consulting company, Flynn Intel Group, to be allies in their quest.

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Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-operative-sought-clinton-emails-from-hackers-implied-a-connection-to-flynn-1498770851

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Found this story thanks to a tweet from Chris Hayes:

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A very big deal: First reported evidence of *actual* attempts at collusion with Russian hackers by Trump allies.

[Chasstev365]

1. This is the link, just like John Dean and the Watergate tapes, that we knew was out there!

Let the GOP try to brush this off too!

[LeftInTX]

11. Unfortunately, this link is dead. He died in May.

[rockfordfile]

2. Collusion

[tazkcmo]

3. Boom. n/t

[DesertRat]

4. This might explain why 45 wanted Comey to drop the Flynn investigation.

[mtngirl47]

5. Here we go!

This is just the beginning....I believe Flynn is rolling over on Trump.

[oberliner]

6. This is not a story that will gain traction

And it will not touch Trump, unfortunately.

[riversedge]

7. This is wild.

It is a relatively long article with twists and turns. I will have to reread it.



Matt Pearce‏Verified account @mattdpearce

This is wild.

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[riversedge]

8. 👀 Interesting theory from Rep. Ted Lieu.

Kyle Griffin‏Verified account @kylegriffin1 1h1 hour ago

Kyle Griffin Retweeted Ted Lieu

👀 Interesting theory from Rep. Ted Lieu.

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Ted LieuVerified account @tedlieu
Hmmm, would this explain why @realDonaldTrump worked so hard to try to get FBI to drop Flynn investigation?

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[joeybee12]

9. It's not just collusion, it's also treason. Knr

[displacedtexan]

10. A smoking cybergun. The first of many, I believe.

This is super cool, y'all.

[L. Coyote]

12. The Journal piece raises far more questions than it answers. Here are a few of them.

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[Sunlei]

13. Mueller get your hands on A. Weiners laptop, he was baited by woman pics/messages for over a year.

Its easy to add a script,trojan-hack into a computer if he clicked on pictures and used all those 'social media' chat sites- like he was.

"Someone" knew Clinton emails were on his laptop.

[Arazi]

14. This is a very important story

If we could move beyond petty squabbling, our attention should be firmly focused here

[AntiFascist]

15. K&R, and in related Wall Street news...the stock market is DOWN! n/t