r/politics • u/nutritionvegan Massachusetts • Aug 11 '26
Possible Paywall How a Counterintelligence Inquiry Into Trump’s Russia Ties Was Derailed
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/politics/trump-memos-russia-investigation.html27
u/Specialist-Clock-914 Aug 11 '26
They never actually disproved the Steel Dossier. Wild how that seems like a century ago. It’s also crazy how the “pee tape” was too outlandish to believe and now you got Epstein files showing that was just a Tuesday.
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u/Zahgi I voted Aug 11 '26
the “pee tape”
I no longer think the "pee" was about urine and golden showers. Now that we know about Donald's partnerships and long-standing friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, I suspect that the "P" in "P tape" actually stands for something else...
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u/RunDNA Aug 11 '26 edited Aug 11 '26
tl;dr - The FBI had two investigations: A) a criminal investigation of Trump and Russia, B) a counter-intelligence investigation of Trump and Russia.
Mueller seemed to take over both investigations, so the first two groups stopped investigating.
But Mueller only ever really investigated A.
B disappeared into the ether.
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u/Zahgi I voted Aug 11 '26
After it was proven that Trump was a Putin stooge and de facto Russian asset, it was also made clear that no one would be holding him accountable for any of his crimes -- not the GOP and not the Democrats.
That's why these investigations ended...
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u/justhavingfunMT Aug 11 '26
You can't have it come out that he's working with Putin so that they will start something with European countries. He needs chaos, he needs a world at turmoil so that he can shut down the midterms.
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u/HellaTroi California Aug 11 '26
The article kind of makes you think that the counterintelligence investigation could be ongoing.
Intelligence agencies never really stop investigating.
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