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Senate panel upholds finding that Russia backed Trump, contradicting House
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/...-to-dispute-ic-assessment-of-russian-election
"The Senate Intelligence Committee has unequivocally upheld the conclusion of the intelligence community that Russia developed a "clear preference" for then-candidate Donald Trump in the 2016 election and sought to help him win the White House. "
"The assessment, announced in an unclassified summary released Tuesday, represents a direct repudiation of the committee’s counterpart in the House — and of President Trump himself, who has consistently rejected assertions that Moscow sought to bolster his candidacy through its election interference. "
“The Committee has spent the last 16 months reviewing the sources, tradecraft and analytic work underpinning the Intelligence Community Assessment and sees no reason to dispute the conclusions,” said Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said in a statement. "
"In yet another contradiction to Trump allies claims, the Senate panel also found that a piece of Democratic-funded opposition research known as the Steele dossier did not "in any way inform the analysis in the ICA — including the key findings."
'This was "because it was unverified information and had not been disseminated as serialized intelligence reporting," the Senate report found. "
"All in all, the Senate panel's report was a unflinching contradiction of many of the core claims made by Trump allies in the House. "
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/...-to-dispute-ic-assessment-of-russian-election
"The Senate Intelligence Committee has unequivocally upheld the conclusion of the intelligence community that Russia developed a "clear preference" for then-candidate Donald Trump in the 2016 election and sought to help him win the White House. "
"The assessment, announced in an unclassified summary released Tuesday, represents a direct repudiation of the committee’s counterpart in the House — and of President Trump himself, who has consistently rejected assertions that Moscow sought to bolster his candidacy through its election interference. "
“The Committee has spent the last 16 months reviewing the sources, tradecraft and analytic work underpinning the Intelligence Community Assessment and sees no reason to dispute the conclusions,” said Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) said in a statement. "
"In yet another contradiction to Trump allies claims, the Senate panel also found that a piece of Democratic-funded opposition research known as the Steele dossier did not "in any way inform the analysis in the ICA — including the key findings."
'This was "because it was unverified information and had not been disseminated as serialized intelligence reporting," the Senate report found. "
"All in all, the Senate panel's report was a unflinching contradiction of many of the core claims made by Trump allies in the House. "
