What is the real story of Donald Trump and Russia?
The answer is still unclear, and Democrats in Congress want to get to the bottom of it with an investigation. But there’s no doubt that a spider web of connections – some public, some private, some clear, some murky – exists between Trump, his associates and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The connections reveal the vast and mysteriously complex web behind a story that has vexed Trump’s young presidency from its start – and is certain to shake the White House for months to come.
The United States Intelligence Community (IC) is a federation of 16 separate United States government agencies that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities considered necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and national security of the United States.
Member organizations of the IC include intelligence agencies, military intelligence, and civilian intelligence and analysis offices within federal executive departments. The IC is headed by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), who reports to the President of the United States.
Among their varied responsibilities, the members of the Community collect and produce foreign and domestic intelligence, contribute to military planning, and perform espionage. The IC was established by Executive Order 12333, signed on December 4, 1981, by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
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From Trump’s Mar-a-Lago to Facebook, a National Security Crisis in the Open
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President Drumpf and his top aides coordinated their response to North Korea’s missile test on Saturday night, February 11, in full view of diners at Mr. Drumpf’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida – a remarkable public display of presidential activity that is almost always conducted in highly secure settings.
The scene – of aides huddled over their computers and the president on his cellphone at his club’s terrace – was captured by a club member dining not far away and published in pictures on his Facebook account.
The images also show Mr. Trump conferring with his guest at the resort, Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister.
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Michael Flynn, the ousted adviser, admitted that he misled Vice President Mike Pence on the contents of phone calls Mr. Flynn placed to the Russian ambassador, in which they apparently discussed sanctions.
At the time, though he was working for the Drumpf transition team, Mr. Flynn was a private citizen, and such communications to hash out government policy are illegal.
“Unfortunately, because of the fast pace of events, I inadvertently briefed the vice president-elect and others with incomplete information regarding my phone calls with the Russian ambassador.
I have sincerely apologized to the president and the vice president, and they have accepted my apology,” Mr. Flynn said in a resignation letter released by the White House.
The Logan Act (1 Stat. 613, 18 U.S.C. § 953, enacted January 30, 1799 ) is a United States federal law that details the fine and/or imprisonment of unauthorized citizens who negotiate with foreign governments having a dispute with the United States.
The US government publicly announced in October that it was “confident” Russia orchestrated the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and other political organizations of the Democratic Party.
Those hacks resulted in the public release of thousands of stolen emails, many of which included damaging revelations about the Democratic Party and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the party’s nominee.
There is also evidence that entities connected to the Russian government were bankrolling “troll farms” that spread fake news about Clinton. Investigators also found digital footprints of individuals tied to the Russian government who had been on intelligence agencies radar before, as was acknowledged when the intelligence agency put out a public statement in October.
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