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2020-05-12 Home Front: Politix
Podesta testimony: Hillary Clinton knew in 2016 about Russia dirt digging on Trump
[Just the News] Former Clinton campaign chairman talks about how DNC, Clinton campaign funded research but says candidate likely didn't know the vendors

In recently unsealed testimony to Congress, former Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta acknowledged that both he and Hillary Clinton were aware that her campaign had purchase opposition research and was looking for dirt on Donald Trump's ties to Russia during the 2016 election.

Podesta's comments are the most direct acknowledgement about what Donald Trump's opponent knew in real-time about the effort that ultimately became known as the Steele dossier.

In a second appearance before the House Intelligence Committee in December 2017, Podesta testified that Clinton likely didn't know the names of the firm, Fusion GPS, and former British spy Christopher Steele who had conducted the research. But he said she and he were both cognizant of an opposition research effort to connect Trump to business dealings in Russia.
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Posted by Phusotle Dingle5823 2020-05-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ]  Top

#1 Whatever happened to Omerta?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-12 10:51||   2020-05-12 10:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like someone is jumping ship early.
Posted by Thaith Elmeresing6163 2020-05-12 10:53||   2020-05-12 10:53|| Front Page Top

#3 Podesta knows too much and is vomiting intel...he must be "quieted down". Don't think for a moment that she hasn't contemplated this
Posted by Warthog 2020-05-12 13:15||   2020-05-12 13:15|| Front Page Top

#4 rats, ship..
Posted by Lex 2020-05-12 13:30||   2020-05-12 13:30|| Front Page Top

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