According to multiple sources (including intelligence officials) speaking to CNN, at least.
Provided this holds up... Trump is hosed, if not the country. He either has to contradict himself and admit that Russia was behind the DNC/Podesta hacks, or coddle the Russians even more knowing that they can blackmail him. It's also a friendly reminder to the WikiLeaks apologists: state-sponsored Russian hacking cuts both ways, and just because it's accurate info doesn't make it okay.
There's also this potentially damning part in the piece:
The two-page synopsis [appended to the hacking report] also included allegations that there was a continuing exchange of information during the campaign between Trump surrogates and intermediaries for the Russian government, according to two national security officials.
Sources tell CNN that these same allegations about communications between the Trump campaign and the Russians, mentioned in classified briefings for congressional leaders last year, prompted then-Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid to send a letter to FBI Director Comey in October, in which he wrote, "It has become clear that you possess explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisors, and the Russian government -- a foreign interest openly hostile to the United States."
If it's really ongoing... that's questionable at best, treason at worst.
Provided this holds up... Trump is hosed, if not the country. He either has to contradict himself and admit that Russia was behind the DNC/Podesta hacks, or coddle the Russians even more knowing that they can blackmail him. It's also a friendly reminder to the WikiLeaks apologists: state-sponsored Russian hacking cuts both ways, and just because it's accurate info doesn't make it okay.
There's also this potentially damning part in the piece:
The two-page synopsis [appended to the hacking report] also included allegations that there was a continuing exchange of information during the campaign between Trump surrogates and intermediaries for the Russian government, according to two national security officials.
Sources tell CNN that these same allegations about communications between the Trump campaign and the Russians, mentioned in classified briefings for congressional leaders last year, prompted then-Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid to send a letter to FBI Director Comey in October, in which he wrote, "It has become clear that you possess explosive information about close ties and coordination between Donald Trump, his top advisors, and the Russian government -- a foreign interest openly hostile to the United States."
If it's really ongoing... that's questionable at best, treason at worst.