Material From Russia Investigation Went Missing as Trump Lef

[Tennesseer]

Material From Russia Investigation Went Missing as Trump Left Office

A binder given to the Trump White House contained details that intelligence agencies believe could reveal secret sources and methods.

Material from a binder with highly classified information connected to the investigation into Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 election disappeared in the final days of Donald J. Trump’s presidency, two people familiar with the matter said.

The disappearance of the material, known as the “Crossfire Hurricane” binder for the name given to the investigation by the F.B.I., vexed national security officials and set off concerns that sensitive information could be inappropriately shared, one of the people said.

The material’s disappearance was reported earlier Friday by CNN. The matter was so concerning to officials that the Senate Intelligence Committee was briefed about it last year, a U.S. official said.

The binder consists of a hodgepodge of materials related to the origins and early stages of the Russia investigation that were collected by Trump administration officials. They included copies of botched F.B.I. applications for national-security surveillance warrants to wiretap a former Trump campaign adviser as well as text messages between two F.B.I. officials involved in the inquiry, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, expressing animus toward Mr. Trump.

The substance of the material — a redacted version of which has since been made public under the Freedom of Information Act and is posted on the website of the F.B.I. — is not considered particularly sensitive, the official said.

But the raw version in the binder contained details that intelligence agencies believe could reveal secret sources and methods. (The publicly available version contains numerous portions that were whited out as classified.)

It is not clear if the missing material comprises the entire original binder of material provided to the White House for Mr. Trump’s team to review and declassify in part before leaving office.

Rest of article here: Material From Russia Investigation Went Missing as Trump Left Office

[moon/Laura]

Saw this earlier. Waiting for the trump lovers to come out with the "IF he had anything to do with it" or "there's no proof that trump is responsible" crap. But it's awfully coincidental that he had all those other top-secret docs squirreled away at MAL, so why not this, too? And you *know* this is a ego thing for him. Look what I got!!! It's my right to have it! It's mine!

[happyhoix]

I’m about 50/50 split that Trump pocketed this so he could give it to Putin so he could root out some spies, vs the sloppy Trump admin shoveled it into one of those boxes and it got shipped somewhere in Trumpland, where it’s currently dumped into some dark storage hole, forgotten.

[busymom]

I'm betting Trump "sold" it to Putin.  He never turns down an opportunity for $$.  

[djAdvocate]

lock him up!

[NastyWoman]

Dec 16, 2023 0:10:29 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

lock him up!

So way overdue it is not even funny. He has gotten preferential treatment from the day they retrieved the classified documents from Mar el Lago (proof of his illegal actions). Meanwhile Carlos Teixeira has been in jail awaiting trial for a more than just similar crime

[toomuchreality]

Dec 15, 2023 17:40:30 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Material From Russia Investigation Went Missing as Trump Left Office

A binder given to the Trump White House contained details that intelligence agencies believe could reveal secret sources and methods.

Material from a binder with highly classified information connected to the investigation into Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 election disappeared in the final days of Donald J. Trump’s presidency, two people familiar with the matter said.

The disappearance of the material, known as the “Crossfire Hurricane” binder for the name given to the investigation by the F.B.I., vexed national security officials and set off concerns that sensitive information could be inappropriately shared, one of the people said.

The material’s disappearance was reported earlier Friday by CNN. The matter was so concerning to officials that the Senate Intelligence Committee was briefed about it last year, a U.S. official said.

The binder consists of a hodgepodge of materials related to the origins and early stages of the Russia investigation that were collected by Trump administration officials. They included copies of botched F.B.I. applications for national-security surveillance warrants to wiretap a former Trump campaign adviser as well as text messages between two F.B.I. officials involved in the inquiry, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, expressing animus toward Mr. Trump.

The substance of the material — a redacted version of which has since been made public under the Freedom of Information Act and is posted on the website of the F.B.I. — is not considered particularly sensitive, the official said.

But the raw version in the binder contained details that intelligence agencies believe could reveal secret sources and methods. (The publicly available version contains numerous portions that were whited out as classified.)

It is not clear if the missing material comprises the entire original binder of material provided to the White House for Mr. Trump’s team to review and declassify in part before leaving office.

Rest of article here: Material From Russia Investigation Went Missing as Trump Left Office

I didn't read anything but the title, and all I can say is, SHOCKER! 🙄

[toomuchreality]

Can we all start chanting LOUDLY
"LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP!"