Russian collusion: NYT vs FBI narratives

[George K]

By Peter Strzok, no less:

Comments made by then-FBI agent Peter Strzok undercut a litany of claims made in the Times article, which was entitled: "Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contact With Russian Intelligence."

Claim in NYT article: "Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, according to four current and former American officials."

Note by Strzok: "This statement is misleading and inaccurate as written. We have not seen evidence of any individuals in contact with Russians (both Governmental and non-Governmental)" and "There is no known intel affiliation, and little if any [government of Russia] affiliation[.] FBI investigation has shown past contact between [Trump campaign volunteer Carter] Page and the SVR [Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation], but not during his association with the Trump campaign."

Claim in NYT article: "... one of the advisers picked up on the [intercepted] calls was Paul Manafort, who was Mr. Trump's campaign chairman for several months ..."

Note by Strzok: "We are unaware of any calls with any Russian government official in which Manafort was a party."

Much, much, more at the link.

[Loki]

Of course not because it was subsequently discovered that Trump himself was the Russian Agent.

[Jolly]

Before or after Hillary paid for the dossier?

[George K]

I want to know what sources the NYT used for this reporting.

Probably "unnamed sources in the FBI..."

[Loki]

@George-K said in Russian collusion: NYT vs FBI narratives:

I want to know what sources the NYT used for this reporting.

Probably "unnamed sources in the FBI..."

An NYT source doesn’t mean what it used to.