The FBI is examining why Russia transferred nearly $400,000 to its embassies 'to finance' the 'election campaign of 2016'

The FBI is reviewing a series of wire transfers totaling more than $380,000 sent by the Russian government to its embassies around the world.

The Russia Investigation Curated by: Natasha Bertrand   |   View Online »

This week began with an explosive scoop from The Atlantic: WikiLeaks had been sending Donald Trump Jr. private messages on Twitter for the better part of 10 months, between September 20, 2016-July 11, 2017. WikiLeaks had already dumped hacked Democratic National Committee emails two months earlier. But Trump Jr. responded to WikiLeaks' overtures at least three times, at one point asking what else the self-described radical transparency organization had up its sleeve. Trump Jr. published the messages on Twitter following The Atlantic's story. But it is unclear whether the correspondance reflected the totality of his correspondance with WikiLeaks, since it is easy for the sender of a DM to delete it. When I asked Twitter whether it is able to access deleted messages, the company pointed me to their preservation requests policy, which stipulates that the company can keep "a temporary snapshot of the relevant account records for 90 days pending service of valid legal process." Twitter did not respond to my follow-up question about whether messages deleted within the 90-day window would be recoverable either by the company or by law enforcement officials. On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified before the House Judiciary Committee about what he knew, and when, about the Trump campaign's contacts with Russian nationals (or entities linked to them). Democrats insinuated that Sessions had perjured himself when he told the Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Committees earlier this year that he had no knowledge of such contacts. According to court documents filed by special counsel Robert Mueller's office, Sessions led a meeting last April during which a young campaign adviser, George Papadopoulos, said he had contacts in the Russian government that could facilitate a Trump-Putin meeting. Sessions has insisted he shot Papadopoulos down — and didn't report it because he didn't remember it had happened. —Natasha Bertrand

The FBI is examining why Russia transferred nearly $400,000 to its embassies 'to finance' the 'election campaign of 2016' The FBI is reviewing a series of wire transfers totaling more than $380,000 sent by the Russian government to its embassies around the world. Read More »

Jeff Sessions, grilled by Congress, says he has 'no clear recollection' of Papadopoulos pitch Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified in front of Congress on Tuesday. Read More »

WikiLeaks urged the Trump campaign to challenge the results of the 2016 election It is not clear why WikiLeaks, which has traditionally focused on publishing hacked or leaked documents, would urge the Trump camp to contest election results. Read More »

Donald Trump Jr. made senior Trump campaign staff, including Kushner and Bannon, aware that he was in touch with WikiLeaks Donald Trump Jr. told high-level campaign... Read More »

George Papadopoulos told a senior Trump adviser he had an 'interesting message' from Russia — a day after learning of Clinton 'dirt' George Papadopoulos told senior Trump campaign policy adviser Stephen Miller that he had received "interesting messages" from Moscow. Read More »

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