"It is not the fault of the FBI that Donald Trump surrounded himself with criminals" — brilliant line of questioning here from Ted Lieu highlighting how a range of Trump staffers were convicted by a DOJ overseen *by Trump staffers* pic.twitter.com/Y2hP4hoGzH

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 12, 2023

WATCH: Special Counsel John Durham complete opening statement.

"Our report should not be read to suggest in any way that Russian election interference was not a significant threat. It was."

The hearing continues LIVE on C-SPAN3 and online here: https://t.co/To3Po9IsyS pic.twitter.com/XNWbUclerk

— CSPAN (@cspan) June 21, 2023

WATCH: Complete exchange between @RepAdamSchiff and John Durham.

Schiff: "Really the son of a presidential candidate gets calls all the time from a foreign government offering dirt on their opponent?"

Durham: "I don't think this situation is unique in your experience." pic.twitter.com/WKiKgBL3CK

— CSPAN (@cspan) June 21, 2023

This is the exchange I’ve been waiting for.@RepAdamSchiff demonstrates Durham’s disregard of clear evidence of Trump Campaign-Russian collusion.

Durham admits he lacks knowledge of undeniable parts of record, indicates why his report ignores episodes.pic.twitter.com/7DI6kFKAab

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) June 21, 2023

This phony ploy to punish Adam Schiff for speaking truth to power is pathetic and beneath this body.

Coming from the party of George Santos, the Republicans should instead focus their attention inward rather than promote more lies about honorable public servants. pic.twitter.com/rBcsQHcq4s

— Rep. Dan Goldman (@RepDanGoldman) June 21, 2023

John Durham testimony this morning in a nutshell. Worth a watch: pic.twitter.com/UwLtp9aawJ

— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) June 21, 2023

Exclusive: De Niro, @robreiner, @SophiaBush, @StephenKing, @jvn, and more are cutting through the Trump administration’s lies about the Mueller report pic.twitter.com/VpJhIGBbv0

— NowThis Impact (@nowthisimpact) June 20, 2019

For decades, the GOP used to be rabidly anti-Russia. Now their leader, with deep ties to a Russia waging a brutal, illegal war against innocents announces yet again that he is a Putin stooge & crickets. What happened? How could millions embrace a traitor? https://t.co/KKsQEvu7Do

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) February 3, 2023

In April 2016, I broke the story of Trump and Putin, using Russian open sources. Afterwards, I heard vague intimations that something was awry in the FBI in New York, specifically counter-intelligence and cyber. We now have a suggestion as to why. 0/20

— Timothy Snyder (@TimothyDSnyder) January 25, 2023

So to be clear, McGonigal was running the FBI's Trump-Russia probe at the moment this story — at the most critical moment of the 2016 — was leaked to the New York Times https://t.co/K4FfJW5pz6

— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) January 23, 2023

BREAKING: A sr administration official tells CNN that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has informed the House/Senate Select Committees on Intelligence that ODNI will no longer be briefing them on election security issues in person — instead: written updates.

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) August 29, 2020

NEW: With only two months until ballots are tallied, the intelligence community informed lawmakers that it would cease in-person election security briefings, citing concern over "unauthorized disclosures of sensitive information." https://t.co/AAztNucuW8

— ABC News (@ABC) August 29, 2020

A bipartisan report from the Senate Intelligence Committee explains how Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and the Trump campaign welcomed the help.@JohnAvlon: “The Trump campaign’s Russia connections were real… and the report condemns it.” #RealityCheck pic.twitter.com/W9JSsQNg3l

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) August 20, 2020

The Senate Intel Russia investigation was nearly over before it began. 3.5 years later, the committee released a bipartisan report with the most comprehensive look to date at contacts between Trump's team and Russia. A deep look back w/ @MarshallCohen https://t.co/yzSmc0DHka

— Jeremy Herb (@jeremyherb) August 23, 2020

The Senate Intel Cmte. made criminal referrals of Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon, Erik Prince and Sam Clovis to federal prosecutors in 2019, passing along their suspicions that the men may have misled the committee during their testimony. https://t.co/dJumBSedRP

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 19, 2020

"when the Justice Dept assigned Durham to examine origins of the 2016 Russia investigation, Trump expressed a belief that he'd prove a deep state conspiracy including Obama officials

"Now he's winding down his 3-year inquiry w/out anything close to that" https://t.co/fw8wwQFs4a

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) September 14, 2022

Fox News hosts like Sean Hannity spent years alleging that the Russia probe was a vast criminal conspiracy and predicting mass arrests. Their commentary spurred a special counsel probe. It’s ending with a whimper. https://t.co/TIpAT1suxt https://t.co/hx8xty7yTu

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) September 14, 2022

In short: Barr lied about the Mueller investigation, and then he lied about his lies (according to the federal district court and now to the court of appeals). https://t.co/jFbPSexzdZ

— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) August 20, 2022

Trump's Department of Homeland Security delayed & altered an intelligence report related to Russian interference in the 2020 election, making changes that appear to be based in part on political considerations, according to a newly released watchdog reporthttps://t.co/IiOkTB52R1

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) May 4, 2022

Trump and the Republicans are now claiming Trump was *tough* on Russia and Putin.

That's a lie.

We at the @MehdiHasanShow have the receipts. Roll the tape:pic.twitter.com/zWEN0SSbYZ

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) March 16, 2022

CNN's @jaketapper says two decades of stern warnings and misplaced optimism in the US paved the way for Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine. #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/ffCSsReHJO

— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) March 6, 2022

World War III is not going to happen. Not as a result of this war anyway. In fact, with the strengthening of NATO and the weakening of Russia, global conflagration though not a zero possibility remains extremely unlikely. But before you go to bed this Friday night…

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) March 12, 2022

https://t.co/zTruvEUaMW

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) March 8, 2022

.@jon_rauch: There is ample evidence that Trump colluded with Russia. Here’s how he convinced people otherwise. https://t.co/606DeP1lFi

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) December 13, 2021

Trump-Russia was not a hoax: the plain facts of the confirmed record, latest in @TheAtlantic https://t.co/w5QGSYmD5I

— David Frum (@davidfrum) November 25, 2021

I joined @Acosta on CNN yesterday to talk about the anti-anti-Trump attempt to deny the Trump-Russia record. Here's the video https://t.co/eJ0XvmuLdD

— David Frum (@davidfrum) November 28, 2021

Former US president says he still trusts Russia more than the government he once led. pic.twitter.com/5Wkwj8KOwZ

— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) June 10, 2021

As Russia-backed hacks continue, “we’re facing weapons of mass disruption on an almost daily basis," @JohnAvlon says. "While the cases may blur, make no mistake, next generation warfare is here.” #RealityCheck pic.twitter.com/RBIpkV8IgF

— CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt (@CNNThisMorning) June 3, 2021

The FBI just issued a warning about foreign actors spreading disinformation about 2020 results. Left unsaid is that POTUS is spreading the same disinformation — about voter fraud, "rigged" results, and other false claims that delegitimize the outcome. https://t.co/brQbg0hvUM pic.twitter.com/GyIRKcPO2f

— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) September 22, 2020

A senior Department of Homeland Security official alleges that he was told to stop providing intelligence reports on the threat of Russian interference in the 2020 election, in part because it “made the President look bad."https://t.co/bk5ZEB0HwN

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 12, 2020

What is it with Trump and Russia? Why is the America First president so eager to cater to the anti-American dictator of Russia?

That is the central mystery of the Trump admin. Almost every day, there are fresh signs of Trump’s subservience to Putin. https://t.co/WizZrzjX1h

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) September 1, 2020

Breaking via NYT: The Justice Department secretly took steps in 2017 to narrow the Russia investigation, according to former law enforcement officials, keeping investigators from completing an examination of Trump's personal and business ties to Russia.https://t.co/67m7IOsB40

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 30, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Jared Kushner’s private channel with Putin’s money man revealed
https://t.co/gXscOO9ldj

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) August 24, 2020

NEW: The Senate Intel Committee’s Trump-Russia report paints the most devastating picture yet of Russian intel agents’ access to the upper levels of the Trump campaign.

The latest, w/ @AndrewDesiderio and @martinmatishak https://t.co/s7kWTCFJff

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 18, 2020

Those who watch US-Russian relations might say these 37 examples are the most obvious, but this certainly isn’t a complete list.

There’s a reason for the mantra “Russia, Russia, Russia.” Thanks @brikeilarcnn for this longer piece. https://t.co/Z7QiWndAOJ

— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) July 31, 2020

NEW: President Trump tells @jonathanvswan on #AxiosOnHBO that he didn't raise the issue of alleged bounties on U.S. troops during his call with Vladimir Putin last week: "That was a phone call to discuss other things." pic.twitter.com/daISvMFUE1

— Axios (@axios) July 29, 2020

JUST IN: The U.S. is removing nearly 12,000 American troops from Germany and will move the headquarters of U.S. European Command from Germany to Belgium in a major repositioning of forces. https://t.co/X5M8N9BN8L

— ABC News (@ABC) July 29, 2020

"Did President Trump know about U.S. intelligence community assessments that the Russians had offered bounties to the Taliban for attacks against U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan?" asks @douglaslondon5 https://t.co/8pPKeMS5RB

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) July 12, 2020

CNN confirms: #RussiaBounty was included in Presidential Daily Brief.

That’s also more evidence the IC had confidence in the intelligence.

@barbarastarrcnn and @CNNPaul report.

That now makes it NYT, AP and CNN confirming this element of the story.https://t.co/D2mkb70kZw

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) June 30, 2020

NEW: Trump admin. tells Congress intelligence about potential Russian bounties may have been included at some point in the president's daily brief but not conveyed in a formal threat briefing because it wasn't yet "actionable," Republican Rep. McCaul says. https://t.co/m46scOHRS7

— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) June 30, 2020

AP: Top WH officials were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was offering secret bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to U.S. officials. https://t.co/hayyeay1Pm

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) June 30, 2020

2. “The officials with knowledge of Bolton’s apparent briefing for Trump said it contained no ‘actionable intelligence’ [in March 2019] …. However, the classified assessment of Russian bounties was the SOLE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING.”

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) June 30, 2020

“Then-national security adviser John Bolton also told colleagues he briefed Trump on the intelligence assessment in March 2019.” https://t.co/6sVXpodPkG

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) June 30, 2020

Trump Got Written Briefing in February on Possible Russian Bounties, Officials Say – The New York Times https://t.co/abjWBOMupr

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 30, 2020

CNN: Intelligence on Russian bounty plot was included in the President's Daily Brief earlier this year, source says https://t.co/JsrlTSWSme

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) June 29, 2020

Associated Press confirms: Trump knew

“Intelligence officials told the AP that the president was briefed on the matter earlier this year”

Plus: “The administration discussed several potential responses, but the White House has yet to authorize any step.”https://t.co/V4NotD7qg2

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) June 29, 2020

We know that Trump is willing to sacrifice our national interests to Russia but we still don’t know why. That’s in part because Mueller kept his inquiry so narrowly focused. All we can say for sure is that Trump is again putting America last. @PostOpinions https://t.co/jQa36NFfnf

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) June 29, 2020

Let's not forget: No one loves Vladimir Putin more than Donald Trump https://t.co/9aEEI2HiFC

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) June 29, 2020

We have confirmed the ⁦@nytimes⁩ scoop: A Russian military spy unit offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants to attack coalition forces in Afghanistan. From ⁦@nakashimae⁩ ⁦@missy_ryan⁩ me and ⁦@shaneharris⁩ https://t.co/R9tQf89L7G

— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) June 27, 2020

So you don't have to read Bolton's book, here's an article on his account of how he tried–and failed–to get Trump to confront Putin over Russia's attack on the 2016 election. Trump wouldn't even hand Putin a paper objecting to Moscow's interference.https://t.co/AH4rqHMN9C

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 18, 2020

New: The White House-Pentagon feud is bad for democracy https://t.co/I7pQLyjBH5 by me @PostOpinions

— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) June 16, 2020

Trump orders massive cut in US troops in Germany, handing blow to already struggling Nato alliance https://t.co/LAhin3n38b

— The Independent (@Independent) June 8, 2020

JUST IN: Trump orders Pentagon to remove thousands of troops from Germany: report https://t.co/L0sKQTTc1F pic.twitter.com/OO1aedcois

— The Hill (@thehill) June 5, 2020

Four years into Trump’s Russian outreach, what has it gained?

– Intermediate missile treaty dead
– Russia remains in Ukraine
– Russia advanced in Syria
– Russian ships & jets harass US forces more, not less
– Russia again interfering in US election
– Now US Marine vet jailed https://t.co/qwsCFA15ni

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 15, 2020

The Flynn transcript shows the incoming Trump administration colluding with Russia against the U.S. government https://t.co/13xIhul7rp

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) May 29, 2020

The Russia hoax was never a hoax. An encouraging bipartisan report confirms it. A WaPo editorial. @postopinions https://t.co/f1pQ8LW5xv

— Fred Hiatt (@hiattf) April 23, 2020

JUST IN: The Senate Intelligence Committee affirms the intelligence community's conclusion that Russia acted to aid Trump in 2016 — and explicitly breaks with the House GOP.

"The ICA reflects strong tradecraft," said Burr.https://t.co/2b9mU99n4d

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) April 21, 2020

The West should not let Putin get away with this kind of thing. But most of us are focused inward right now… which helps Putin tremendously. https://t.co/PfGDSTfT6J

— Steven L. Hall (@StevenLHall1) March 2, 2020

Reporter: Did you want President Trump to win the election?

President Putin: "Yes I did. Yes I did. Because he talked about bringing the US-Russia relationship back to normal."https://t.co/d78lF0GlCt pic.twitter.com/fRw0lfssTx

— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 16, 2018

“Of course, it’s total idiocy. We’re not behind Trump or Sanders. But we’d be fools if we didn’t use this in our interests.”

My latest, on the view from Moscow. https://t.co/1DbCmqFboh

— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) February 23, 2020

Trump helps Russia by spreading chaos in the U.S. government and division in U.S. politics. It is Putin’s dream to have a US president who denigrates dedicated FBI agents, intel officers, and diplomats battling Russian aggression as “traitors” & “scum.”https://t.co/ZCyMsSTBqK

— Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@MaxBoot) February 21, 2020

America's Russia nightmare is back | Analysis https://t.co/n6cOMqxLYn pic.twitter.com/O7ZI4CILDb

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 21, 2020

Breaking now: Kash Patel, a former NSC official who also played a key role as a Hill staffer in helping GOP discredit the Russia probe, is now a senior adviser for new acting DNI Richard Grenell, according to 4 people familiar with the matter. @dlippman https://t.co/PUb3V8iFoU

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) February 21, 2020

Russia is aiding President Trump in the 2020 election, intelligence officials told lawmakers. Trump complained Democrats might exploit the news.https://t.co/Ej8lO5LJ9d

— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 20, 2020

“It was illogical; it could not be explained; it was crazy,” says Ambassador Bill Taylor about the Trump administration withholding military aid from Ukraine while pressing for investigations of Democrats. https://t.co/ZrgoQqdGSg pic.twitter.com/7Ysqksrywn

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) February 17, 2020

Last week alone, Trump called the Russia investigation “tainted,” “dirty,” “rotten,” “illegal,” “phony,” a “disgrace,” a “shakedown,” a “scam,” “a fixed hoax” and “the biggest political crime in American History, by far.” https://t.co/ner9nkDwac

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) February 16, 2020

"Mike Pompeo met Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Munich on Friday in an encounter the American side apparently wanted to keep under wraps."

"The State Dept made no announcement of the meeting, which took place in Lavrov's own dedicated meeting room."https://t.co/AGDfNzHpbU

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 15, 2020

Americans consistently have expressed little confidence in Russian President Vladimir Putin. But Republicans are now 21 points more likely than Democrats to express confidence him (31% vs. 10%), the widest partisan gap in our polling. https://t.co/WCXvZyswpX pic.twitter.com/RIIxmUzcjv

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) February 7, 2020

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov revealed that Trump sent a letter to Putin, expressing his readiness to overcome any difficulties in the U.S.-Russia relationship. pic.twitter.com/RtwH4ft4mV

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) December 21, 2019

Russian state TV and "One America News" have now merged. https://t.co/4l8Y9cC4fz

— Molly McKew (@MollyMcKew) December 16, 2019

This happened on the same day Trump met with Lavrov:
GOP senator Mike Crapo blocked a bill re-introduced by Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D)and Sen. Marco Rubio (R), meant to prevent Russia and other countries from interfering in elections.https://t.co/wpVyF5h1zx

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) December 14, 2019

(Thread) Russia + GOP =💕

Me: “Portions of the GOP are partnering with Russia to achieve their domestic political agenda.”

A person I respect: “I need evidence before I’ll believe that.”

So I put together a sampling of the evidence.

Buckle up. Here we go.

— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) December 14, 2019

Trump's defenders focus on the Russia investigation's origins to avoid talking about its results:
-272 contacts
-37 indictments
-8 guilty pleas or convictions
-10 instances of obstruction of justice
And much, much morehttps://t.co/ookqRjGmMM

— The Moscow Project (@moscow_project) December 11, 2019

Countering the complex and wide-ranging threats facing our elections is an obligation of the U.S. government that requires a whole-of-government approach, support from the private sector, and engagement from the public. Learn about the IC’s critical role: https://t.co/F3BMgTWvNB

— Office of the DNI (@ODNIgov) December 10, 2019

On the motion to disapprove Russia participating in G7 meetings, 71 voted Nay. All Republican. https://t.co/HcJLZu0KGH pic.twitter.com/J2LGnc0a5a

— David Frum (@davidfrum) December 4, 2019

Trump won't commit to coming to the defense of fellow NATO members if they're militarily attacked pic.twitter.com/RKMplISNyT

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 3, 2019

(Thread) Why the GOP prefers Russia

Spoiler: It's all about race

In disseminating propaganda fabricated by Russian intelligence, Trump is taking steps to turn the U.S. into what Hungarian Scholar Bálint Magyar calls a Post-Communist Mafia State. https://t.co/nOj1GBLQxZ

— Teri Kanefield (@Teri_Kanefield) November 26, 2019

The Trump administration is pulling out of the Open Skies Treaty, which allows the United States and our allies and partners in Europe to monitor Russian military deployments. Withdrawal risks dividing the transatlantic alliance. #Russia https://t.co/Zqst365U4J pic.twitter.com/UmbPR7cuRO

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) October 7, 2019

Best evidence that no evidence of Russian involvement exists.https://t.co/nvUojfCmLo

— Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) October 6, 2019

#Russia's state media:
Draft peace agreement between the Taliban and the Trump admin said that U.S. forces will leave five bases in Afghanistan within 135 days of signing the document, the U.S. & the Taliban insist that Russia be present at the possible signing of the agreements. pic.twitter.com/YjZBjacYLz

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) September 8, 2019