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The newly declassified report reveals that Obama's own intelligence community found evidence suggesting Putin may have had BLACKMAIL material on Hillary Clinton and preferred her to win the 2016 election over Donald Trump.
• from the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA),
Putin held back damaging material on Clinton, indicating a lack of concern for Trump's election and a preference for Clinton, whom he viewed as more vulnerable due to compromising materials Moscow possessed.
- This leverage would have given Putin influence over a potential Clinton administration but not a Trump one.
- The ICA downplayed the significance of Moscow withholding pre-election influence efforts for later use, failing to explain how these were more damaging than the leaked materials during the election, implying Putin’s preference or indifference toward Clinton.
This is significant because it challenges the widely accepted narrative that Russia actively sought to ensure Trump's victory in 2016, instead suggesting Putin had control over Clinton.
• from the Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA),
Putin held back damaging material on Clinton, indicating a lack of concern for Trump's election and a preference for Clinton, whom he viewed as more vulnerable due to compromising materials Moscow possessed.
- This leverage would have given Putin influence over a potential Clinton administration but not a Trump one.
- The ICA downplayed the significance of Moscow withholding pre-election influence efforts for later use, failing to explain how these were more damaging than the leaked materials during the election, implying Putin’s preference or indifference toward Clinton.
This is significant because it challenges the widely accepted narrative that Russia actively sought to ensure Trump's victory in 2016, instead suggesting Putin had control over Clinton.
