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![C__Herridge Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1196441152486072320.png) Catherine Herridge [@C__Herridge](/creator/twitter/C__Herridge) on x 1M followers
Created: 2025-07-18 23:11:39 UTC

PAPER TRAIL

After the December 2016 White House meeting, President Obama requested a new intelligence assessment that would include "an explanation of why Moscow directed these activities" during the 2016 election.

President Obama's request opened the door to the January 2017 intelligence assessment that claimed  "Putin and the Russian Government developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump."

It was based, in part, on "further information" later identified as the unverified Steele Dossier, opposition research funded, in part, by the Clinton campaign according to newly declassified records @DNIGabbard 
 
These 2017 claims set into motion the years long Special Counsel Robert Mueller investigation that ultimately did not find “sufficient” evidence of coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia.

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