US intelligence agencies are now looking at faked documents aimed at discrediting Hillary Clinton and the Democratic party as part of their probe of Russian efforts to disrupt and discredit the US presidential campaign.
From Reuters …
The FBI and U.S. intelligence agencies are examining faked documents aimed at discrediting the Hillary Clinton campaign as part of a broader investigation into what U.S. officials believe has been an attempt by Russia to disrupt the presidential election, people with knowledge of the matter said.
U.S. Senator Tom Carper, a Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, has referred one of the documents to the FBI for investigation on the grounds that his name and stationery were forged to appear authentic, some of the sources who had knowledge of that discussion said.
The Reuters article goes on to note that one of the first references to another fake document was a tweet from Trump advisor Roger Stone.
If this is real: OMG!!!https://t.co/3K3F5kz9V7
PDF from Benenson Strategy Grouphttps://t.co/hMpPURtFEs
Firesign = Project Blue Beam
Look! pic.twitter.com/d8UuKSllvQ— Stone Cold Truth (@StoneColdTruth) October 20, 2016
We should consider the possibility that news of this investigation is now being leaked to show that Trump related investigations are also getting attention – not just ones tied to Hillary Clinton.
Read the whole article here.
