The report had been circulating in Washington for months. They're all unnamed, unspoken sources in the story." She said it may have originated with a Russian investigator or groups that wanted Hillary Clinton to win the White House. Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway said in an interview Tuesday on NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" that "nobody has sourced it. "There's nothing that prevents them from doing so at a time of their choosing in the future." Mark Warner of Virginia, the ranking Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, said Tuesday. They just chose not to release that material yet," Sen. "The Russians also hacked systems associated with the Republicans. It's unclear why the intelligence officials decided to brief the president and Trump on the uncorroborated information at this time, but lawmakers and others have repeatedly noted that Russia collects intelligence on both Democrats and Republicans. The Associated Press has not authenticated any of the claims. The dossier contains unproven information about close coordination between Trump's inner circle and Russians about hacking into Democratic accounts as well as unproven claims about unusual sexual activities by Trump among other suggestions attributed to anonymous sources. The Associated Press has not been able to substantiate the information in the dossier, which misspelled the name of Russia's largest bank. The New York Times reported the operative had previously worked for British intelligence. The unsubstantiated dossier on Trump was compiled by a former Western intelligence operative as part of an opposition research project originally financed by a Republican client who opposed Trump, and later funded by Democrats, according to Mother Jones, which published an article about the report in October and said the operative had turned over the report to the FBI. The official who discussed the briefing by intelligence figures spoke on condition of anonymity because the official was not allowed to publicly discuss the matter. Trump was holding a previously scheduled news conference Wednesday to discuss his future plans regarding his role with the Trump Organization. official told The Associated Press on Tuesday that intelligence officials had informed Trump about an unsubstantiated report that Russia had compromising personal and financial information about him. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday dismissed it as a "complete fabrication and utter nonsense." He insisted that the Kremlin "does not engage in collecting compromising material."Ī U.S. Shortly after news reports were published about the briefing, Trump tweeted: "FAKE NEWS - A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!"Īnd in Moscow, a spokesman for President Vladimir Putin denied the report. Trump and President Barack Obama were briefed on the intelligence community's findings last week. A summary of the allegations was separate from a classified assessment of Russia's suspected attempts to meddle in the U.S.
The briefing about the document was first reported by CNN. WASHINGTON - Top intelligence officials last week told President-elect Donald Trump about an unsubstantiated report that Russia had compromising personal and financial information about him, a U.S.
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