SCOOP: Declassified records from @DNI_Ratcliffe reveal FBI "counterintelligence + security briefing" to then-candidate Trump, @GenFlynn @GovChristie August 17, 2016 -- 17 days after FBI Russia probe "Crossfire Hurricane.” According to docs, this was run through Agents Strzok +
Pientka (who later questioned Flynn Jan 2017) + FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith who, based on IG FISA report, allegedly altered CIA email to continue surveillance of @carterwpage. Defensive briefings are designed to warn campaigns they maybe targets of foreign intelligence services.
Pientka briefed for about 13 minutes, and then writes, "During the ODNI briefs, writer actively listened for topics or questions regarding the Russian Federation." @CBSNews
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