While hysteria raged about possible Russian "Interference" in the 2016 US election, British intelligence officials were secretly playing a "Key role" in helping instigate investigations into Donald Trump, secret texts have shown.
The Guardian reported on texts between former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe and Jeremy Fleming, his then counterpart at MI5, who now heads GCHQ. The two men met in 2016 to discuss "Our strange situation" - an apparent reference to Russia's alleged interference in US domestic politics.
British intelligence "Appears to have played a key role in the early stages," the report said.
Galloway told RT that the revelation was not surprising because people "Already knew" that British intelligence had played a part in the Russia-related investigations in the US. He recalled that it was former British spy Christopher Steele who drew up the now-infamous Steele dossier, which made multiple unverifiable and salacious claims about Trump and has since been largely discredited.
The texts also reveal that the Brexit vote was viewed by some in the FBI as something that had been influenced by Russia.
Asked what the UK stood to gain by trying to implicate Russia in a US election scandal at a time when then-foreign secretary Boris Johnson was dismissing baseless claims of Russian interference in the Brexit campaign, Galloway noted that Johnson's comments on Russia have appeared to strangely sway between friendly and antagonistic.
Ultimately, the two-year-long probe that followed came up short, producing no evidence to prove a conspiracy or collusion between Trump campaign officials and Russia.
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2019/august/02/uk-up-to-its-neck-in-russiagate-affair-secret-texts-reveal-british-role-in-trump-coup-effort/
The Guardian reported on texts between former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe and Jeremy Fleming, his then counterpart at MI5, who now heads GCHQ. The two men met in 2016 to discuss "Our strange situation" - an apparent reference to Russia's alleged interference in US domestic politics.
British intelligence "Appears to have played a key role in the early stages," the report said.
Galloway told RT that the revelation was not surprising because people "Already knew" that British intelligence had played a part in the Russia-related investigations in the US. He recalled that it was former British spy Christopher Steele who drew up the now-infamous Steele dossier, which made multiple unverifiable and salacious claims about Trump and has since been largely discredited.
The texts also reveal that the Brexit vote was viewed by some in the FBI as something that had been influenced by Russia.
Asked what the UK stood to gain by trying to implicate Russia in a US election scandal at a time when then-foreign secretary Boris Johnson was dismissing baseless claims of Russian interference in the Brexit campaign, Galloway noted that Johnson's comments on Russia have appeared to strangely sway between friendly and antagonistic.
Ultimately, the two-year-long probe that followed came up short, producing no evidence to prove a conspiracy or collusion between Trump campaign officials and Russia.
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2019/august/02/uk-up-to-its-neck-in-russiagate-affair-secret-texts-reveal-british-role-in-trump-coup-effort/
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