The US Intelligence Community asked foreign spy agencies to surveil 26 associates of Donald Trump in the run-up to the 2016 election, which triggered the allegations that the former president's campaign had been colluding with Russia, according to a report.
CIA seal 3 Former CIA Director John Brennan identified the Trump campaign targets for "Five Eyes" agencies to surveil, according to the report.
The US intelligence community had "Identified" the 26 Trump associates "As people to 'bump,' or make contact with or manipulate," one source told the outlet.
Britain's Government Communications Headquarters intelligence apparatus, or GCHQ, was making contacts with Trump's associates as early as March 2016, according to the report.
Former President Donald Trump as a Russian nesting doll 3 The four-year-long investigation into the FBI's probe of Trump-Russia collusion claims found that the bureau's investigation had no basis in evidence.
Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith was sentenced to probation in 2021 after admitting that he falsified an e-mail to renew a wiretap against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
In response, the FBI said it had "Implemented dozens of corrective actions" since the improper Trump probe and that "The missteps identified in the report could have been prevented" had the reforms been in place in 2016.
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