In their final days, Obama aides spread intelligence on Trump associates and Russia across agencies as a trail for investigators
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 7:55 PM EST
American allies, including the British and the Dutch, had provided information describing meetings in European cities between Russian officials — and others close to Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin — and associates of President-elect Trump, according to three former American officials who requested anonymity in discussing classified intelligence.
Separately, American intelligence agencies had intercepted communications of Russian officials, some of them within the Kremlin, discussing contacts with Mr. Trump’s associates.
Former American officials say they had two aims in preserving the intelligence: to ensure that such meddling isn’t duplicated in future American or European elections, and to leave a clear trail of evidence for government investigators.
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