05-26-2017, 01:40 AM
Interesting report from WaPo that the FBI is focussing on Jared Kushner.
Of course, his meetings with Russians and his association with a Russian Bank with links to the Kremlin would be of interest, as would be his failure to disclose those meetings on his security and financial declarations.
But one aspect that is being pursued is something I had never heard about. Kushner was involved in putting together the micro-analytics program which was used by the Trump campaign. That program enabled the campaign to target small groups of voters who could be persuaded to vote for Trump. This was apparently of great value in winning the critical states that put Trump over the top.
The FBI wants to know if the Trump campaign provided those analytics to Russia so it could target persuadable voters with pro-Trump and anti-Clinton fake news.
At this stage, that's just a possibility that the FBI wants to investigate and AFAIK there's no evidence that this happened. But if it did, that would constitute collusion with a foreign power. It's a fascinating hypothesis that I've never heard before.
Of course, his meetings with Russians and his association with a Russian Bank with links to the Kremlin would be of interest, as would be his failure to disclose those meetings on his security and financial declarations.
But one aspect that is being pursued is something I had never heard about. Kushner was involved in putting together the micro-analytics program which was used by the Trump campaign. That program enabled the campaign to target small groups of voters who could be persuaded to vote for Trump. This was apparently of great value in winning the critical states that put Trump over the top.
The FBI wants to know if the Trump campaign provided those analytics to Russia so it could target persuadable voters with pro-Trump and anti-Clinton fake news.
At this stage, that's just a possibility that the FBI wants to investigate and AFAIK there's no evidence that this happened. But if it did, that would constitute collusion with a foreign power. It's a fascinating hypothesis that I've never heard before.