Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 10/8/17.

Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 10/8/17.

The New York Times: “Russian hackers obtained classified documents [from] a National Security Agency employee…by exploiting Kaspersky Lab antivirus software.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/politics/russia-nsa-hackers-kaspersky.html

Business Insider: “Trump's lawyers have adopted a new legal strategy of cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller in the hopes that he will…confirm publicly that Trump is not being investigated…Mueller is reportedly investigating Trump for obstruction of justice based on his decision to fire Comey.”

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-mueller-comey-russia-investigation-2017-10

The Guardian: “Christopher Steele, has been interviewed by investigators working for the special counsel…Steele’s reports…describe the Kremlin’s cultivation [of Trump] and the systematic collusion of Trump’s associates with Moscow.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/07/trump-russia-steele-dossier-moscow

Reuters: “A U.S. Justice Department appeals lawyer is on special counsel Robert Mueller’s team…appeals lawyers would help determine whether the conduct being examined violates sometimes complex federal laws.”

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-lawyer/justice-department-appeals-lawyer-on-mueller-russia-probe-idUSKCN1C82PY

The Washington Post: “The leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday largely endorsed the findings of the intelligence community that Russia sought to sway the 2016 U.S. elections through a hacking and influence campaign”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-intelligence-committee-leaders-russia-did-interfere-in-2016-elections/2017/10/04/1459291c-a91f-11e7-850e-2bdd1236be5d_story.html?utm_term=.f4d51a0bb678

Special thanks to https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/ for this last article; They are a good source of information on all Trump-related news.