Collusion REVEALED: ‘Guccifer 2.0’ teamed up with GOP operative
The Journal reported on Thursday that “Guccifer 2.0” — a pseudonymous hacker that, according to the Department of Homeland Security and Director of National Intelligence, is a front for Russian intelligence — provided a Florida political consultant with documents swiped from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. That consultant, Aaron Nevins, dutifully posted some of the documents on a local political blog called HelloFLA.com.
Guccifer 2.0 denies any connection to Moscow, and Nevins told the Journal he didn’t think he had participated in a Russian sabotage claim. But he also clearly indicated a greater interest in the political intelligence he received — and the potential harm it could do to Democrats — than in its source.
“If your interests align, never shut any door in politics,” Nevins told the Journal.
While Nevins denies that Guccifer is a Russian agent, he is forthright about his collaboration with the hacker or group of hackers.Which means that the Journal has found a bona fide, incontrovertible example of collusion. …
The stories about both [Carter] Page and Nevins dropped less than 24 hours after the New York Times revealed that American intelligence agencies had intercepted communications between Russian spies about how they could use Trump’s close associates to influence him. Page — who never met Trump, according to both parties — does not receive a mention in the article. But the Times reports that the Russians “appeared confident” that campaign adviser Michael Flynn and campaign chairman Paul Manafort “could be used to help shape Mr. Trump’s opinions on Russia.”
Josh Marshall, a canny observer of both politics and journalism, says he
[s]trongly suspect[s] there are many more to come.
That makes two of us.
