The Trump campaign echoed that sentiment in a statement on the report, saying it "proves -- yet again -- there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign." The report's "additional views" section further highlighted the fundamental divide between the parties over what to make of the Trump campaign contacts with Russia. This counternarrative reached a fever pitch during Trump's impeachment, which the Senate report hints at by saying the disinformation was observed as recently as January. The Senate report released Tuesday is inconclusive on whether Stone secretly received details from WikiLeaks about planned released. Steele's allegations were improperly used in the FBI's foreign surveillance warrant applications for former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz concluded last year.

Source: CNN August 18, 2020 13:54 UTC