The fact that Obama Clapper Brennan and Comey never alerted Trump makes your argument invalid....
Except, of course they did.
The warning came in the form of a high-level counterintelligence briefing by senior FBI officials, the officials said. A similar briefing was given to Hillary Clinton, they added. They said the briefings,
which are commonly provided to presidential nominees, were designed to educate the candidates and their top aides about potential threats from foreign spies.
T
he candidates were urged to alert the FBI about any suspicious overtures to their campaigns, the officials said.
FBI told Trump Russians would try to infiltrate his campaign
The briefings were led by counterintelligence specialists from the FBI, the sources said. They were timed to occur around the period when the candidates began receiving classified intelligence, the officials said, which put them at greater risk for being targeted by foreign spies. Trump's first intelligence briefing as Republican nominee was
Aug. 17, 2016, sources told NBC News at the time.
Trump was "briefed and warned" at the session about potential
espionage threats from Russia, two former law enforcement officials familiar with the sessions told NBC News. A source close to the White House said their position is that Trump was unaware of the contacts between his campaign and Russians.
"That the Republican and Democrat nominee for president received a standardized briefing on counterintelligence is hardly a news story," said Raj Shah, a White House spokesman. "That NBC News hears about the contents of this classified conversation due to an inappropriate leak is a news story."
It's unclear whether the warning about Russia was passed on to other campaign officials.
Still, the revelation that the Trump campaign was warned about spying threats from Russia and other adversaries, which has not been previously reported, casts a new light on the Trump campaign's dealings with Russians in the months before the November election.