They were being watched since
2015, and not by .U,S. intelligence:
British spies were first to spot Trump team's links with Russia
Mueller is going to take this investigation anywhere it leads. Financials, that Dossier file whatever.
There were no "links," you brain damaged baboon. What they did is use espionage the British had conducted on the Trump campaign to get around the FISA court. That bogus "dossier" was compiled by an American company, Fusion GPS.
Yep--but it doesn't eliminate the FACT that foreign intelligence was obviously listening to conversations between Trump surrogates and what they believed to be Russian intelligence agents.
You know, I would think that any moron on the street would "figure" that if you're calling Russians or they're calling you, you're probably being wiretaped by several different sources.
"GCHQ--first became aware in late 2015 of suspicious “interactions” between figures connected to Trump and known or suspected Russian agents, a source close to UK intelligence said. This intelligence was passed to the US as part of a routine exchange of information, they added.
Over the next six months, until summer 2016, a number of western agencies shared further information on contacts between Trump’s inner circle and Russians, sources said.
The European countries that passed on electronic intelligence – known as sigint – included Germany, Estonia and Poland. Australia, a member of the “Five Eyes” spying alliance that also includes the US, UK, Canada and New Zealand, also relayed material, one source said.
Another source suggested the Dutch and the French spy agency, the General Directorate for External Security or DGSE, were contributors.
It is understood that GCHQ was at no point carrying out a targeted operation against Trump or his team or proactively seeking information. The alleged conversations were picked up by chance as part of routine surveillance of Russian intelligence assets. Over several months, different agencies targeting the same people began to see a pattern of connections that were flagged to intelligence officials in the US."
British spies were first to spot Trump team's links with Russia
Even after Obama kicked out all Russian diplomates--
Michael Flynn was stupid enough to get on phone with the Russian ambassador and lied about his conversation--stating he didn't talk about Sanctions--and they busted him over that one--because it was wiretapped. It wasn't the Trump tower that was wiretaped it was Russian phone lines.
Flynn Is Said to Have Talked to Russians About Sanctions Before Trump Took Office
Which is why Trump Jr. couldn't even pull off a secret meeting at the Trump tower. It wasn't U.S. intelligence that was watching them, it was everyone else.
Which is also why Shep Smith knows that Trump surrogates were not only on the phone with the Russian ambassador but with Russian intelligence agents, including the very day that the DNC was getting hacked into.
So Comey told Trump the truth--that Trump personally wasn't under investigation by the FBI or any other U.S. Intelligence agency--but Britain and the 5 eyes were sure watching Trump and his team.
What this boils down too, is Barack Obama outfoxed everyone. He knew he couldn't trust James Comey-- who is also under investigation for his interference into the election, and especially not after what he did to Hillary Clinton, so he used foreign intelligence to do it. And it is well known that he preserved a lot of that intelligence, meaning he wouldn't turn it over to James Comey or anyone with an R behind their name.
But you can bet Robert Mueller has it all.
DOJ to Investigate James Comey and the FBI
"IN THE final hours of Barack Obama's presidency, some White House officials reportedly raced to spread and preserve information about possible communications between associates of then-candidate Donald Trump and Russians.
The New York Times, citing former American officials, reported that these officials were concerned that the information they were gaining on the Russian meddling in the election and the possible campaign contact could be compromised with the new administration, and they wanted to set up any future investigation with the information.
According to The Times, after Obama asked for an investigation into Russian tampering into the elections, officials found some
"damning" evidence."
Obama administration reportedly raced to preserve intelligence on possible contact between Russians and Trump associates
And this is where we get the 17 different intelligence agencies all in agreement that Russians interferred into the election to help Trump win. Intelligence was coming in from everywhere.
So they get them under oath--they lie--then they're busted for lying because they ALREADY KNOW the answers.