::*the [[State Department]] was feeding “classified information” to multiple U.S. Senators on the Senate Intelligence Committee by the [[Obama administration]] immediately prior to President Donald Trump’s inauguration:<br>The documents reveal that among those receiving the classified documents were Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Sen. [[Ben Cardin]] (D-MD), and Sen. [[Robert Corker]] (R-TN).<br>Judicial Watch obtained the documents through a June 2018 Freedom of Information Act ([[FOIA]]) lawsuit filed against the State Department after it failed to respond to a February 2018 request seeking records of the Obama State Department’s last-minute efforts to share classified information about Russia election interference issues with Democratic Senator Ben Cardin (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:18-cv-01381)). The documents reveal the Obama State Department urgently gathering classified Russia investigation information and disseminating it to members of Congress within hours of Donald Trump taking office. | ::*the [[State Department]] was feeding “classified information” to multiple U.S. Senators on the Senate Intelligence Committee by the [[Obama administration]] immediately prior to President Donald Trump’s inauguration:<br>The documents reveal that among those receiving the classified documents were Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), Sen. [[Ben Cardin]] (D-MD), and Sen. [[Robert Corker]] (R-TN).<br>Judicial Watch obtained the documents through a June 2018 Freedom of Information Act ([[FOIA]]) lawsuit filed against the State Department after it failed to respond to a February 2018 request seeking records of the Obama State Department’s last-minute efforts to share classified information about Russia election interference issues with Democratic Senator Ben Cardin (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:18-cv-01381)). The documents reveal the Obama State Department urgently gathering classified Russia investigation information and disseminating it to members of Congress within hours of Donald Trump taking office. |