'''George Papadopoulos''' was an unpaid campaign volunteer during the [[2016 presidential election]].
'''George Papadopoulos''' was an unpaid campaign volunteer during the [[2016 presidential election]].
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==John Brennan==
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John Brennan invented a fake narrative that he had received information from foreign intelligence sharing programs that associates of Donald Trump were meeting and taking money from Russian operatives. Brennan passed the fake narrative to [[James Comey]] who began counterintelligence surveillance on [[Paul Manafort]] and others in the Trump orbit.
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Brennan's fake narrative became the basis of the [[Trump-Russia hoax]], taken as gospel by [[leftist]]s and the [[mainstream media]].
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Brennan shared his invented narrative with Clapper and Comey to form a Joint Counter-Intelligence Task Force.<ref>''NYT'', 1/19/17</ref>