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In a far-reaching account of Russia’s efforts to compromise the 2016 presidential election, the Senate Intelligence Committee offered new details Tuesday on the roles played by Donald Trump’s campaign advisers and their willingness to take advantage of a Kremlin-directed attempt to undermine the candidacy of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.  

Across nearly 1,000 pages, the Republican-led Senate panel not only documented the interactions of Trump campaign officials with Russian contacts but faulted the FBI, in part, for providing a “veneer of credibility” to an uncorroborated dossier that sought to disparage Trump in the run-up to the 2016 election. 

Paul Manafort (and Konstantin Kilimnik)

Trump’s former campaign chairman was singled out for some of the harshest criticism by the committee, which cast the high-flying political consultant as “a grave counterintelligence threat.”

For the first time, the committee unequivocally identified Manafort business associate Konstantin Kilimnik as “a Russian intelligence officer.” The committee’s assessment of Kilimnik went further than an investigation of Russian election interference prepared by Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller.