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The speaker briefed President-elect Trump's team on January 6th regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election. The intelligence community concluded Russia's goals were to damage American democracy, hurt Hillary Clinton, and help Donald Trump.
General Clapper informed President Obama of additional material involving alleged sexual activity by Trump in Moscow, potentially compromising him. Obama asked about the briefing plan, assigning it to the speaker due to the FBI's counterintelligence role.
During the Trump Tower briefing, attended by figures like Priebus, Flynn, Pence, Pompeo, and Spicer, the team showed less interest in future threats and more in downplaying the report's impact on the election. Clapper confirmed the intelligence community doesn't analyze American elections. The team then began strategizing on how to downplay the information to the media.
Following this, the speaker briefed Trump on the compromising material, fearing Trump would perceive it as an attempt to blackmail him, potentially initiating conflict between the FBI and the President. The briefing quickly went awry.