Valerie Jarrett pressed on Obamas role in Russia probe

Read full article here: https://readnews.io/i6n5kp Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo pressed a top aide toPresident Obama about what the former president knew about the launch of the Russia probe into President Trumps 2016 campaign. In an interview Tuesday, Bartimoro asked Valerie Jarrett whether Obama "directed" the probe into Trump campaign ties to Russia, which eventually sparked the Mueller investigation. SECRET SOURCE FOR ANTI-TRUMP STEELE DOSSIER IS REVEALED"Thats not how it works," Jarrett, former Obama senior adviser, said in distancing Obama from the Russia investigation and the dossier authored by British ex-spy Christopher Steele. "Thats not how our investigations work. We leave that to the intelligence community to bring forward information. And the dossier I would imagine would be one piece of a much bigger puzzle. "The report by Robert Mueller was unable to establish a criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia. But the investigation found the Russian government interfered in the 2016 election in a "sweeping and systematic fashion," includinghacking theDemocratic National Committee, releasing Hillary Clinton-related emails andlaunching a social media campaign that "favored candidate Trump and disparaged candidate Clinton. "FORMER FBI AGENT STRZOK TO RELEASE BOOK ON RUSSIA, TRUMP BEFORE ELECTIONTrump and Republicans have accused the Obama administration of "spying" on the president and trying to undermine his presidency during the transition period. The FBI relied on the unverified Steele dossier to get secret wiretaps from the foreign surveillance court to surveil Trump campaign adviserCarter Page. Jarrett said she has confidence in the conduct of the intelligence community. "I have a very high degree of confidence thatour intelligence community, our investigators, comported themselves responsibly," Jarrett said. Jarrett argued the focus should be on preventing foreign interference in the current 2020 presidential election rather than

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