title: report fbi didnt ask hillary aides to hand over devices while hillary was secretary of state
text: nyt fbi failed to connect trump to putin by robert kraychik november   the new york times reported on monday that the fbi has failed to establish any conclusive or direct link between mr trump and the russian government speaking with unnamed fbi sources the leftwing paper of record reported that the fbi pursued an investigation into stateside russian attempts to affect the presidential election agents scrutinized advisors close to donald j trump in order to search for financial connections between donald trumps political circle and russian financial figures reported the new york times  a report from slate s franklin foer sought to advance the narrative of collusion between trump and putin pushed by hillary clinton democrats and affiliated political allies it was then forwarded by leftwing democrat media personalities and affiliates trump tower had a special server to communicate with russias alfa bank reports the eternal badass franklinfoer  httpstcoyixrzxbxj  julia ioffe juliaioffe october   so why why trumps stubborn almost devotion to putin why the russia friendly policies why the mantafort links why the secret server  scott gilmore scott_gilmore october   putins puppet didnt cover his tracks trump server directly communicating with russia voters deserve answers now httpstcovxqnioqxb  chad griffin chadhgriffin november   despite the narrative of putin preferring to see trump elected president the fbi investigation apparently arrived at a different conclusion the new york times reported that unnamed fbi investigators said they have become increasingly confident based on the evidence they have uncovered that russias direct goal is not to support the election of mr trump as many democrats have asserted but rather to disrupt the integrity of the political system and undermine americas standing in the world more broadly no mention was made of the kremlinrun englishlanguage propaganda outlet rt which regularly pushes what can broadly be described as mostly leftwing antiamerican and prorussian agitation also ignored were actual financial connections between russianrelated interests and the clintons or their inner circle for months democrat politicians and operatives have colluded with their news media allies to push a narrative of russias president vladimir putin directing the russian state apparatus to provide political support to donald trump 
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