BREAKING: Election Interference Documents Missing Since Trump
A binder containing highly classified and sensitive information related to Russian election interference was last seen in the White House at the end of Trump’s presidency, raising alarms among intelligence officials that some of the most closely guarded national security secrets from the US and its allies could be exposed, sources told CNN.
Its disappearance, which has not been previously reported, was so concerning that intelligence officials briefed Senate Intelligence Committee leaders last year about the missing materials and the government’s efforts to retrieve them, the sources said.
In the two-plus years since Trump left office, the missing intelligence does not appear to have been found.
Here's what sources told CNN. The binder contains raw intelligence the US and its NATO allies collected on Russians and Russian agents, including sources and methods that informed the US government’s assessment that Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to help Trump win the 2016 election.
The intelligence was so sensitive, only lawmakers and congressional aides with top secret security clearances were able to read the material only at CIA headquarters, where their work scrutinizing it was kept in a locked safe.