Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stated to Interfax on Nov 9 that throughout the US Election campaign Russia was in contact with members of Mr. Trump’s campaign who had previously occupied high-ranking positions in the US Government. Similarly, Mother Jones reported on October 31 that a former senior intelligence officer for a Western country who specialized in Russian counterintelligence for 20 years, shared with the FBI his findings that Mr. Trump and his inner circle have accepted a regular flow of intelligence from the Kremlin, including on his Democratic and other political rivals during this election season and that Russian intelligence had "compromised" Mr. Trump during his visits to Moscow and could "blackmail him." The investigation must be conducted before Dec 19



