Putin kept claims Hillary Clinton had physical, ‘psycho-emotional' problems under wraps because he thought she would win 2016 election: Gabbard
The astounding revelations were contained in a 2020 House Intelligence Committee report which reviewed purported Russian influence on the presidential contest and was declassified and made public Wednesday by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
Russia's intelligence service 'possessed DNC communications that Clinton was suffering from 'intensified psycho-emotional problems, including uncontrolled fits of anger, aggression. and cheerfulness,'' the report stated.
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A 2020 House Intelligence Committee report detailing Russia's knowledge of damaging information about Hillary Clinton's health amid the 2016 Presidential election was released Wednesday.
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'Clinton was placed on a daily regimen of 'heavy tranquilizers' and while afraid of losing, she remained 'obsessed with a thirst for power.''
Moscow's foreign intelligence service, the SVR, also 'possessed a campaign email discussing a plan approved by Secretary Clinton to link Putin and Russian hackers to candidate Trump in order to 'distract the [American] public' from the Clinton email server scandal.'
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Putin chose not to release this information as he believed Hillary was sure to win the 2016 election.
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The revelations, which were taken from emails hacked from Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee accounts, even found that the Russians concealed details about Clinton shaking down religious organizations for campaign donations by pledging more favorable treatment by a future Democratic State Department.
The Post reached out to the Clinton Foundation for comment.
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