CIA Denying Reports That U.S. Intelligence Officers Were Bilked $100,000 In A Deal To Retrieve Stolen NSA Cyberweapons And Dirt On President Trump

According to the @nytimes, a Russian sold phony secrets on “Trump” to the U.S. Asking price was $10 million, brought down to $1 million to be paid over time. I hope people are now seeing & understanding what is going on here. It is all now starting to come out - DRAIN THE SWAMP!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2018

Daily Mail: 'This is fictional and patently false': CIA denies it paid $100k to Russian spy who claimed he had stolen NSA cyberweapons and dirt on Trump - as President says article shows the need to 'drain the swamp'

* Report claimed US intelligence officials desperate to get back stolen cyberweapons paid $100,000 to a Russian operative
* Said he was in possession of compromising information on President Trump
* The Russian reportedly said he had photos showing Trump in Moscow with hookers
* CIA has now taken the unusual step of publicly denying the claims
* Said the only people swindled were the authors of the story
* Trump then weighted in, tweeted approvingly that original article shows the need to "drain the swamp" in Washington.

The CIA has angrily hit back at reports that a mystery Russian was paid $100,000 after claiming he had dirt on President Trump as well as stolen cyberweapons.

The New York Times has claimed on Friday that the Russian took the money but failed to turn over the stolen material or the dirt on Trump.

The outlet said that the CIA began meeting with the unidentified spy early last year after he claimed to have cyberweapons stolen from the National Security Agency. The man also told American officials that he had images of Trump hanging out with hookers in Moscow in 2013.

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Update: CIA denies report over mystery Russian who promised Trump info (AFP)

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