on russian disinformation is a stark example how russian interference impacted decision making at the highest level during the u.s. government in the campaign in 2015. then attorney general loretta lynch had been comprised in the trump investigation because of e-mails between schulz and a political operator saying that lynch would make the fbi clinton probe go away. according to one government official in classified briefings comey told lawmakers he was afraid the information would drop and undermine the investigation but coby did not tell lawmakers he doubted the accuracy of the information. according to sources close to comey the fbi director felt the validity of the information didn't matter because if it became public they had no way of discrediting it without burning sources and methods. think about the chain of events