Seth AbramsonVerified account

2) BBC: CIA says there is "more than one [Trump] tape, audio and video, on more than one date, in more than one place, of a sexual nature."

3) Thus far, U.S. media has been so incredulous of this BBC report that multiple outlets have attributed it to a freelancer (@sethabramson).

4) I want to say—as the said freelancer—that I had nothing to do with this BBC report. I also want to note the BBC has *never* retracted it.

5) I ask American media, especially @TheAtlantic and @NewRepublic—who falsely attribute this reporting to me—to contact the BBC for comment.

6) Now that there's reason to think a Trump-Putin channel goes through Aras and Emin Agalarov, this January BBC report must be investigated.

7) Aras and Emin Agalarov were with Trump throughout the 2013 weekend in Moscow during which the BBC says some of these sex tapes were made.

8) I first reported on this BBC story—which U.S. media had *not* covered—in January, which is why some in the U.S. thought it was my story.

9) For the record, I was clear *each and every time* I discussed this BBC report that it was from the BBC and not my own original reporting.

10) Aras/Emin Agalarov are Trump's channel to Putin and also likely witnesses to the events in this BBC report. That may not be coincidence.

11) I don't have CIA sources, but *many* in U.S. media do. They can confirm or deny the BBC report from the BBC's top Russia correspondent.

12) Like any person of conscience I find the sex tape story unpalatable. But as the CIA told the BBC it was true, America deserves to know.

13) If the CIA *falsely* told the BBC's Russia correspondent there were multiple Trump sex tapes, the CIA must do an internal investigation.

14) I would not be pressing this issue in this way had @TheAtlantic and @NewRepublic not falsely and repeatedly attributed this story to me.

15) That said, so much of the Steele dossier has been proven true that there remains a real *possibility* even the salacious parts are true.

16) The *only* report I did on this issue was to note Miss Hungary 2013 has accused Trump of seeking an adulterous affair with her in 2013.

17) Miss Hungary's claims—which *preceded* the release of the Buzzfeed dossier in January—*directly* contradict the President's statements.

19) Our media didn't pick up the story because it was thought too salacious—not because the content was unreliable or the topic unimportant.

20) For six months I did *not* press the issue. Now, false claims about me, and Don Jr.'s emails, *compel* a re-opening of this story. {end}

PS) Note the BBC doesn't report these are necessarily "pee tapes," simply "tapes of a sexual nature" being used as kompromat by the Kremlin.