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Joint Agency Statement Accuses Several Republicans of Being Russian Assets
Intelligence report confirms Trump, GOP allied with Russia
Sometimes it sucks to be right. For the last five years, I’ve said that former President Donald Trump was a Russian asset. And a recent report from the National Intelligence Council confirms this point. Further damning information comes from the FBI, which put a $250,000 bounty on the head of Konstantin Kilimnik, a former Russian intelligence operative, who used to be a business partner of Paul Manafort, former head of the Trump 2016 campaign.
The report says U.S. intelligence agencies strongly believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin ran an influence campaign to support former President Donald Trump in the 2020 elections. He also ran an influence campaign and cyberwarfare operation to aid Trump in 2016.
“A key element of Moscow’s strategy this election cycle was its use of proxies linked to Russian intelligence to push influence narratives — including misleading or unsubstantiated allegations against President Biden — to US…
