UncleBuck
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this one has been simmering under the surface for a while. all the smartest pundits were saying that this should be the headline, not trump's neverending line of homicidal and racist statements.
well, the gloves are off now. this one is gonna chase trump around for weeks, maybe months.
you heard it here first.
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton's campaign manager said Sunday there are serious questions about whether Donald Trump is a "puppet" for Russia.
"We now need Donald Trump to explain to us the extent to which the hand of the Kremlin is at the core of his own campaign," Clinton campaign managerRobby Mook said on ABC's This Week. "There's a web of financial interests that have not been disclosed. And there are real questions being raised about whether Donald Trump himself is just a puppet for the Kremlin in this race."
Mook said that the departure of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort from the campaign last week "doesn't mean that the Russians have been pushed out of this campaign."
Manafort resigned Friday amid reports about his business dealings with Ukrainian leaders aligned with Russia. Those reports involved allegations of millions of dollars in cash payments and secret lobbying efforts in the U.S. Manafort has denied the allegations.
"The hand of the Kremlin has been at work in this (Trump's) campaign for some time," Mook said. "It's clear that they are supporting Donald Trump."
Mook said that Trump has "parroted" Russian President Vladimir Putin in his own remarks during the past few weeks and brought a man to an intelligence briefing last week that is on the payroll of RT, the Kremlin's English-language TV channel formerly known as Russia Today.
As the Republican presidential nominee, Trump received his first classified intelligence briefing from U.S. national security officials on Wednesday. He brought along retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Mook was referring to Flynn's appearances on RT as an analyst and his attendance at a dinner in Moscow last December celebrating the 10th anniversary of the cable network.
Mook said Flynn "was sitting two seats away from Vladimir Putin at their 10th Anniversary gala."
"There are a lot of questions here," Mook said. "And we need Donald Trump to disclose all of his financial ties and whether his advisers are having meetings with the Kremlin.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...gn-manager-trump-may-kremlin-puppet/89072858/
well, the gloves are off now. this one is gonna chase trump around for weeks, maybe months.
you heard it here first.
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton's campaign manager said Sunday there are serious questions about whether Donald Trump is a "puppet" for Russia.
"We now need Donald Trump to explain to us the extent to which the hand of the Kremlin is at the core of his own campaign," Clinton campaign managerRobby Mook said on ABC's This Week. "There's a web of financial interests that have not been disclosed. And there are real questions being raised about whether Donald Trump himself is just a puppet for the Kremlin in this race."
Mook said that the departure of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort from the campaign last week "doesn't mean that the Russians have been pushed out of this campaign."
Manafort resigned Friday amid reports about his business dealings with Ukrainian leaders aligned with Russia. Those reports involved allegations of millions of dollars in cash payments and secret lobbying efforts in the U.S. Manafort has denied the allegations.
"The hand of the Kremlin has been at work in this (Trump's) campaign for some time," Mook said. "It's clear that they are supporting Donald Trump."
Mook said that Trump has "parroted" Russian President Vladimir Putin in his own remarks during the past few weeks and brought a man to an intelligence briefing last week that is on the payroll of RT, the Kremlin's English-language TV channel formerly known as Russia Today.
As the Republican presidential nominee, Trump received his first classified intelligence briefing from U.S. national security officials on Wednesday. He brought along retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Mook was referring to Flynn's appearances on RT as an analyst and his attendance at a dinner in Moscow last December celebrating the 10th anniversary of the cable network.
Mook said Flynn "was sitting two seats away from Vladimir Putin at their 10th Anniversary gala."
"There are a lot of questions here," Mook said. "And we need Donald Trump to disclose all of his financial ties and whether his advisers are having meetings with the Kremlin.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...gn-manager-trump-may-kremlin-puppet/89072858/
