A former CIA officer asks a legitimate, and deadly serious, question: Have Russian operatives paid any Republican officials?
From @alexzfinley.bsky.social in April: https://newrepublic.com/article/180630/russia-corruption-network-europe-buying-politicians-america?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TNR&utm_source=bsky
From @alexzfinley.bsky.social in April: https://newrepublic.com/article/180630/russia-corruption-network-europe-buying-politicians-america?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TNR&utm_source=bsky
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*SURPLUS OF SURVIVAL
* TO ENSURE ALL THE PIECES FALL INTO PLACE FOR LONGTERM GOALS.
* NOW BARE IN MIND, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FUTURE TRADE AGREEMENTS, AI DEVELOPMENT, MILTARY TECHNOLOGY * REAL, TANGIBLE, COMMODITIES NOT MONEY
1. WHO BENEFITS IMMEDIATELY.
2. WHO BENEFITS THE MOST.
3. WHO BENEFITS THE LONGEST.
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https://x.com/lmevanderveken/status/1861172634743959725?s=46&t=3V4BNQDtlV113t5cvImP5g
So...OF COURSE THEY ARE!!!!
Of course it is !!!
Starting at the tippy top.
Code Word: No Place Like Mother Russia🤔🙈😂😂😂
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/05/08/how-putin-s-oligarchs-funneled-millions-into-gop-campaigns/
When you have time, you might also be interested in the 2017 New Republic piece "Trump's Russian Laundromat." (I'll link it but I think I'm paywalled.) https://newrepublic.com/article/143586/trumps-russian-laundromat-trump-tower-luxury-high-rises-dirty-money-international-crime-syndicate
How is this still a question?
So, yeah. Definitely possible. Likely even.
But, methinks there's more to it.
But it clearly hasn't. We should have an absolutely massive counterintelligence operation underway, but now it may be too late.
Long answer: YESSSS OBVIOUSLY
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But I don't know if they got money, but probably a free trip to Europe.