According to a New York Times report that we can all collectively pretend to be shocked and appalled by, President Obstinately Orange and Obtuse just might have a thing for Russia. And by a thing, I mean that during his 2016 presidential campaign and transition,ย at least 17 of his campaign officials and advisers had contactsโover a 100 of themโwith either Russian nationals, WikiLeaks or their intermediaries.
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Ummm... thatโs a lot.
An additional 10 other associates were informed about interactions, but did not engage in any themselves.
Per the New York Times, this knowledge is based on their own reporting, โdocuments submitted to Congress, and court records and accusations related to the special counsel investigating foreign interference in the electionโ.
As to how this all breaks down, here are the numbers:
Melaniaโs Baby Daddy, currently holding the government hostage - 6 contacts
Michael D. Cohen, former fixer - 17 contacts
Donald Trump Jr., inheritor of defective genes - 17 contacts
George Papadopoulos, currently on a 12-month supervised release for making false statements to the FBI- 12 contacts
Paul Manafort, convicted felon - 6 contacts
Michael Flynn, plead guilty to โwillfully and knowinglyโ making โfalse, fictitious and fraudulent statementsโ to the FBI - 5 contacts
Jared Kushner, soon-to-be convicted felon-in-law - 6 contacts
Roger Stone, was just arrested on Friday - 18 contacts
Yeeeeeeah, somebody is definitely going to jail.
I strongly recommend that you read the full published report, which you can find here.
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