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Five provocative nuggets from the Senate intel report on Trump and Russia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/08/21/provocative-details-senate-intel/The Senate Intelligence Committee earlier this week released the most extensive report to date on Russia’s 2016 election interference — and its ties to the Trump campaign.
While the big takeaways have been pored over, there are a few other nuggets in the nearly 1,000-page report that haven’t been. Some are unproved and even salacious, but the bipartisan report from the GOP-led Senate investigated them in depth, opted to include them in the report and didn’t redact them (even as many other things are redacted).
Below are some of the more interesting and intriguing details.
Trump to Putin in 2007: ‘I’m a big fan of yours’
Trump’s affinity for and cozying up to Russian President Vladimir Putin — despite Russia’s malign activity in the 2016 election — remains one of the most controversial aspects of his presidency.
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