Trump and his entourage contacted Russia more than 100 times before the inauguration – NYT – The World News

During the 2016 presidential campaign and after the elections, US President Donald Trump and his entourage have come into contact with the Russian Federation and WikiLeaks more than 100 times

The New York Times reports

According to them, from June 2015, when Trump announced his intention to to run for president and prior to his inauguration in January 2017, there were at least 17 officials and advisers in the campaign who had had such contacts .. Ten other people close to Trump were aware of the interaction with the Russians, but themselves did not contact him. )

The publication analyzed the documents submitted to Congress, the report in court and charges related to the work of a special commission charged with investigating the interference of foreigners in the US elections

Contacts with Russians took place at personal meetings, by phone, SMS and e-mails, as well as through personal messages via social networks. . Meanwhile, Trump and his team have repeatedly denied links with the Russians in the 2016 elections.

Former Trump assistant, political technician Paul Manaforth, former Trump attorney Michael Cohen, Donald Trump Jr., Trump's former advisers George Papadopoulos and Michael Flynn and others were included in the list. 19659004] Manafort had many contacts with Kostyantyn Kilimnik, associated with the Russian intelligence services. Flenn has had several talks with the Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak. Also with Kislyak, he met her husband, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner. His Trump had contacts with the Russians and their middlemen in the Trump Tower business and also exchanged personal communications with WikiLeaks. And Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, helped build the skyscraper of the Trump Tower in Moscow, alongside his business partner Trump Felix Sater, who maintains relations in Russia.

According to UNIAN, Roger Stone, former advisor and partner of US President Donald Trump, was arrested. Federal Bureau of Investigation on the case of Russian interference in the election race in 2016.