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These are the 10 Trump associates with known ties to Russia
Another day, another Russia revelation. The long shadow cast
by Russian President Vladimir Putin over the 2016 election in the U.S. is still
being debated and investigated.
But one element is for sure: A whole lot of folks on the
Trump team have been connected to Russian interests.
While this doesn't prove collusion between the Trump
campaign and Russia, it raises important questions over the confluence of
interests between the current U.S. administration and a political adversary.
Carter Page speaks at a news conference in Moscow.Source: Pavel Golovkin/AP |
1. Carter Page
Page served as a policy adviser for the Trump campaign and
was identified by Russian spies for recruitment in 2015. According to ABC News,
a sealed FBI complaint shows he was promised business favors for his
cooperation.
Page confirmed that he is the male identified in the
complaint and maintains that he's done nothing wrong.
The Trump adviser raised eyebrows when he was alleged to
have used a speech he gave at a university in Moscow as a front to meet in
secret with Kremlin officials, per the infamous unverified dossier.
Jeff Sessions addresses law enforcement members at the Thomas Eagleton U.S. Courthouse.
Source: Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images
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2. Jeff Sessions
The attorney general for the United States met with Russian
Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak while working with the Trump
campaign. In fact, he did it twice.
Then, Sessions lied about it: "I have been called a
surrogate at a time or two in that campaign, and I did not have communications
with the Russians."
Remarkably, Sessions maintains that this was not a lie, but
simply "honest and correct" as
he "understood it at the time."
He’s since recused himself from the investigations into
Russian interference with the 2016 election.
3. Michael Flynn
Officially, Michael Flynn resigned from his role as national
security adviser after lying to Vice President Mike Pence regarding his
conversation with a Russian ambassador about Obama’s sanctions on Russia.
Unofficially, this makes no sense, since the alleged lie to
Pence happened weeksbefore Flynn’s ouster.
Either way, it’s the Trump administration’s story for why
they forced him out.
Maybe we’ll get the real story — if Flynn finds a take for
the immunity he’s requested in exchange for a testimony before the U.S.
Congress.
Rex Tillerson speaks with Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen
during a group photo of NATO foreign ministers.
Source: Virginia Mayo/AP
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4. Rex Tillerson
Tillerson oversaw the Russian operations of ExxonMobile
while he was the organization's CEO.
His work in Russia heralded his ascent in the company and
gained him the Order of Friendship award, given to Tillerson personally by
Vladimir Putin.
Tillerson is now the U.S. secretary of state.
5. Erik Prince
The Blackwater founder counts U.S. Secretary of Education
Betsy DeVos as his sister and served as an informal adviser to the Trump
campaign.
Prince was reportedly used by the United Arab Emirates to
create a back channelbetween Donald Trump and Russia during the Trump
transition.
Paul Manafort talks to reporters on the floor of the
Republican National Convention. Source: Matt Rourke/AP
6. Paul Manafort
Manafort signed a $10-million contract in 2006 with a
Russian billionaire. The two men's plan was designed to benefit the interests
of Putin's government.
Manafort was Donald Trump’s campaign manager.
7. Jared Kushner
The president's son-in-law met with a Russian bank under
U.S. sanctions in 2016. Little is known about the meeting, but Kushner has
agreed to testify before a U.S. Senate committee.
8. Michael Cohen
A lawmaker in Ukraine claims he discussed a deal to end the
war in the country with Cohen, Trump’s personal lawyer. The deal would have
been beneficial to Russian interests.
Cohen says it’s flatly untrue.
9. Roger Stone
The colorful right-wing operative seemed to have foreknowledge
about Hillary Clintoncampaign chairman John Podesta’s stolen emails, which are
believed to have been hacked by Russia and disseminated through Wikileaks, with
which Stone is associated.
Stone denies any collusion or communication with Russia.
J.D. Gordon introduces defense lawyers during a press conference following
U.S. Military Commissions hearings at Camp Justice.
Source: Pool/Getty Images
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10. J.D. Gordon
The Trump campaign’s national security director was
allegedly included in the meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak around
the GOP convention, the same event attended by Carter Page and Michael Flynn.
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