“Putin has won.” This intercepted message to Kirill Dmitriev, a Kremlin crony and CEO of the state-sponsored Russian Direct Investment Fund, sent on the night Donald Trump won the presidency slipped through the heavy redactions on page 149 of Robert Mueller’s report. What lies beneath the black ink surrounding this declaration—including the identity of the sender—remains a mystery. But these three words encapsulate an almost unfathomable truth.While the full import of the President’s cryptic ties to Vladimir Putin is not yet known, publicly available information confirms he welcomed, benefitted from, and then denied Russian interference in the U.S. election. In …read more
Source: The American Interest
