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| President Donald Trump speaks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Oval Office, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Photo by Shealah Craighead, White House photo. |
GUEST BLOG / By Evan McMullin, Ex-CIA officer-- As with many
Americans, I began reading special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian
election interference as soon as it was released. As a former Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer, I couldn’t help but see the events it
recounts the way that President Vladimir Putin, a former KGB officer, would
have viewed them as they happened.
What the
report revealed, page after page, was President Donald Trump and his campaign’s
efforts to profit from the most “sweeping and systematic” — to use the words of
the report — information warfare attack ever waged against the United States of
America.
Trump and
his team were uniquely positioned to sound the alarm and halt the Russian
attack, but instead they welcomed it.
Trump and
his team were uniquely positioned to sound the alarm and halt the Russian
attack, but instead they welcomed it. And then they tried to obstruct efforts
to investigate it. As such, Trump bears distinct responsibility for our failure
to defend against Russia’s hostility and take the steps necessary to deter
future threats.
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On January 11, 2019, Steve Mnuchin briefed Congress on why he dropped sanctions
on Russian companies.
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US President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 16, 2018. Chris McGrath/Getty Images
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