How Deeply Did the Russians Ivest in 2016?

[JackLuis]

Tangled web connects Russian oligarch money to GOP campaigns

Party loyalty is often cited as the reason that GOP leaders have not been more outspoken in their criticism of President Donald Trump and his refusal to condemn Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. Yet there may be another reason that top Republicans have not been more vocal in their condemnation. Perhaps it's because they have their own links to the Russian oligarchy that they would prefer go unnoticed.

Donald Trump and the political action committees for Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Lindsey Graham, John Kasich and John McCain accepted $7.35 million in contributions from a Ukrainian-born oligarch who is the business partner of two of Russian president Vladimir Putin's favorite oligarchs and a Russian government bank.

Cheaper by the Dozens I guess?

 

[Hypoxia]

Tangled web connects Russian oligarch money to GOP campaigns



Cheaper by the Dozens I guess?

"An honest politician is one who STAYS bought." Have these guys stayed bought?

 

[PrincepsCyberius]

"An honest politician is one who STAYS bought." Have these guys stayed bought?

Apparently not, given the recent sanctions bill.

Really, more dependable investments come not during a campaign, but while a politician is in office, like the $500,000.00 Russians paid to Bill Clinton just before needing Secretary of State Clinton's support of the Uranium One deal.

See, e.g., J. Becker & M. McIntire, Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal, N.Y. Times (April 23, 2015).