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31 Facts About Donald Trump and Russian Collusion You Need to Know
JEFF61BOCT 12, 2022
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Learn 31 facts about Trump's ties with Russia.
Learn 31 facts about Trump's ties with Russia.
Trump Russia Facts

Beginning in the summer of 2016, US intelligence agencies found extensive evidence that Russia was working persistently to influence the US presidential election. The specifics of Russia’s interference can be found in an excellent book by Malcolm Nance titled The Plot to Hack America.

More alarming is the multitude of secret contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia while Russia was meddling in our election.

In order to understand all these interwoven threads of the Trump-Russia scandal, this article breaks down those connections and gives links to source materials so you can verify all of this information yourself.

1. Vladimir Putin Wanted to Help Donald Trump Win the Election

A declassified report issued by the FBI, CIA and NSA, titled Russia’s Influence Campaign Targeting the 2016 US Presidential Election, stated:

We assess with high confidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election, the consistent goals of which were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency.

We also assess Putin and the Russian government aspired to help Trump’s election chances when possible by discrediting Secretary Clinton and publicly contrasting her unfavorably to him.
2. Trump’s Campaign Manager Spent Years Working for Vladimir Putin

In August 2016, Donald Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, had to resign because he had concealed his years working to install politicians loyal to Russian president Vladimir Putin.

While still receiving money from Russia, Manafort then went to work managing Donald Trump’s campaign at a time when Putin wanted Trump to win the presidency. Oddly, Manafort, who made millions of dollars working for Putin, volunteered to manage Donald Trump's campaign for free.

3. Paul Manafort Gave Valuable Polling Data to the Russians

Trump campaign manager, Paul Manafort lied to prosecutors to hide the fact that he gave polling data to alleged Russian spy Konstantin Kolimnik. Such data would enable the Russians to target the specific people and regions of the country to help sway the election for Trump

4. Donald Trump Jr. Responded to an Offer of Help From Russia

When a Russian business partner of Donald Trump sent a message to Donald Trump Jr. that they had information which would be helpful to the Trump campaign in the 2016 election, Donald Trump Jr. responded, “If it’s what you say I love it especially later in the summer.”

This makes it explicitly clear that the Trump campaign was willing and eager to accept help from a foreign, and often hostile, country to win the election.

5. Trump Jr., Paul Manafort, and Jared Kushner Met With a Russian Lawyer

In June of 2016, Donald Trump Jr., Trump's campaign manager Paul Manafort, and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner all met with a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower in New York for the purpose of getting damaging information about Hillary Clinton.

After denying for a year that the purpose of the Trump Tower meeting was to get help from the Russians, Donald Trump admitted in a Tweet that the meeting was in fact for the purpose of getting dirt on Hillary Clinton.


6. Donald Trump Publicly Asked Russia to Help Him Get Elected

In August of 2016, shortly after high level Trump campaign officials met with a Russian attorney to discuss getting dirt on Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump publicly asked Russia to reveal any information they had that could hurt Hillary Clinton and help him win the election. At that same event, Trump said Russia would be “rewarded mightily” for their efforts. In that same speech, he also said he was considering lifting sanctions on Russia.

Former Trump adviser, Carter Page
Former Trump adviser, Carter Page
7. Trump Adviser Carter Page Had So Many Suspicious Russian Connections

One of Donald Trump’s foreign policy advisers, Carter Page, had many business involvements with Russian oil company Gazprom. When Page became Trump’s foreign policy adviser, he began giving pro-Russia policy speeches in Moscow, which resulted in the FBI looking into his activities.

Page also went to Moscow on behalf of the Trump campaign and met with managers of two Russian energy companies.

8. Carter Page Was Recruited by Russian Intelligence

In early 2017, the FBI revealed that Carter Page, Trump’s foreign policy adviser, had been recruited by Russian intelligence agents back in 2013. Page was not indicted by the FBI but he did have extensive contacts with those intelligence agents.

9. Trump’s Campaign Changed the Republican Party Platform to Soften Their Stance on Russia

In 2016, the Republican Party had a plank in their party platform that was highly critical of Russia’s involvement in Ukraine. After Trump secured the needed delegates to win the Republican nomination, his campaign quietly changed the Republican platform to remove a section that supports Ukraine against Russia.

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10. After Mitch McConnell Stopped President Obama From Revealing Russia’s Interference, Trump Rewarded Him by Appointing His Wife to His Cabinet

After learning of Russia’s illegal involvement in our presidential election, President Obama met with members of Congress to discuss what they should tell the American public about Russia’s involvement with our election.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell threatened to accuse President Obama of politicizing this information if he went public so Obama held off releasing the information. After McConnell successfully stopped Obama from revealing this information until after the election, Donald Trump appointed McConnell’s wife as Transportation Secretary.

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11. Trump Adviser Michael Flynn Lied About Talking to the Russian Ambassador

After the election, President Obama imposed additional sanctions against Russia for interfering with the US presidential election.

On the same day that Obama imposed sanctions against Russia, Trump’s campaign adviser, Michael Flynn, spoke to the Russian ambassador and discussed lifting those sanctions.

Flynn lied when asked about his conversation with the Russian ambassador.

12. Jared Kushner Created Back Channel Contacts With Russia While Obama Was Still President

Prior to Trump’s inauguration, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner contacted the Russian ambassador to establish back channel communication lines with Russia. This was in violation of National Security policy.

13. Jared Kushner Did Not Disclose His Contacts With Russia on His Application for Top Security Clearance

As a top adviser to Donald Trump, Jared Kushner had to apply for top secret security clearance.

When applying for his security clearance, Kushner, failed to disclose dozens of contacts he’d had with foreign governments including Russia. This type of omission is usually more than enough to get someone’s security clearance revoked. However, Kushner continues to have top level security clearance.

14. Trump’s Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, Lied to Congress About His Ties to Russia

During his Senate confirmation hearing, Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, lied to Congress when he said under oath that he had not met with anyone from Russia. In fact, he had met with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. While it was not illegal for Sessions to meet with Kislyak, it was illegal to lie to Congress about it.

Strangely enough, Sessions had not even been asked during his hearings if he had met with any Russians. He simply volunteered this false information on his own.

15. Jeff Sessions Illegally Falsified Information About His Contacts With Russia

Attorney General Jeff sessions did not disclose his contacts with Russia when he applied for his security clearance with the Justice Department. Such an omission of information on a security application should be more than enough reason for him to be fired. When you consider both this illegal omission of information and the fact that he lied to Congress under oath, it is difficult to understand how he can be allowed to continue as United States Attorney General.

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