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S T's avatar

was the Trump-Russia invesitigation a theatre play?

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Renée's avatar

Hard to believe I've been following this Trump saga fairly intently since 2016 and am just learning about your work now. Better late than never, I guess, so long as it's not too late. Thank you, Craig!

I have so many questions but will read your books before I ask. My local library has me covered!

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Eleanor Grant's avatar

What are these comments in response to? Where can the original article be found?

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Craig Unger's avatar

This is part of my ongoing series—the Trump Russia Timeline—which distills key parts of my books—American Kompromat and House of Trump, House of Putin—putting together the evidence I have that Donald Trump was cultivated as an intelligence asset by the KGB. This is one of the most recent ones—there are about a dozen so far—and there will be many dozens by the time I finish. Or you can jump ahead and buyone of my books. https://craigunger.substack.com/p/1987-the-kgb-reels-him-in

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Phil Tanny's avatar

Yes, exactly, Trump is an uncover Russian asset, which is why he caused Germany to massively rearm, Russia's worst nightmare. It's all part of Putin's secret plan to kick off another German invasion of Russia.

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J C's avatar

This is the PG version.

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john king (MY HUMBLE OPINION)'s avatar

Hello Craig. I enjoy reading your work, and having my suspicions confirmed. I hope your writing is shared far and wide, and the American people face the facts soon. Time is not on our side. Please keep the details coming sir. Thank you.

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Harry Barker's avatar

Just list what he does for Putin and against USA. No pee tape required to see who's got the leg up.

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Letters from Rural America's avatar

RIGHT????

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Jillian Loo's avatar

Craig your books should be required reading for everyone. This affects every one of us regardless of where you live, ultimately it is a global push toward Authoritarianism. What happens in America affects people around the world. It is all right there for anyone who has eyes to see and ears to hear.

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Letters from Rural America's avatar

The USA is the front lines right now for representative democracy. Ukraine is taking the brunt kinetically, but the truth is - the last shot in the war to come will be fired on this land.

We still have a **narrow** window to stop it before it becomes a real war here, but I would argue that school shootings were an intentional kinetic part of the psychological war enemies of constitutional representative democracy hate. For proof, I would start with a timeline of Alex Jones.

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Craig Unger's avatar

Thanks so much, Jillian.

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MehhSecurity's avatar

Incredible. Thank you for sharing this.

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Susan Y's avatar

Hi Craig, I saw you speak on Heidi Cuda's Bette Dangerous and became a subscriber. Why has the Trump / Russia bromance been allowed to continue for decades? Why didn't anyone do anything? Thanks Craig.

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Craig Unger's avatar

Good question. I've written two books on Trump-Russia--that would be a third one. But briefly, the FBI's counterintelligence efforts were a humongous failure. After retiring from the FBI, two FBI Directors. William Sessions and Louis Freeh, ended up bringing in huge paychecks working for the the Russians. (Freeh bought a $9.3 million home in Palm Beach not far from Mar-a-Lago.) As a lawyer, Sessions ended up representing Semion Mogilivech, who was the putative financial wizard of the Russian Mafia and was known as The Brainy Don. He was known for his money-laundering acumen and several of his lieutenants lived in, owned or laundering money through Trump real estate. Similarly, Freeh represented Prevezon, the Russian-owned real estate company that laundered millions. So imagine that you are a diligent FBI agent investigating Russian influence in the US--and now your two former bosses are working for the bad guys. Also, going back to the Seventies, Trump cultivated a friendship with the late James Kallstrom who ran the FBI's NYC field office and should have known that at least 13 Russian mobsters owned or lived in Trump Tower or other Trump properties but seemed to look the other way. Remember, Russian mobsters are different than US mobsters in one important respect. Historically, US mobsters have always been at war with the FBI. In Russia, it's different. The Russian Mafia has basically been the enforcement arm of the KGB and now the. FSB. To have had them in such proximity to the man who became president of the United States seems to me a grave national security concern. I could go on. There's also the fact that Felix Sater who had ties to the Russian Mafia was an FBI informant who was also acting as an intermediary between Trump and Russia. It was Whitey Bulger on steroids. Or ketamine, maybe. Anyway, you get the idea. And the CIA did nothing as well. This is perhaps the greatest national security failure in American history.

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Susan Y's avatar

Thank you Craig.

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Letters from Rural America's avatar

"A forensic investigation into illicit money flows,"

Thats's intriguing. I look forward to more details.

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Craig Unger's avatar

I don't know about Melania's parents. Ivana's father was regularly interviewed by the StB, Czech intelligence service that allied with the KGB. I've written at length about how the Russian mob laundered $$ through Trump real estate inTheNew Republic and House of Trump, House of Putin. Similarly, in American Kompromat, I've written at great length about how the KGB groomed Trump as an asset.

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L. White's avatar

Sealed with a kiss

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