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Originally Posted by Pete F.
Trump’s campaign manager admitted to colluding with the Russians.
That's not true. He never admitted to "colluding".
You purposely frame it that way to help create a false narrative. https://www.realclearinvestigations....t_777328.html#!
Trump himself asked Russia to hack Hillary.
Again, framing a typical Trump sarcasm as factual evidence to support a false narrative.
GOP operative convicted in scheme to funnel Russian money into Trump campaign
Shawna Chen
A former senior aide to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was convicted Thursday after being found guilty of helping to funnel illegal foreign campaign contributions from a Russian national into former President Trump's 2016 campaign.
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Is this what you're referring to?
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/18/gop-...campaign-.html[/COLOR]
Most of the money went into Benton's pocket, not the Trump campaign. And the money came from a private Russian businessman who gave the money in order to be able to get for himself a picture of him with Trump in order to promote his own business. It was not funneled from the Russian government to the Trump campaign. Benton kept for himself $75,000 of the $100,000 given by the Russian businessman, and gave the remaining $25,000 to the Great America PAC, a super Pac supporting Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, as well as the campaigns of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Sen. Rand Paul, both Republicans from Kentucky, and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas. Benton was convicted of a campaign finance crime and the Russian businessman got his picture with Trump.
This was not "Russian" (Russian government) interference in the election.