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The Case for Trump as a Russian Asset

The Case for Trump as a Russian Asset

The media won't touch this story even though the evidence is mounting.

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Feb 25, 2025
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by Ben Cohen

Last Friday, the Daily Beast published a bombshell story alleging that Donald Trump had been recruited as a KGB asset in 1987 under the codename "Krasnov." The report cited a Facebook post by former Soviet intelligence officer Alnur Mussayev.

The story was then scrubbed from the site the following day with no retraction or acknowledgment th…

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