Stora tråden om Donald Trump [mod]

Speaking in confidence to a compatriot in late July 2016, Source E, an
ethnic Russian el os e associate of Republican US presidential can di date
Donald TRUMP, admitted that there was a well-developed conspiracy of
ca-operation between them and the Russian leadership. This was
managed on the TRUMP side by the Republican candidate's campaign
manager, Paul MANAFORT, who was using foreign policy advisor, earter
PAGE, and others as intermediaries. The two sides had a mutual interest
in defeating Demoeratic presidential candidate Hillary CLINTON, whom
President PUTIN apparent! y both hated and feared.

In ter alia, Source E, acknowledged that the Russian regim e had been behind the recent leak of embarrassing e-mail messages, emanating from the Demoeratic National Committee (DNC), to the WikiLeaks platform.

The reason for using WikiLeaks was "plausible deniability" and the
operation had been conducted with the full knowledge and support of
TRUMP and senior members of his campaign team. In return the TRUMP
team had agreed to sideline Russian intervention in Ukraine as a
campaign issue and to raise US/NATO defence commitments in the
Baltics and Eastern Europe to deflect attention away from Ukraine, a
priority for PUTIN who needed to cauterise the subject.