House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: 'I think Putin pays' Trump.
May 17, 2017
KIEV, Ukraine A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation on Capitol Hill with his fellow GOP leaders: that Trump could be the beneficiary of payments from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Theres two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump, McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) immediately interjected, stopping the conversation from further exploring McCarthys assertion, and swore the Republicans present to secrecy.
Before the conversation, McCarthy and Ryan had emerged from separate talks at the Capitol with Ukrainian Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman, who had described a Kremlin tactic of financing populist politicians to undercut Eastern European democratic institutions.
News had just broken the day before in The Washington Post that Russian government hackers had penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee, prompting McCarthy to shift the conversation from Russian meddling in Europe to events closer to home.
Some of the lawmakers laughed at McCarthys comment. Then McCarthy quickly added: Swear to God.
Ryan instructed his Republican lieutenants to keep the conversation private, saying: No leaks. . . . This is how we know were a real family here.
The remarks remained secret for nearly a year.'>>>
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(767 posts)Dishonest people like republicans only care about MONEY. If they do not get their share of money;then they start attacking one of their own. Today they can stop a corrupt president, but a crime family does nothing for FREE. Moral ethics is something NOT required to be a RE-THUG-AGAIN.........