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6 election, and his 'one-on-one interactions with Donald Trump,' according to the event description." EF

orts in the battle against the opioid epidemic." President Trump made the announcement about the funding, which wa

Fleischer Troubled Comey Shared Information From Trump's Transition Briefing With FBI. Fox News (9/4, 27

r consent, and insurance plans were beginning to reject the claims." Huawei Says US Using "Unscrupulous Means" To Disrupt Its Business. The AP (9m, McDonald) reports that Huawei on Wednesday accused the US of "attempting to break into its information systems and of trying to coerce its employees to gath

rnational organizations in the Afghan capital Kabul late on Monday that killed at least 16 people." Fleischer Troubled Comey Shared Information From Trump's Transition Briefing With FBI. Fox News (9/4, 27.59M) contributor Ari Fleischer discusses IG Michael Horowitz's report, which says shortly after t

er at a fundraising banquet for the Lancaster County [Pennsylvania] Democratic Committee." McCabe plans to discuss his "one-on-one interactions with Donald Trump," as well as the "fallout and aftermath" of former FBI Director James Comey's firing, "Russian meddling in the 2016 election," and special counsel R

later, Bundy "says the FBI changed its mind and OK'd his background check." McCabe To Be Keynote Speaker At Pennsylvania Democrats' Fundraiser. The Washington Free Beacon (9/4, Scher, 78K) reports that former FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who was fired from the FBI after the Justice Department IG found he had lied to i

, had a long career of work for leading Republicans, including presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. But by the time he became Donald Trump's campaign chairman in 2016, Manafort was best known for his work on behalf of foreign political leaders, including several with distinctly autocrati

se, 2016), http‘Wfreedomhouse otglreport/heedom•world/free- dom•vmrl47I116t 3. See, among others, Steve Rosenberg, 'Russian Media's Love Affair with Trump:British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), November 2, 20161 4. Javier Corrales, "Autocratic Legalism in Venezuela,' Journal of Democracy 26, na 2 (Ap

yed a clear preference for Republi- can candidate Donald Trump and disdain for Clinton.3) For Putin, the

ce the 2016 U.S. presidential election in Donald Trump's favor? The answer to that question may never be

ashington Influence Game," Millington PosL September 2 2015, 17. Lachlan Markay 'State-Owned Venezuelan Oil Firm Spends Millions on U.S. Lobbying,' Washington Free Beacon, June 6, 2016, 18. Ben Schreckinger and lulia loffe, 'Lobbyist Advised Trump Campaign While Promoting Russian Pipeline,' Politico, October 7, 2016,

sing.fcc.gov /myibfs/download.do?attachment_key=1487042. 17 Eller, Donnelle, “China-backed newspaper insert tries to undermine lowa farm support for Trump, trade war.” September 24, 2018. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2018/09/24/china -daily-watch-advertisement-tries-sway-iow

ystem is lobbying. For example, within one day of President Trump tweeting his openness to a settlement with ZTE Co

c425c0-840c-11e8-889e-dfla4cd5925c -html. 15 Interviews with sources close to the deal, and Gertz, Bill, “Mexican Radio to Beam Chinese Propaganda.” Washington Free Beacon. August 13, 2018. https://freebeacon.com/national-security/mexican-radio-beam -chinese-propaganda. 16 “Petition to Deny.” US Federal Communications

se made famous by the former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld, “a known unknown.” Just as likely he co

Is Getting Old,” NPR, March 16, 2016. 294 “Have I lost capability”: Bill Gertz, “NSA Director: Snowden’s Leaks Helped @ Terrorists Avoid Tracking,” Washington Free Beacon, Feb. 24, 2015. @ EPILOGUE The Snowden Effect 295 “Governments can reduce our dignity”: Edward Snowden, “Governments Can Reduce Our Dignity to That

later made famous by former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. “A known unknown.” Yet there HOUSE_OVE

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reedom House Chapter 6 Flacks and Friends Did the Russian government attempt to surrepti- tiously influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election in Donald Trump's favor? The answer to that question may never be definitively known. There is, neverthe- less, a critical mass of evidence that Kremlin-allied forces

try/arab-gulf-states-washington_us_55e62be5e4b0b7a9633ac659. 17. Lachlan Markay, “State-Owned Venezuelan Oil Firm Spends Millions on U.S. Lobbying,” Washington Free Beacon, June 6, 2016, http://freebeacon.com/issues/state-owned-venezuelan-oil-firms-spends-millions-u-s-lobbying/. 18. Ben Schreckinger and lulia loffe, “L

t-truth era,” in which lies and distortions carry as much weight as facts. Clearly, at least some of this hand-wring- ing was a partisan reaction to Trumps victory. But it followed an election in which the winning candidate falsely claimed, among other things, that the balloting was rigged against him, t