Epstein Secrets

, 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

t Union's conduct during World War II, the 1917 Russian Revolution, and the Soviet Union's suppression of uprisings in Hungary Czechoslovakia, and East Germany during the Cold War.3° In each case, the most serious and respected historical accounts have been written by foreign scholars, due largely to the

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

Chinese leadership. The Tiananmen Square massacre still plays an outsize role in Germans’ public perception of China as it fell on the same year that East Germany began to open up. Thus, instead of launching a PR campaign to play on German skepticism of the United States (for example), as China does elsewhere,

iet Union's conduct during World War Il, the 1917 Russian Revolution, and the Soviet Union's suppression of uprisings in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany during the Cold War.” In each case, the most serious and respected historical accounts have been written by foreign scholars, due largely to the pre

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

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