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general counsel of the Republican National Committee. In 2011 he stepped up to chairmanship of the RNC. Priebus’s political cred came from appeasing the Tea Party in Wisconsin, and his association with Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, a rising Republican star (and, briefly—very briefly— the 2016 front-runner).

k “What has he gotten himself into with the Russians?” pressed Ailes. “Mostly,” said Bannon, “he went to Russia and he thought he was going to meet Putin. But Putin couldn’t give a shit about him. So he’s kept trying.” “He’s Donald,” said Ailes. “It’s a magnificent thing,” said Bannon, who had taken

ty to connect the dots. Even if he hadn’t personally conspired with the Russians to fix the election, his efforts to curry favor with, of all people, Vladimir Putin had no doubt left a HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019901 trail of alarming words and deeds likely to have enormous political costs. Shortly after the election,

, his efforts to curry favor with, of all people, Vladimir Putin had no doubt left a HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019901

time it all gets kind of washed out, right?" And the tea party is using this as an example of the cronyism. Gene

t government is in Beijing or that government is in Washington, DC, or that government is in Brussels. So we are the platform for the voice of that. "Putin's ... very, very very intelligent. I can see this in the United States where he's playing very strongly to social conservatives about his message abo

le] Harnwell: These two parties have both been cultivating President Putin [unintelligible]. Bannon: I think it's a little bit more complicated. When Vladimir Putin, when you really look at some of the underpinnings of some of his beliefs today, a lot of those come from what I call Eurasianism; he's got an advise

ell: These two parties have both been cultivating President Putin [unintelligible]. Bannon: I think it's a little b

time it all gets kind of washed out, right?" And the tea party is using this as an example of the cronyism. Gene

t government is in Beijing or that government is in Washington, DC, or that government is in Brussels. So we are the platform for the voice of that. "Putin's ... very, very very intelligent. I can see this in the United States where he's playing very strongly to social conservatives about his message abo

le] Harnwell: These two parties have both been cultivating President Putin [unintelligible]. Bannon: I think it's a little bit more complicated. When Vladimir Putin, when you really look at some of the underpinnings of some of his beliefs today, a lot of those come from what I call Eurasianism; he's got an advise

ell: These two parties have both been cultivating President Putin [unintelligible]. Bannon: I think it's a little b

time it all gets kind of washed out, right?" And the tea party is using this as an example of the cronyism. Gene

t government is in Beijing or that government is in Washington, DC, or that government is in Brussels. So we are the platform for the voice of that. "Putin's ... very, very very intelligent. I can see this in the United States where he's playing very strongly to social conservatives about his message abo

le] Harnwell: These two parties have both been cultivating President Putin [unintelligible]. Bannon: I think it's a little bit more complicated. When Vladimir Putin, when you really look at some of the underpinnings of some of his beliefs today, a lot of those come from what I call Eurasianism; he's got an advise

ell: These two parties have both been cultivating President Putin [unintelligible]. Bannon: I think it's a little b