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Crime: Trump Campaign Chair Manafort Conspires with Russian Spies

By Michael Alan Prestwood

Tue 22 Jan 2019
Published 7 years ago.
Updated 1 week ago.
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Crime: Trump Campaign Chair Manafort Conspires with Russian Spies

Paul Manafort offered Russian spy Konstantin Kilimnik “private briefings” through numerous email exchanges.

Manafort wrote, “I assume you have shown our friends my media coverage, right?”

Kilimnik, “Absolutely. Every article.”

Manafort asks, “How do we use to get whole? Has OVD operation seen?”

OVD refers to Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska who is a Russian oligarch and one of Russia’s richest men.

Verified: In court documents.

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Michael Alan Prestwood
Author & Natural Philosopher
Prestwood writes on science-first philosophy, with particular attention to the convergence of disciplines. Drawing on his TST Framework, his work emphasizes rational inquiry grounded in empirical observation while engaging questions at the edges of established knowledge. With TouchstoneTruth positioned as a living touchstone, this work aims to contribute reliable, evolving analysis in an emerging AI era where the credibility of information is increasingly contested.
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