Russia’s Plan to Buy Off the GOP Began Before the Rise of Trump

New Column: Fascinating fact in the Butina affidavit. She started working the GOP in March 2015--while Trump was still a private citizen. In other words, the Russians saw the whole GOP as corruptible *before* Trump. https://t.co/oYYdLJlfPz via @thedailybeast

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