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- The author of the dossier detailing President Donald Trump’s alleged connections to Russia wrote another report in late 2016 that alleged Russia had intervened to block Trump’s nomination of former Utah Gov. Mitt Romney for secretary of state.
- Russia allegedly wanted Trump to pick someone who would cooperate with them on their goals in Syria and would lift sanctions that were imposed because of Russia’s incursions into Ukraine.
- Trump eventually chose Rex Tillerson for the job, and has refused to enforce sanctions approved by Congress in late 2016.
Former British spy Christopher Steele, the author of the influential dossier detailing President Donald Trump’s connections to Russia, reportedly wrote a memo in 2016 that contained a bombshell claim that wasn’t included in his original dossier — that Russia had told Trump not to nominate former Utah Gov. Mitt Romney for secretary of state because of his perceived hawkishness toward Russia.
The New Yorker detailed how Steele reportedly claimed that Moscow had contacted Trump and instructed him to drop Romney and instead nominate someone who would be willing to lift sanctions placed on Russia due to its incursions into Ukraine in 2014, and would be open to working with Russia on its own geopolitical goals in places like Syria.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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