Hillary Clinton Demands Answers As Trump Foreign Policy Adviser Investigated By FBI

Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:14 pm

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Hillary Clinton is demanding answers after the Trump campaign was rocked by the news that one of Trump’s foreign policy advisers is under FBI investigation due to his ties to Putin.

Michael Isikoff of Yahoo News reported, “U.S. intelligence officials are seeking to determine whether an American businessman identified by Donald Trump as one of his foreign policy advisers has opened up private communications with senior Russian officials — including talks about the possible lifting of economic sanctions if the Republican nominee becomes president, according to multiple sources who have been briefed on the issue.”

The Clinton campaign responded with a call for Trump disclose his Russian relationships and business dealings:

It’s chilling to learn that U.S. intelligence officials are conducting a probe into suspected meetings between Trump’s foreign policy adviser Carter Page and members of Putin’s inner circle while in Moscow. You have to ask why he would meet with Igor Diveykin, who is believed by U.S. officials ‘to have responsibility for intelligence collected by Russian agencies about the U.S. election.’ This comes as Russian hackers continue their attempts to influence the outcome of our elections, something Trump openly invited. This is serious business and voters deserve the facts before election day.

Just one day after we learned about Trump’s hundreds of millions of dollars in undisclosed Russian business interests, this report suggests Page met with a sanctioned top Russian official to discuss the possibility of ending U.S. sanctions against Russia under a Trump presidency – an action that could directly enrich both Trump and Page while undermining American interests. This is precisely what more than fifty national security experts warned against when they called on Trump to disclose and divest his conflict-laden foreign assets that could endanger our national security.

We’ve never seen anything like this in American politics. Every day seems to cast new doubts on what’s truly driving Donald Trump’s decision-making: the interests of the American people or his own bottom line. He needs to immediately disclose the full extent of his business relationships and foreign assets so the voters can make that determination for themselves.

The Trump/Putin situation has gone beyond where there’s smoke, there’s fire. This is a towering inferno that voters deserve answers to. Trump appears to be cutting backdoor deals with the Russian government in exchange for their meddling in the presidential election.

It will be considered an act of journalistic malpractice if Trump isn’t asked about this investigation at the presidential debate.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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