July 12, 2017
PLAYIN' WITH THE QUEEN OF DIAMONDS:
U.S. intelligence intercepted Russian officials talking about meetings with Trump associates before the campaign started (The Week, 7/12/17)
U.S. intelligence overheard Russian government officials discussing President Trump even before he'd declared he was running for office, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Such conversations were intercepted in spring 2015 and apparently referred to "meetings held outside the U.S. involving Russian government officials and Trump business associates or advisers." Trump has sold properties in Russia and produced the Miss Universe pageant there in 2013. The Journal noted it's unclear whether the conversations were at all tied to Trump's plans to run for president.
Posted by Orrin Judd at July 12, 2017 7:57 PM