Big donor to Trump campaign made overture to top Russian official, boasting of connections
Big donor to Trump campaign made overture to top Russian official, boasting of connections
by Richard Engel, Kate Benyon-Tinker, Charlotte Gardiner and Kennett Werner
A Russian-born American businessman who gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to support Donald Trump's run for president in 2016 offered to brief a high-ranking Russian official during the final months of the campaign, according to a series of emails reviewed by NBC News.
The businessman, Simon Kukes, a Houston-based oil executive, sent an email to the official in Moscow in July 2016, boasting of his connections to the Trump campaign and requesting a face-to-face meeting.
READ MORE: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-tr...
by Richard Engel, Kate Benyon-Tinker, Charlotte Gardiner and Kennett Werner
A Russian-born American businessman who gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to support Donald Trump's run for president in 2016 offered to brief a high-ranking Russian official during the final months of the campaign, according to a series of emails reviewed by NBC News.
The businessman, Simon Kukes, a Houston-based oil executive, sent an email to the official in Moscow in July 2016, boasting of his connections to the Trump campaign and requesting a face-to-face meeting.
READ MORE: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-tr...
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