Alleged leaked documents reportedly show that Vladimir Putin gave the go-ahead to support Donald Trump’s presidential bid with a multi-agency operation in 2016.
A report from the Guardian on Thursday included information on documents said to suggest that Russia launched what’s described as a “multi-agency effort” with the intent of interfering with the U.S. presidential election. The documents in question are reported to be leaked Kremlin documents, with independent experts cited in Thursday’s report as having agreed that the documents were seemingly genuine.
A meeting is reported to have taken place on Jan. 22, 2016, during which the Russian president and spy agency leaders are said to have agreed that a Trump presidency would be good for their goals in Moscow. The allegedly present parties, per the report, also greed that causing “turmoil” in the U.S. would be useful in undermining the POTUS’ negotiation tactics.
Later, Putin is reported to have issued a decree under which a trio of spy agencies were told to identify methods of backing Trump, who was already the Republican frontrunner at the time. Elsewhere, the alleged leaked docs are said to suggested that the Kremlin possessed compromising material about the former Apprentice host.
In a psychological assessment also alleged to be included in the documents, Trump—who ultimately went on to lose a re-election effort in 2020—is reportedly described as both “mentally unstable” and “unbalanced.” Furthermore, per the Guardian’s report, the Kremlin had assessed that Trump suffered from “an inferiority complex.”
Thursday’s report from Luke Harding, Julian Borger, and Dan Sabbagh also features a response to the alleged leaked documents from a Kremlin spokesperson, who likened the claims to “pulp fiction.”
Earlier this month, Trump held a press conference to announce his filing of a lawsuit against Twitter, Facebook, and Google. The suit expectedly saw Trump linking up with the America First Policy Institute, a nonprofit launched by former Trump administration officials.
