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Russian Meddling, Trump-Putin Bromance Is About Clinton

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Sameer Arshad Khatlani Follow  on Facebook R obert Mueller, who lead the probe into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, charged three advisers to President Donald Trump’s campaign in October 2017. The New York Times described the development as 'the most explicit evidence to date that his [Trump]’s campaign was eager to coordinate with the Russian government to damage his rival, Hillary Clinton.' It emerged that Russian intelligence services used intermediaries to contact the Trump campaign’s former foreign policy adviser, George Papadopoulos, to gain influence. In April 2016, the Russians offered the campaign 'dirt' on Clinton in the form of thousands of emails, the Times reported.  Also Read | How Elected Autocrats Undermine Substance Of Democracy  The charges against Papadopoulos and two others were slapped nine months after the Office of the Director of National Intelligence noted in January 2017 that '[Russian President] Vl