When President Donald Trump tried to offer an olive branch regarding the 2018 World Cup on Sunday, his former opponent, Hillary Clinton, used it as an opportunity to jab him about Russia.
Trump congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his country’s performance hosting the tournament just before the two met for a summit on Monday. The president’s tweet came as an apparent attempt to smooth over relations amid what he saw as the worst relationship ever between the two.
Great World Cup. Question for President Trump as he meets Putin: Do you know which team you play for?
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 16, 2018
While some responded by praising Clinton or bashing Trump, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee came back with some unpleasant allegations against the former secretary of state:
Hillary tweeted, “Q for Trump as he meets Putin: Do U know which team you play for?” @POTUS never accepted $500K dollars for 1 speech from Russian bank, taken $140m for his foundation from Russian sources, or sold Russia 1/5 of US uranium supply. Which team are YOU on, Hillary?
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) July 16, 2018
Huckabee was referring to a variety of claims in the “Uranium One” scandal. The Clinton Foundation — a project of both Hillary’s and her husband, former President Bill Clinton’s — appeared to have a cozy relationship with Russian entities around the time Hillary tried to “reset” relations with America’s former Cold War nemesis. – READ MORE
[divider][/divider]Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed to offer an olive branch to special counsel Robert Mueller during a news conference after his summit with President Trump on Monday. Perhaps Mueller could come to Russia and interview the 12 intelligence officers indicted by a grand jury last week for alleged involvement in hacking the Democratic National Committee and the campaign of Hillary Clinton.
All Putin would ask was that the courtesy be returned.
“Then we would expect that the Americans would reciprocate,” he said through a translator, “and they would question officials, including the officers of law enforcement and intelligence services of the United States, who we believe have something to do with illegal actions on the territory of Russia, and we have to request the presence of our law enforcement.”
Did he have an example of one such investigation? He certainly did: Bill Browder.
“Business associates of Mr. Browder have earned over $1.5 billion in Russia. They’ve never paid any taxes, neither in Russia or the United States,” Putin said. “And yet the money escaped the country. They were transferred to the United States. They sent a huge amount of money — $400 million — as a contribution to the campaign of Hillary Clinton. Well, that’s a personal case. It might have been legal, the contribution itself, but the way the money was earned was illegal.”
Those transactions, he said, were “accompanied and guided” by intelligence officials. Those officials could be interviewed in the presence of Russians — just as he would graciously allow Mueller’s team to be present for the questioning of his own officers.
Magninsky Act Browder gave $400 million to Hillary campaign, says Putin. He states it might be legal, but the way it was earned was illegal. Also states Browder hasn’t payed taxes on $$ earned in Russia or payed to U.S. pic.twitter.com/VgyKfkH6wk
— ||:\|__VM__||\:| (@myhtopoeic) July 16, 2018
[give_form id=”79809″] [contentcards url=”https://ijr.com/2018/07/1109770-hillary-trump-russia-huckabee-reminds/” target=”_blank”]Did Putin just expose a John Brennan-backed Op? https://t.co/Yc0vjVT3do
— Thomas Paine (@Thomas1774Paine) July 16, 2018