Dimitri Simes, Russia-born head of Center for National Interest, had early access to Trump historic pro-Russia speech, ran foreign policy with Kushner

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Russian-born Dimitri Simes, head of "the Center" for the National Interest [DC think tank linked to accused Russian spy Maria Butina] had early access to Trump’s infamous pro-Russia speech at the Mayflower Hotel. I'm on an all-nighter exposing Trump, and this is just the start!

Kushner Foreign Policy Role Grew After Kissinger Lunch (Correct)

www.bloomberg.com

D.C. Wise Man Had Early Access to Trump’s Infamous Pro-Russia Speech

Photos obtained by The Daily Beast show that controversial think tank chief Dimitri Simes was closer than previously known to the speech’s drafting.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

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Leslie Gelb, president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former senior Defense and State Department official who has known Simes since the 1970’s, said that Simes’s “body of work belies those who portray him as a secret Russian agent.”

Mueller report reveals Kushner's contacts with a ‘pro-Kremlin’ campaign adviser

Dimitri Simes, who runs a Washington think tank, offered advice on Russia policy and even peddled rumors about the Clintons.

www.politico.com

 

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"Putin referred to Simes as his “American friend”…Simes: “I fully support President Putin’s tough stance [on Syria]”

Donald Trump’s Russia connections

Realists with Moscow ties are lining up behind Republican frontrunner.

www.politico.eu

 

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just a note to remind everyone that Kushner's Russia advisor for the entirety of the 2016 presidential campaign, Dimitri Simes, now works for the Kremlin in Moscow as a talk-show host making half a million a year, which I assume is payment for a job well done during the campaign

 

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DOJ released 600 pages of notes from Mueller investigation. KUSHNER spoke about interaction with Russian ambassador KISLYAK, who told him, "we like what your candidate is saying" & later on as they discussed USING THE RUSSIAN Embassy TO COMMUNICATE

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/02/politics/mueller-investigation-memos/index.html

 

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Dimitri Simes sent Jared Kushner a “Russia policy memo” laying out “what Mr. Trump may want to say about Russia.” Simes meeting with Kushner: “it was bad optics for the campaign to develop hidden Russian contacts.”