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Trump-Russia News. 9/29/18.

The Guardian : “A Russian-US tycoon…Simon Kukes was in contact with senior Kremlin official in 2016 while donating to…Trump’s 2016 presidential election effort.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/28/russian-us-tycoon-boasted-of-active-involvement-in-trump-election-campaign-simon-kukes Politico : “The ouster of Rosenstein—who serves as Mueller’s direct supervisor—would subject the special counsel’s probe to new uncertainty and, critics fear, new restrictions on Mueller’s investigation into ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.” https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/24/rod-rosenstein-mueller-russia-investigation-838140 The New Yorker : “How Russia Helped Swing the Election For Trump…cyberattacks by hackers and trolls were decisive.” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/01/how-russia-helped-to-swing-the-election-for-trump Election Frontier Foundation : “Election Security Remains Just as Vulnerable as in 2016.” https://www.eff.org/deeplink

Trump-Russia News. 9/23/18.

Think Progress : “Trump ordered the FBI to declassify a select number of documents from the earliest days of the Russia investigation…a gross attempt at obstruction…and…the documents in question were part of an ongoing investigation…declassifying them might risk people’s lives.” https://thinkprogress.org/trumps-decision-to-declassify-russia-investigation-documents-concerning-10b17c1222b9/ The Independent : “Walls clearly closing in on Trump as he orders declassification of Russia probe FBI …documents and FBI text messages…in a move branded a ‘clear abuse of power.’” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-declassify-russia-probe-fbi-texts-walls-closing-in-surveillance-fisa-messages-abuse-power-a8542466.html Politico : “Trump ditches plans to quickly…declassify and release sensitive documents connected to the FBI’s Russia investigation…staves off a confrontation between the president and his own intelligence officials…the initial decision to rel