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Tanuki

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1. And he said back in June that he would happily do it again

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Fri Sep 20, 2019, 08:58 AM

Sep 2019

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-on-foreign-figures-offering-dirt-on-2020-opponents-i-think-id-take-it

"President Trump has openly said he would not object to hearing out foreign figures if they came to him offering dirt on a 2020 opponent.
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When Stephanopoulos noted that FBI Director Christopher Wray wanted that kind of incident to be reported to the agency, Trump said Wray was “wrong.” “This is somebody that said, ‘We have information on your opponent.’ ‘Oh, let me call the FBI.’ Give me a break,” Trump said. “Life doesn’t work that way."....(more)

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This was not Trump's 1st time in asking for a foreign government's interference in our elections [View all] Botany Sep 2019 OP

And he said back in June that he would happily do it again Tanuki Sep 2019 #1

And just like 2016 Pence was in on it too. Botany Sep 2019 #2