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Tommy_Carcetti

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11. For what it's worth, Konstantin Rykov gave Scavino (among others) a heads up on his launch...

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu Jul 20, 2017, 04:29 PM

Jul 2017

....of a Russia Pro-Trump website back in August 2015.

Link to tweet

(Rykov is the former Russian legislator turned "Putin's Trollmaster" who bragged about influencing the 2016 elections just days after Trump was elected.)

Note, this doesn't prove Scavino and Rykov actually communicated back and forth, but it certainly shows an awareness by Rykov as to who Scavino was.

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Oh My! malaise Jul 2017 #1

oky doky riversedge Jul 2017 #20

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Russians are fellow white people. L. Coyote Jul 2017 #7

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And that's the game folks. onecaliberal Jul 2017 #10

For what it's worth, Konstantin Rykov gave Scavino (among others) a heads up on his launch... Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2017 #11

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