Trump Distances Himself From 2 Advisers' Pro-Russian Work, Threatens to Fire Them
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 7
Trump Distances Himself From 2 Advisers' Pro-Russian Work, Threatens to Fire Them
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 7
Summary
Trump said James Blair and Chris LaCivita were only “outside consultants” and vowed to terminate them “immediately” if their work posed a conflict.
The response followed reporting that both advisers were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to counsel Republika Srpska’s government on voting issues before Sunday’s elections.
Blair and LaCivita traveled to the Balkan territory last week and returned Monday while also steering MAGA Inc., the Trump-backed super PAC spending heavily in the midterms.
Republika Srpska is run by Milorad Dodik’s pro-Russian party, which won decisively Sunday; Dodik had been under U.S. sanctions until the Trump administration lifted them last year.