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Except that everyone I know who worked RU matters in the intelligence community thinks exactly the opposite, and have been consistent on this for many years. But other than that, you're correct.Well, umm, Ed Martin, the man that Trump temporarily placed in charge of one of the two United States Attorney’s offices that handle the most national-security matters appeared on Russian state media over 150 times from 2016 to 2024.
In early 2022, Martin told an interviewer on the same arm of RT’s global network that “there’s no evidence” of a Russian military buildup on Ukraine’s borders, criticizing U.S. officials as warmongering and ignoring Russia’s security concerns. Russia invaded nine days later, igniting a war that continues today.
Martin is now interim U.S. attorney for D.C. and Trump’s pick to serve full time in the role. But as a conservative activist and former Missouri Republican official, he appeared more than 150 times on RT and Sputnik — networks funded and directed by the Russian government — as a guest commentator from August 2016 to April 2024, according to a search of their websites and the Internet Archive’s database of television broadcasts.
Martin did not disclose the appearances last month on a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire, which asks nominees to list all media interviews. Analysis of television archives suggests he went on RT and Sputnik more often than on any major cable network during that span.Okay, so maybe Trump's not a Russian asset but, then, exactly how would a Russian asset act differently than Trump has with respect to Putin and Russia?
msn.com - Trump s d c u s attorney pick appeared on russian state media over times 