《纽约客》【欧逸文】特朗普总统的第一个任期
知名记者欧逸文2016年9月写的这篇万字长文，结合特朗普竞选以来的表现，从政治、外交、经济、安全等实际角度，预测了特朗普总统带领下的美国是怎样一副光景。他在最后发问：特朗普在竞选中就是这种表现，为什么要期待他当上总统后会有所改变？
http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Q_iKdU4AGGnwE75iAcmRhA
《纽约客》【欧逸文】深度报道 “冷战2.0：俄罗斯干预美国大选的背后”
冷战2.0：俄罗斯干预美国大选的背后 | 译读纽约客
http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/z7w_b12HLU-px7MQutFbzQ
冷战2.0：俄罗斯干预美国大选的背后（二） | 译读纽约客
http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/jHXVGDuQCqMV1zid2UnWsw
冷战2.0：俄罗斯干预美国大选的背后（三） | 译读纽约客
http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/BGUguhQHgkMk1U0e32U26A
冷战2.0：俄罗斯干预美国大选的背后（四） | 译读纽约客
http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/PeQ2GszjBAeA6bPhKZNpKw
川普团队被爆暗通俄罗斯，不只前国安顾问、司法部长，川普助手、川普儿子女婿都曾跟俄接触
http://bbs.wenxuecity.com/currentevent/1104491.html
美国情报部门截获俄罗斯官员通信，其中透露俄国人掌握的试图影响川普和身边人的“黑材料”与财务有关
"Russian government officials reportedly talked about having possibly "derogatory" information about President Trump and some of his top aides during the 2016 presidential race.
The officials' discussions were intercepted by U.S. intelligence, CNN reported, citing two former intelligence officials and a congressional source.
A source told CNN the information was related to finances. Russians appeared to think "they had the ability to influence the administration through the derogatory information," the source said."
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/335570-russians-talked-about-having-potentially-derogatory-information-on-trump
Congress expands Russia investigation to include Trump's personal attorney
"One of President Donald Trump’s closest confidants, his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, has now become a focus of the expanding congressional investigation into Russian efforts to influence the 2016 campaign."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/russia-investigation-expands-include-donald-trumps-personal-attorney/story?id=47646601
Kushner Called on Russia to Set Up Secret Channel of Communications With Kremlin
May 27, 2017
"Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and closest adviser, talked with the Russian ambassador in December about setting up a back channel of communications between Washington and the Kremlin. The goal seems to have been to use Russian diplomatic facilities for these talks before Trump would be sworn in, so any discussions wouldn’t be monitored."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-ambassador-told-moscow-that-kushner-wanted-secret-communications-channel-with-kremlin/2017/05/26/520a14b4-422d-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html
Donald Trump's tax law firm has 'deep' ties to Russia
May 12, 2017
The lawyers who wrote a letter saying President Trump had no significant business ties to Russia work for a law firm that has extensive ties to Russia and received a “Russia Law Firm of the Year” award in 2016. According to the firm’s website, its Moscow office includes more than 40 lawyers and staff who are “well known in the Russian market, and have a deep familiarity with the local legislation, practices, and key players.” The firm boasts of being “particularly adept” at advising clients on “sanction matters."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-tax-law-firm-deep-ties-russia/story?id=47376041
Trump campaign had at least 18 undisclosed contacts with Russians: report
May 18, 2017
Reuters reported that former national security adviser Michael Flynn, along with other advisers to Trump, had contact with Russians in at least 18 calls or emails during the last seven months of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
Of the 18 undisclosed contacts, six were phone calls between Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, and advisers to Trump, Reuters reported, citing current and former officials.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-contacts-idUSKCN18E106
The Wall Street Journal: Russian State-Run Bank Financed Deal Involving Trump Hotel Partner
May 17, 2017
Russian-Canadian developer put money into Toronto project after receiving hundreds of millions from deal involving VEB
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-state-run-bank-financed-deal-involving-trump-hotel-partner-1495031708
Salon: More proof that ex-Trump campaign aides have worked on behalf of foreign interests
http://www.salon.com/2017/04/12/theres-proof-that-ex-trump-campaign-manager-paul-manafort-lied-about-not-being-paid-by-russia-report/
"Paul Manafort and Carter Page, two advisers of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, are officially in the thick of the Russia investigation. The Washington Post confirmed late Tuesday that the FBI obtained a secret court order last summer to monitor the communications of Page, while the Associated Press reported that payments Manafort has received in the past can be traced back to a “black ledger” that surfaced last year in Ukraine."
"The New York Times had an interesting report over the weekend on Manafort’s successful sales campaign, from himself to the man who would eventually become president.
On Feb. 29, 2016, Mr. Manafort, the former lobbyist and Republican operative who now sits at the nexus of investigations into Russia’s meddling in the presidential election, reached out to Mr. Trump with a slick, carefully calibrated offer that appealed to the candidate’s need for professional guidance, thirst for political payback – and parsimony.
The letters and memos provide a telling glimpse into how Mr. Trump invited an enigmatic international fixer, who is currently under investigation by United States intelligence services, a Senate committee and investigators in Ukraine, to the apex of his campaign with a minimum of vetting. The answer? Through family and friends, handshakes and hyperbole.
Neither Trump nor any one on his team sought out Manafort – the two were not close before the race – and it was the lobbyist who reached out to the campaign, seeking a role."
AP Exclusive: Before Trump job, Manafort worked to aid Putin
WASHINGTON (AP) — "Before signing up with Donald Trump, former campaign manager Paul Manafort secretly worked for a Russian billionaire with a plan to "greatly benefit the Putin Government," The Associated Press has learned.
Manafort proposed in a confidential strategy plan as early as June 2005 that he would influence politics, business dealings and news coverage inside the United States, Europe and former Soviet republics to benefit President Vladimir Putin's government, even as U.S.-Russia relations under Republican President George W. Bush grew worse."
https://www.apnews.com/122ae0b5848345faa88108a03de40c5a/Manafort's-plan-to-'greatly-benefit-the-Putin-Government'
Reuters Investigation: Russian elite invested nearly $100 million in Trump buildings
A Reuters review found that at least 63 individuals with Russian passports or addresses have bought at least $98.4 million worth of property in seven Trump-branded luxury towers in southern Florida.
MIAMI/MOSCOW – During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump downplayed his business ties with Russia. And since taking office as president, he has been even more emphatic.
“I can tell you, speaking for myself, I own nothing in Russia,” President Trump said at a news conference last month. “I have no loans in Russia. I don’t have any deals in Russia.”
But in the United States, members of the Russian elite have invested in Trump buildings. A Reuters review has found that at least 63 individuals with Russian passports or addresses have bought at least $98.4 million worth of property in seven Trump-branded luxury towers in southern Florida, according to public documents, interviews and corporate records.
http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-trump-property/
