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Donald Trump stated on February 20, 2018 in a tweet:

"I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!"

By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• February 20, 2018

Anthony Tata stated on February 19, 2017 in an interview on CNN:

"The sanctions that we put on (Russia) for the Crimea annexation and meddling in Ukraine ... have absolutely crushed the ruble by 50 percent. And GDP from 2014 to 2016 is 50 percent down in Russia, as well."

By Lauren Carroll• February 21, 2017

VoteVets stated on March 02, 2022 in an ad:

"Donald Trump's appeasement of Putin wasn't just a personal act of treason, it's the Republican Party's official position."

By Tom Kertscher• March 10, 2022

Vladimir Putin stated on July 16, 2018 in a press conference:

"The Russian state has never interfered ... into internal American affairs including election process."

By John Kruzel, Bill McCarthy• July 16, 2018

Donald Trump stated on February 18, 2018 in a tweet:

"I never said Russia did not meddle in the election."

By Jon Greenberg• February 19, 2018

Mark Meadows stated on August 31, 2018 in :

"Bruce Ohr's wife, Nellie Ohr, worked for Fusion GPS – which was the firm hired by the Clinton campaign to write the dossier. Bruce Ohr gave the dossier to the FBI. The FBI then used the same dossier to spy on the Trump campaign."

By Bill McCarthy• September 11, 2018

Reince Priebus stated on July 09, 2017 in an interview:

"It's an absolute fact" that China and North Korea "have consistently over many, many years" meddled in U.S. elections.

By Tom Kertscher• July 13, 2017

Donald Trump stated on August 19, 2020 in a tweet:

Says President Barack Obama “spied on my campaign, and got caught!”

By Jon Greenberg• August 20, 2020

Donald Trump stated on January 21, 2017 in remarks at the CIA:

"The media ... sort of made it sound like I had a feud with the intelligence community."

By Jon Greenberg• January 22, 2017

Sean Hannity stated on July 16, 2018 in on television:

"In 2016, when Hillary Clinton appeared to have a firm lead in the polls — oh, just before the election, it was President Obama who laughed off any notion that American elections could possibly be tampered with."

By Bill McCarthy• July 17, 2018

Greta Van Susteren stated on April 04, 2017 in an episode of MSNBC's 'For the Record':

Says President Donald Trump "had a different opinion" in 2013 than he does now about whether (Barack) Obama should have intervened in Syria after Obama's red line was crossed.

By Lauren Carroll• April 5, 2017

Donald Trump stated on August 26, 2019 in a press conference in Biarritz, France:

Crimea "was sort of taken away from President Obama. … And he wanted Russia to be out of what was called the G-8. And that was his determination."

By Louis Jacobson• August 27, 2019

Hillary Clinton stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate:

Says Donald Trump "publicly invited Putin to hack into Americans’ (emails)."

By Amy Sherman• September 27, 2016

Facebook posts stated on August 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Trump denies fire assistance to California because they didn't vote for him, but helped Russia with their wildfires in Siberia.”

By Chris Nichols• August 28, 2020

William Barr stated on December 09, 2019 in a statement:

"The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions."

By Bill McCarthy• December 11, 2019

Jesse Watters stated on February 14, 2022 in a TV segment:

“Durham’s documents show that Hillary Clinton hired people who hacked into Trump’s home and office computers” and “planted evidence, fabricated evidence connecting Trump to Russia.”

By Bill McCarthy• February 17, 2022

Hugh Hewitt stated on July 15, 2018 in in a panel discussion:

Says FBI agent Peter Strzok’s hearing confirmed Republican Congressman Jim Jordan’s theory about how the Justice Department got the Steele dossier.

By John Kruzel• July 24, 2018

Dmitry Peskov stated on February 20, 2022 in an interview with a Russian TV network:

“Russia has never attacked anyone throughout its history.”

By Louis Jacobson• February 21, 2022

Hillary Clinton stated on July 20, 2020 in an MSNBC interview:

Says President Donald Trump “is still yet to say anything as the president of the United States about bounties on American troops.”

By Miriam Valverde• July 23, 2020

Donald Trump stated on July 06, 2017 in a press conference in Poland:

Says Barack Obama found out about Russia "in August. Now, the election was in November. That's a lot of time. He did nothing about it."

By Lauren Carroll• July 10, 2017

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