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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1005129)3/9/2017 6:07:45 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (3) of 1573946
 
Yes, it was surprising to me that he'd spoken up about Litvinenko. But he did:

Donald Trump defends Vladimir Putin over Alexander Litvinenko murder

www.telegraph.co.uk › News › World News › US Election

Jan 26, 2016 - The US Republican front-runner wades into the Litvinenko case to claim that "many people say it wasn't Putin" ... Donald Trump has defended Vladimir Putin after a British public inquiry found the Russian president "probably" sanctioned the assassination of Russian dissident Alexander ...




Here's the relevant part of that story:

Donald Trump defends Vladimir Putin over Alexander Litvinenko murder The US Republican front-runner wades into the Litvinenko case to claim that "many people say it wasn't Putin"



Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump Photo: Reuters

By Nick Allen, Washington

7:30PM GMT 26 Jan 2016

Donald Trump has defended Vladimir Putin after a British public inquiry found the Russian president "probably" sanctioned the assassination of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko in London.

Mr Trump waded into the case saying he had seen "no evidence" of Mr Putin's involvement, adding: "They say a lot of things about me that are untrue too."

The front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination has previously said he felt a "great honour" when Mr Putin praised him as an "absolute leader". David Cameron has condemned Mr Putin for presiding over the "state sponsored murder" of Mr Litvinenko, who died from radioactive poisoning in 2006, and called it an "absolutely appalling crime".

A 327-page report released last week by retired High Court judge Sir Robert Owen concluded Mr Litvinenko was murdered by former KGB agents Andrey Lugovoy and Dmitri Kovtun.

"First of all, he says he didn't do it. Many people say it wasn't him. So who knows who did it?"
Donald Trump

But Mr Trump told Fox Business: "Have they found him (Mr Putin) guilty? I don't think they've found him guilty. If he did it, fine but I don't know that he did it.

"You know, people are saying they think it was him, it might have been him, it could have been him. But in all fairness to Putin - and I'm not saying this because he says 'Trump is brilliant and leading everybody' - the fact is that he hasn't been convicted of anything. Some people say he absolutely didn't do it.

"First of all, he says he didn't do it. Many people say it wasn't him. So who knows who did it?"

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[ I read about that. The Russian agents that brought the polonium into the country left a radioactive trace everywhere they went the British authorities were able to follow. After they poisoned him, they apparently spilled the leftover in their hotel room, mopped it up with towels, flushed some down the commode. Turned their hotel room into a hazardous materials site. I suspect those guys died after returning to Russia. ]


Trump defends Putin from Alexander Litvinenko killing report ...
www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-vladmir-putin-alexander-litvinenko-russia-2...

Jan 26, 2016 - Donald Trump said the conclusion that Russian President Vladimir Putin ... on the 2006 death of Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB agent who ...
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