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A senior official who dismantled the US government’s Russian disinformation unit is married to a Russian woman with links to the Kremlin, The Telegraph can reveal.

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[–] Rivalarrival 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A senior official who dismantled the US government’s Russian disinformation unit is married to a Russian woman with links to the Kremlin

They're talking about Melania, right?

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Melania Trump is Slovenian. Slovenia doesn't even share a border with Russia.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fun fact, you never have to step on Russian soil to have links to the Kremlin.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Nobody is disputing that, pooptart.

a Russian woman (...) They’re talking about Melania, right?

This is objectively wrong. I also don't see any reason to suspect her of having "links to the Kremlin", other than through her husband of course.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Nobody is disputing that, pooptart.

I thought that last word was an uncalled for and extremely childish insult (rather than spelling out their handle) at first, which delighted me so much that I was only slightly disappointed to be wrong 😄

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Ya got me there, I must have skimmed past the "Russian woman" part.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks for setting it straight!

[–] ouRKaoS 1 points 2 days ago

She still sounds illegal...

Papers, please!