{"id":32,"date":"2022-11-04T23:48:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T23:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/russia-gate.net\/?post_type=te_announcements&#038;p=32"},"modified":"2022-11-04T23:48:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T23:48:09","slug":"06-15-2016-house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-i-think-putin-pays-trump","status":"publish","type":"te_announcements","link":"https:\/\/russia-gate.net\/index.php\/announcement\/06-15-2016-house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-i-think-putin-pays-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"06\/15\/2016 \u2013 House majority leader to colleagues: \u2018I think Putin pays\u2019 Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThere\u2019s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,\u201d <strong>Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)<\/strong> said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s . . . there\u2019s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,\u201d McCarthy said, drawing some laughter. \u201cSwear to God,\u201d McCarthy added. [<em>Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.)<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an off the record,\u201d Paul Ryan said.<\/p>\n<p>Some lawmakers laughed at that.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"timeline-express-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.russia-gate.net\/announcement\/06152016-house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-i-think-putin-pays-trump\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","aioseo_notices":[],"announcement_date":"Announcement Date: June 15, 2016","announcement_image":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/russia-gate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement\/32"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/russia-gate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/russia-gate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/te_announcements"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/russia-gate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}