Former spy says Russia plotted to kidnap Americans for trump election

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : His most eye-catching claim is that Russia investigated ways to manufacture an 'October surprise' to help Trump.
51% : Putin knew that if he were re-elected, Trump would be much freer to act in Russia's favour than he had been in his first presidential term,' he wrote in a briefing report three months before the election.
50% : In 'Unredacted: Russia, Trump, and the Fight for Democracy,' he describes how he continued his work through the 2020 election.
47% : And it would provide the opportunity for Trump and Putin to react forcefully and effectively over two to three days, leaving as little time as possible for any effective action from the media, or even for the media to digest what is actually happening,' the report adds.
46% : 'And it would provide the opportunity for Trump and Putin to react forcefully and effectively over two to three days, leaving as little time as possible for any effective action from the media, or even for the media to digest what is actually happening,' the report adds.
46% : 'If Putin succeeds in helping Trump get reelected, I am convinced that the global political and economic order will be utterly changed,' he writes.
45% : It included the claim that Trump had cavorted with [adult workers] at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
42% : In his next report he cited a senior Kremlin official saying that, if Trump won, Russia was hoping to get his help in talks with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky about the status of Russian-occupied areas of Crimea and Donbas.
41% : Throughout his book, he makes no secret about his feelings towards Trump and a second term in office.
29% : And he stands by his original dossier, packed with salacious allegations that Russia could have used to blackmail Trump, saying it was the product of credible sources.
27% : In it, he makes no secret of his opposition to Trump, who he says would herald a 'new world disorder' if he wins election in November.
22% : Putin also believed, he writes, that Trump would likely drop sanctions over Russian actions in Ukraine.

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