# Trump associates may have coordinated with Russians, according to US officials

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**Created:** [March 23, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-associates-may-have-coordinated-with-russians-according-to-us-officials/782799 "2017-03-23T00:28:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-associates-may-have-coordinated-with-russians-according-to-us-officials/782799/5639 "2019-02-01T17:27:14Z")

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> [@A Thread for the Mueller Investigation Results and Outcomes (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2834):
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> [Well, well, well… what have we here](https://apnews.com/7ebe25d613a745b18404c41980511eac/Jailed-Instagram-model-wants-to-trade-secrets-for-freedom)?

> [@septimus](#):
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> This is an update to a ten months-ago post:
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> I just noticed [this headline](https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/russia-seizes-model-who-made-trump-claim/ar-BBSqP1i):
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> Russia didn’t want that evidence to get out?

[They got to her, just as we all suspected](https://apnews.com/22e38b86bd9f43df801d9abe822b0d42):

> [@](#):
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> A Belarusian model who claims to have information on the ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s election campaign says she has turned it over to Russian billionaire businessman Oleg Deripaska.
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> Anastasia Vashukevich has claimed she had 16 hours of audio and video of Deripaska, who is close to President Vladimir Putin, talking about interference in the U.S. election. She has also posted videos of Deripaska discussing U.S.-Russia ties with a senior government official.
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> Vashukevich told the AP on Friday she did have the recording, but she decided to give it to Deripaska because it “relates to him” and that she “did not want any more trouble.”

So that evidence is likely now nonexistent.

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