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Vladimir Putin's press spokesman Dimitri Peskov has denounced the story CNN broke hours ago alleging that the Kremlin possessed info it could use to blackmail Donald Trump. As quoted by RT:
“The Kremlin has no compromising information on Trump. This report does not correspond to reality and is nothing but an absolute fiction,” the deputy head of the Russian presidential administration, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters on Wednesday.
“This is a total bluff, an absolute fabrication, complete nonsense,” he said.
Peskov stressed that Russia had no compromising information on Hillary Clinton either and it was not Russian policy to accumulate such information:
“The Kremlin does not collect compromising information. The Kremlin [and] the Russian president are engaged in building relationships with our foreign partners, firstly – in the interests of the Russian Federation, in the interests of the Russian people, secondly – in the interests of global peace, stability and security,” Peskov said.
Meanwhile Donald J. Trump is not taking the latest round of MSM defamation lying down. He has just fired back fiercely, calling the "report," which even CNN admitted was bought and paid for by his political opposition, a "complete and total fabrication":
Russia just said the unverified report paid for by political opponents is "A COMPLETE AND TOTAL FABRICATION, UTTER NONSENSE." Very unfair!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)January 11, 2017
He then absolutely disavowed having any financial or other connection to Russia:
Russia has never tried to use leverage over me. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA - NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)January 11, 2017
Trump finished off the barrage by blasting the mainstream media's "fake news" effort and likening the US intelligence agencies to the Nazi Gestapo:
I win an election easily, a great "movement" is verified, and crooked opponents try to belittle our victory with FAKE NEWS. A sorry state!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)January 11, 2017
Intelligence agencies should never have allowed this fake news to "leak" into the public. One last shot at me.Are we living in Nazi Germany?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)January 11, 2017
These final smear efforts against the democratically elected 45th president of the United States, represent the neocon globalist establishment's last spasms of rage at losing its grip on total power. Their efforts are doomed to failure. The people have spoken.
And in a little more than one week, Mr. Trump's actions will speak even louder than his words.
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