For Russia, Trump Was a Vehicle, Not a Target

Last week, in a sentencing memorandum for the lawyer Alex Van Der Zwaan, the special counsel’s office noted that Rick Gates and “Person A” — an unnamed figure who has ties to a “Russian intelligence service and had such ties in 2016” — “were directly communicating in September and October 2016.”

"For Russia, Trump Was a Vehicle, Not a Target" is from the April 03, 2018 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Clint Watts and narrated by Kristi Burns.