He’s a Member of Congress. The Kremlin Likes Him So Much It Gave Him a Code Name.
- 6 years ago
He’s a Member of Congress. The Kremlin Likes Him So Much It Gave Him a Code Name.
and the Senate Intelligence Committee are each seeking to interview him about an August
meeting with Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, Mr. Rohrabacher said.
But in an interview with in late October, he acknowledged actions to curtail his activities
and said they represented Republican regrets about leaving the gavel to someone who would not “just go along and get along with whatever the State Department wants.”
“What happens with our committee is, if there is anything positive to say about Russia, it is trash-canned,” he said.
Independent analysts and political operatives from both parties said
that the Russia issue, the district’s steady leftward drift and a frustration with Republicans in control in Washington has put Mr. Rohrabacher on unstable ground.
“All I remember about that meeting is that they were promoting some kind of an idea about having Gulf
State countries invest in building nuclear power plants of some kind, I think,” Mr. Rohrabacher said.
and the senior members of the House Intelligence Committee sat Mr. Rohrabacher down in the Capitol in 2012 to warn him
that Russian spies were trying to recruit him, according to two former intelligence officials.
Mr. Rohrabacher has laughed off suggestions that he is a Russian asset, and said in an interview
that he did not remember being briefed that the Russians viewed him as a source.
and the Senate Intelligence Committee are each seeking to interview him about an August
meeting with Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, Mr. Rohrabacher said.
But in an interview with in late October, he acknowledged actions to curtail his activities
and said they represented Republican regrets about leaving the gavel to someone who would not “just go along and get along with whatever the State Department wants.”
“What happens with our committee is, if there is anything positive to say about Russia, it is trash-canned,” he said.
Independent analysts and political operatives from both parties said
that the Russia issue, the district’s steady leftward drift and a frustration with Republicans in control in Washington has put Mr. Rohrabacher on unstable ground.
“All I remember about that meeting is that they were promoting some kind of an idea about having Gulf
State countries invest in building nuclear power plants of some kind, I think,” Mr. Rohrabacher said.
and the senior members of the House Intelligence Committee sat Mr. Rohrabacher down in the Capitol in 2012 to warn him
that Russian spies were trying to recruit him, according to two former intelligence officials.
Mr. Rohrabacher has laughed off suggestions that he is a Russian asset, and said in an interview
that he did not remember being briefed that the Russians viewed him as a source.