Darren Beattie, who alarmed the State Department with his pro-Moscow views, is married to a woman whose uncle has ties to Vladimir Putin

A senior official who dismantled the US government’s Russian disinformation unit is married to a Russian woman with links to the Kremlin, The Telegraph can reveal.

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
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    6 days ago

    Nobody is disputing that, pooptart.

    a Russian woman (…) They’re talking about Melania, right?

    This is objectively wrong. I also don’t see any reason to suspect her of having “links to the Kremlin”, other than through her husband of course.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      12·
      6 days ago

      Nobody is disputing that, pooptart.

      I thought that last word was an uncalled for and extremely childish insult (rather than spelling out their handle) at first, which delighted me so much that I was only slightly disappointed to be wrong 😄