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Trump Was Recruited in 1987 by the KGB, Former Soviet Spy Chief Claims

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A former senior Soviet KGB spy chief has claimed that Donald Trump was recruited as a spy by Russian intelligence 38 years ago.

Russiaâ€™s KGB was the main security agency of the Soviet Union between 1954 to 1991, responsible for internal security, foreign intelligence, counterintelligence and secret police functions.

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In an extraordinary post on Facebook on 20 February, Alnur Mussayev claimed that he was personally aware of Trumpâ€™s recruitment by the agency in 1987. â€œ... I served in the 6th Directorate of the KGB of the USSR in Moscow. The most important area of work of the 6th Directorate was the recruitment of businessmen from capitalist countriesâ€, wrote Mussayev in a Russian language post on Facebook. â€œIt was that year that our Office recruited 40-year-old businessman from the U.S., Donald Trump, under the pseudonym â€˜Krasnovâ€™â€.

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And Daddy Bush was CIA, so, what's the problem?

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