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Levin Professor of History at Yale. Author of "Our Malady," "The Road to Unfreedom," "On Tyranny," "Black Earth," "Bloodlands," and "Reconstruction of Nations"

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    1. Timothy Snyder‏Verified account @TimothyDSnyder 14 Apr 2019
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      34/50 Throughout 2016, Russian elites referred to Mr. Trump as "our president" (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 218).

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    2. Timothy Snyder‏Verified account @TimothyDSnyder 14 Apr 2019
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      35/50 Throughout 2016, Russian journalists were instructed to portray Mr. Trump positively and Hillary Clinton negatively (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 218).

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    3. Timothy Snyder‏Verified account @TimothyDSnyder 14 Apr 2019
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      36/50 In June 2016 the leaders of the Trump campaign, Jared Kushner, Donald Trump, Jr., and Paul Manafort met with Russians in Trump Tower as part of, as the broker of the meeting called it, "the Russian government's support for Trump" (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 261).

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    4. Timothy Snyder‏Verified account @TimothyDSnyder 14 Apr 2019
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      37/50 Mr. Trump's campaign manager Paul Manafort resigned in August 2016 after news broke that he had received $12.7 million in cash from a pro-Russian Ukrainian politician. Mr. Manafort was later convicted of crimes (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 236).

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    5. Timothy Snyder‏Verified account @TimothyDSnyder 14 Apr 2019
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      38/50 When Mr. Trump seemed to be in trouble when a tape of his advocacy of sexual assault was published on 7 October 2016, emails stolen by Russia were released to change the subject (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 233).

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    6. Timothy Snyder‏Verified account @TimothyDSnyder 14 Apr 2019
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      39/50 Mr. Trump personally encouraged his followers to explore the emails that Russia had stolen in tweets of 31 October and 4 November 2016 (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 232).

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    7. Timothy Snyder‏Verified account @TimothyDSnyder 14 Apr 2019
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      40/50 In the months between Mr. Trump's nomination as the Republican candidate and the election, anonymous limited liability ("offshore") companies furiously purchased his properties (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 222).

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    8. Timothy Snyder‏Verified account @TimothyDSnyder 14 Apr 2019
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      41/50 After Mr. Trump was accorded the victory in the presidential election in November 2016, he was given a standing ovation in the Russian parliament (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 218).

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    9. Timothy Snyder‏Verified account @TimothyDSnyder 14 Apr 2019
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      42/50 After Trump was accorded the victory in the presidential election, he called Mr. Putin to be congratulated (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 218).

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    10. Timothy Snyder‏Verified account @TimothyDSnyder 14 Apr 2019
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      43/50 In December 2016, before the inauguration, Michael Flynn illegally met with Russian officials to discuss Russia-friendly policy. One of his aides explained: "Russia has just thrown the U.S.A. elections to" Mr. Trump (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 242).

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      Timothy Snyder‏Verified account @TimothyDSnyder 14 Apr 2019
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      44/50 After Mr. Trump's victory, the leading man of the Russian media, Dmitry Kiselev, celebrated the end of human rights and democracy as US policy (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 218).

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        1. Timothy Snyder‏Verified account @TimothyDSnyder 14 Apr 2019
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          45/50 In May 2017, Mr. Trump fired James Comey for taking part in an investigation of Russia's cyberwar against the United States, and then bragged about doing so to Russian officials in the Oval Office (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 245).

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        2. Timothy Snyder‏Verified account @TimothyDSnyder 14 Apr 2019
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          46/50 In June 2017, Mr. Putin essentially admitted that Russia had intervened in the election, saying that he had never denied that "Russian volunteers" had carried out a cyberwar on behalf of Mr. Trump (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 227).

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        3. Timothy Snyder‏Verified account @TimothyDSnyder 14 Apr 2019
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          47/50 In June 2017, Mr. Trump ordered the firing of Robert Mueller, who had been tasked to carry out an investigation of Russian interference. The White House Counsel refused to carry out the order. Russia then began a campaign to slander Mr. Mueller (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 246).

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        4. Timothy Snyder‏Verified account @TimothyDSnyder 14 Apr 2019
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          48/50 In September 2017, a Russian parliamentarian said on national television that the American security services "slept through" as Russia chose the US president (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 225).

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        5. Timothy Snyder‏Verified account @TimothyDSnyder 14 Apr 2019
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          49/50 2017-2018 Mr. Mueller's investigation led to the indictment of Russia's Internet Research Agency, several Russian military intelligence officers, and multiple associates and campaign officials of Mr. Trump. It also produced a report that we have not yet been allowed to read

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        6. Timothy Snyder‏Verified account @TimothyDSnyder 14 Apr 2019
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          50/50 In June 2018, Mr. Putin confirmed before the international press that he had wanted Mr. Trump to win. At that same summit, in Helsinki, Mr. Trump said that he trusted Mr. Putin more than his own advisors. (#RoadToUnfreedom, p. 227).

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        1. #Fight4WhatsRight 🥊 🥊‏ @DemsForHumanity 14 Apr 2019
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          Oh my God!

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        1.  🌟 Lil Spunky Skunk  🦨‏ @PokeTheStars 14 Apr 2019
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          this might be the scariest of all

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        1. LeiliHana‏ @JumzyRau 14 Apr 2019
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          WOW!

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        1. Cheryl Ramirex‏ @CR60ez 15 Apr 2019
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          This entire thread made me sick to my stomach as I went through it but this part was especially horrifying.

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