2
View
comments
Vladimir Putin personally ordered a top secret spy operation to help a 'mentally unstable' Donald Trump win the 2016 election, according to leaked documents believed to be from the Kremlin.
The Russian strongman held a meeting with his spy chiefs and senior ministers in January 2016 where they agreed to support Trump in order to achieve Moscow's objectives of sowing 'social turmoil' in the US, the papers suggest.
A decree bearing Putin's signature ordered Russia's three agencies to find practical ways to support the then-Republican frontrunner nominee, according to The Guardian who have seen the documents.
The documents also allude to compromising material the Kremlin holds on Trump from an earlier visit to Moscow.
They refer to 'certain events' during the reality star's trips to Moscow.
Vladimir Putin personally ordered a top secret spy operation to help a 'mentally unstable' Donald Trump win the 2016 election, according to leaked documents believed to be from the Kremlin
Putin's expert department prepared a report recommending that he use 'all possible force' to ensure a Trump win in the November election of that year.
At the time, while he was a favourite for the Republican nomination, Trump was still considered a major outsider for the White House