Kremlin papers appear to show Putin plot to put Trump in power | First Thing

Exclusive: documents suggest Vladimir Putin personally authorized a secret multi-agency effort to interfere in US democracy

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During a closed session of Russia's national security council, Vladimir Putin personally authorized a secret, multi-agency spy operation to support a mentally unstable" Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election, leaked Kremlin documents appear to show.