Russia has forced its neighbor Finland to close most of its border crossings after sending hundreds of migrants — mostly from the Middle East — into the Nordic country, according to the Finnish government. 
Finland closed all but one of its eight border crossings over the past two weeks after more than 700 migrants from countries such as Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, Somalia, Morocco, Pakistan, and Kenya crossed into the country, Reuters <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-finland-border-migrants-afghanistan-yemen-syria-rcna126557">reported</a>. The newest NATO country accused Moscow of sending an increased number of asylum-seekers over the past few days, but the Kremlin is denying that charge. 
“Illegal immigration at Finland&#8217;s eastern border has continued to grow and has also expanded to other border crossings. Based on the observations made by the Border Guard and other authorities and the information received, it is clear that the authorities of a foreign country and other actors have a role in facilitating the arrival of persons who have crossed the border to Finland,” the country <a href="https://valtioneuvosto.fi/paatokset/paatos?decisionId=157">said</a> in a statement on Wednesday. 
Since August, the country of roughly 5.6 million people, has seen around 800 migrants without proper documentation attempt to enter Finland with 700 of those migrants arriving in November <a href="https://apnews.com/article/finland-russia-border-frontex-guards-2fc202b3a900d6887e0152b235a0a00d">according</a> to the Associated Press. Finland connected the increased illegal immigration to “international crime,” saying the crisis poses a major threat to the country if it’s not stopped. 
“The phenomenon is also related to international crime,” the statement continued. “The phenomenon and the threat of its further expansion pose a serious threat to national security and public order in Finland and elsewhere in the Schengen area. The measures in accordance with the current decision have not stopped the phenomenon in the intended way.” 
Last week, Finland closed half of its border crossings before closing three more overnight Thursday. The only border crossing remaining open is Finland’s northernmost in Raja-Jooseppi, which is above the Arctic circle. Finland’s Border Guard said the Raja-Jooseppi crossing will continue to accept asylum applications as well, according to Reuters. 
Open Source Intelligence Analyst Emil Kastehelmi posted a video on X, which appeared to show migrants walking toward Finland from Russia. Kastehelmi said the asylum-seekers were dropped off near the Finnish border and given bikes.
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Recent developments in Finland:
Over the past few days, Russia has sent an increasing number of migrants to Finland&#39;s borders. Finland has closed several border crossing points due to the authorities&#39; threat assessment.
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The European Union has acknowledged Finland’s border crisis and sent up to 50 additional border patrol officers and equipment to help the country crack down on illegal immigration. Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo sounded the alarm on the issue during an address to Parliament on Thursday. 
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“Finland cannot be influenced, Finland cannot be destabilized,” Orpo said. “Russia started this, and Russia also can stop it.”

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Middle Eastern Illegal Immigrants Overwhelming Finland’s Border At Russia’s Direction, Finnish Government Says

Middle Eastern Illegal Immigrants Overwhelming Finland's Border At Russia's Direction, Finnish Government Says

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The president of South Korea is warning officials in the United States of the possibility of a “Hamas-style&#8221; attack from North Korea. 
In a meeting on Sunday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol told United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin that both the U.S. and South Korea face the possibility of a brutal attack from North Korea similar to what Israel experienced on October 7 at the hands of Hamas terrorists, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/yoon-warns-south-korea-united-states-must-be-ready-hamas-style-surprise-attack-north-korea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
The South Korean president called for &#8220;a vigilant South Korea-US combined defense posture capable of promptly and decisively retaliating against any provocations from North Korea, including surprise attacks resembling Hamas-style tactics due to its miscalculation,&#8221; according to Yoon&#8217;s spokesman, Lee Do-woon. 
Yoon issued the warning during a dinner with Austin and U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown, Jr.
To help thwart a potential attack, South Korean officials are discussing suspending a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement made by North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and former liberal South Korean President Moon Jae-in, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-us-austin-north-korea-nuclear-96d8d4623db45040f3449266695f8410" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>. The agreement in question created no-fly and buffer zones along various land and sea borders. Suspending it would allow the South to increase surveillance capabilities on the North. Secretary Austin reportedly said he would work with South Korean National Defense Minister Shin Won-sik on the possibility of suspending the agreement. 
During Austin’s visit to Seoul for annual security talks, Yoon also expressed his belief that North Korea has been involved “directly and indirectly” in the conflict in Israel and the war between Russia and Ukraine, according to the AP. 
Previously, South Korean officials <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/13/south-korea-us-austin-north-korea-nuclear/b1662616-8202-11ee-924c-6e6807155e36_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have said</a> that Hamas may have used North Korean-made munitions – including rocket-propelled grenades – during its massacre of Israelis last month. According to the AP, Kim is potentially considering selling weapons to other terror groups in the Middle East.
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Earlier this month, South Korean officials said that the North had sent Russia rifles, rocket launchers, short-range ballistic missiles, and anti-tank missiles for its war against Ukraine. The news came on the heels of a visit Kim Kong-un made to Russia in September, where the two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kim-jong-un-putin-discuss-military-cooperation-space-tech-and-ukraine-war-at-russian-summit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discussed</a> topics including Ukraine, space technology, and the potential for military cooperation. 
On Sunday, Austin told Yoon of President Joe Biden’s hopes to continue strengthening the alliance between the U.S. and South Korea, and on Monday, the two countries updated a security agreement to better respond to nuclear and missile threats from North Korea, according to the AP. Also agreed upon during the security talks was a plan between South Korea, the U.S., and Japan to improve real-time information-sharing on missile threats. 
&#8220;Around the world, as you see our troops deployed and working together, it is impressive,&#8221; Austin <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/yoon-warns-south-korea-united-states-must-be-ready-hamas-style-surprise-attack-north-korea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> ceremony during his visit. &#8220;The United States military is the most powerful military in the world, and we absolutely take pride in our relationship with our Korean counterparts.&#8221;

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Korean Minister of National Defense Shin Won-sik

South Korea Warns U.S. Of Possible ‘Hamas-Style’ Attack From North Korea

South Korea Warns U.S. Of Possible ‘Hamas-Style' Attack From North Korea

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After Russia decided to withdraw from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) on Tuesday, NATO allies responded by <a href="https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/official_texts_219811.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcing</a> they will also withdraw from the treaty.
The CFE, which limited categories of conventional military equipment that countries of NATO and the then-Warsaw Pact could use, was signed on November 19, 1990, by 22 countries, including 16 NATO members: The United States, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. Six Warsaw-Treaty states also signed: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Soviet Union.
In July 2007, Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would suspend implementation of its Treaty obligations; in 2015, the Russian Federation announced it would not actively participate in the Treaty.
&#8220;The CFE Treaty was concluded at the end of the Cold War, when the formation of a new architecture of global and European security based on cooperation seemed possible, and appropriate attempts were made,&#8221; the Russian Foreign Ministry <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-formally-withdraws-key-post-cold-war-european-armed-forces-treaty-2023-11-07/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Tuesday, citing the addition of Finland to NATO and Sweden applying for membership as reasons for its withdrawal.
In a statement from NATO, the organization said, “The Allies condemn Russia&#8217;s decision to withdraw from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), and its war of aggression against Ukraine which is contrary to the Treaty&#8217;s objectives. Russia&#8217;s withdrawal is the latest in a series of actions that systematically undermines Euro-Atlantic security.”
NATO then explained how Russia routinely violated principles that undergirded international order, stating, “Russia continues to demonstrate disregard for arms control, including key principles of reciprocity, transparency, compliance, verification, and host nation consent, and undermines the rules based international order. While recognizing the role of the CFE as a cornerstone of the Euro-Atlantic security architecture, a situation whereby Allied States Parties abide by the Treaty, while Russia does not, would be unsustainable.”
“Therefore, as a consequence, Allied States Parties intend to suspend the operation of the CFE Treaty for as long as necessary, in accordance with their rights under international law. This is a decision fully supported by all NATO Allies,&#8221; the organization declared.
NATO then offered an opportunity for other countries to join them in their effort to bring security to the European continent: “Allies reiterate their continued commitment to reduce military risk, and prevent misperceptions and conflicts. Allies strive to build trust and confidence, based on key principles of transparency, compliance, verification, reciprocity and host nation consent, thereby contributing to peace and security. Allies invite those states that share this commitment and these principles, to join our efforts to also contribute to increasing predictability and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area.”
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“Our Allies unanimously share our view that a situation where the United States and our NATO Allies continue to be militarily constrained by the CFE Treaty, while Russia – whose armed forces are the largest in Europe, and who continues to actively wage a war of aggression against Ukraine using the very forces the treaty aims to constrain – is not, would be unacceptable,” The White House said in a <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/11/07/statement-from-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-on-united-states-suspension-of-the-cfe-treaty-alongside-nato-allies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.

NATO Summit In Vilnius, Lithuania

Russia Withdraws From Arms Treaty. NATO Responds By Also Withdrawing.

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Senior officials from the United States and its allies have begun discussing possible terms for an end to hostilities <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine-russia-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">between Russia and Ukraine</a>, according to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/us-european-officials-broach-topic-peace-negotiations-ukraine-sources-rcna123628" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a report</a> from NBC News.
According to the report, possible outlines for a peace deal were discussed last month during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, an organization of more than 50 nations who have provided military aid to Ukraine since Russia invaded the country in February 2022. Officials were reportedly concerned about a perceived &#8220;stalemate&#8221; and a lack of public support for a drawn out war.
Since Russia launched its invasion, Ukraine has received nearly <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/05/world/ukraine-money-military-aid-intl-dg/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$350 billion in foreign aid</a>, including $113 billion from the U.S., which has been crucial to its continued war effort. 
But, according to <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/513680/american-views-ukraine-war-charts.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gallup</a>, support for more aid has been steadily declining for over a year. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/plurality-of-americans-say-u-s-is-doing-too-much-for-ukraine-new-gallup-poll-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A plurality of Americans</a>, 41%, believe the U.S. is too involved in the war in Ukraine, including 62% of Republicans and 44% of independents. While only 14% of Democrats say the same, more than 60% of Democrats, Republicans and independents believe that neither side is winning the war.
That opinion was echoed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Army, Valery Zaluzhny. 
“Just like in the First World War we have reached the level of technology that puts us into a stalemate,” Zaluzhny told <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/11/01/ukraines-commander-in-chief-on-the-breakthrough-he-needs-to-beat-russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Economist</a>. “There will most likely be no deep and beautiful breakthrough.”
That assessment came months after Ukraine began its long vaunted counteroffensive in June, which has resulted in limited territorial gains but come nowhere near punching through the Russian line, which has disappointed many of Ukraine’s allies.
Zaluzhny said that he had underestimated Russia’s willingness to take heavy casualties in order to hold their positions – the general claimed that 150,000 Russians have been killed since the invasion began.
The fog of war makes verifying exact casualty numbers difficult, but by August 2023, U.S. officials estimated that 120,000 Russians have been killed. Various European journalists have tracked <a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-dead-ukraine-war-open-sources/32627135.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">at least 34,000 public obituaries</a> of Russian servicemen killed in Ukraine, although they estimate that the true death toll is much higher. Russia itself has not disclosed casualty numbers, but since the war began, it has <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/from-prison-to-the-frontlines-thousands-of-russian-convicts-sent-to-fight-in-ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recruited extensively from its prison system</a> and mobilized <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/26/russia-conscription-maximum-age-raised-ukraine-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hundreds of thousands of new conscripts</a>, in some instances with <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/russia-troops-complain-lack-training-putin-ukraine-1786014" target="_blank" rel="noopener">little to no training</a>.
&#8220;We are in a hopeless situation, as we are considered expendable, and the command is indifferent to our lives,&#8221; one unnamed Russian draftee <a href="https://t.me/astrapress/22305" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a Telegram post.
Despite these losses, and widespread morale issues culminating in a mutiny by the infamous Wagner Group earlier this year, Russia seems to have held the line, and General Zaluzhny expressed concern that Russia, which has more than three times as many people as Ukraine, would have an advantage in a war of attrition. The general argued that Ukraine needed new advanced military systems to break the deadlock, and while aid from the U.S. and other countries allowed them to fight Russia on an even footing, it wasn’t enough to give them an edge.
“They are not obliged to give us anything, and we are grateful for what we have got,” Zaluzhny  said. “I am simply stating the facts.”
American, Ukrainian and other European officials have also worried that the outbreak of violence in Israel after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-hamas-official-were-ready-to-repeat-october-7-attack-again-and-again-until-israel-annihilated" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the brutal October 7</a> terror attacks last month will divert attention and resources away from Ukraine. The Biden administration and Democrats on Capitol Hill have pushed for a joint multi-billion dollar aid package to Israel and Ukraine, but the Republican controlled House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/12-house-dems-ignore-biden-veto-threat-help-pass-israel-aid-with-irs-cuts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed a standalone bill</a> to support Israel while leaving aid to Ukraine on the negotiating table, possibly as part of a deal for increased border security.
President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer(D-NY) have said that proposal is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-announces-senate-wont-even-consider-house-gop-israel-aid-proposal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dead on arrival</a>, but allies of Ukraine are worried that the debate itself shows unqualified support for Ukraine is becoming unsustainable. The U.S. still has about $5 billion of outstanding allocated aid waiting to be sent to Ukraine, as the result of an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pentagon-accounting-error-gives-extra-6-2-billion-in-aid-to-ukraine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accounting error</a> by the Pentagon, but once that runs out further funds would have to be approved by the divided Congress.
The details of any hypothetical peace deal are indeterminate, but would almost certainly involve Ukraine ceding occupied territory to Russia, possibly in exchange for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nato" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NATO</a> membership or other security guarantees from the West. American and European officials have reportedly begun working out an informal timeline to begin negotiations, with some saying that Ukraine has until the end of the year at most before they have to come to the table.
One official told NBC that while the Biden administration has discussed a peace summit framework with Ukraine, the White House “is not aware of any other conversations with Ukraine about negotiations at the moment.”
“Any decisions about negotiations are up to Ukraine,” Adrienne Watson, spokesperson for the National Security Council, said in a statement. “We are focused on continuing to stand strongly in support of Ukraine as they defend their freedom and independence against Russian aggression.”

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Report: U.S. And European Officials Float Peace Terms For Ukraine

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U.S. intelligence is stating that the Wagner Group, the Russian paramilitary organization, may try to give an air-defense system to the terrorist group Hezbollah, situated on Israel’s northern border, according to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/russias-wagner-group-may-provide-air-defense-weapon-to-hezbollah-u-s-intel-says-37dc8f45" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wall Street Journal.</a>
The Russian SA-22 system can fire antiaircraft missiles and air-defense guns.
“Wagner has personnel in Syria, where Hezbollah fighters have also been present,” the Journal noted.
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/2008-02-24/ty-article/nasrallah-israel-to-be-destroyed-within-years/0000017f-dc6a-df62-a9ff-dcffb0490000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in 2008 that “Israel will be destroyed in a few years.&#8221; In 2020, he <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/khamenei-says-israel-will-not-survive-628946">said</a>, &#8220;When Khomeini declared Al Quds Day in 1979, it was a culmination point of his personal struggle against Israel, which he began addressing in 1960. Khamenei was restating the position of Najaf and Qom regarding Palestine, a position that remains a consistent position until the present. This position is that Palestine from river to sea must be liberated. Israel has no legitimacy to exist at all and must be destroyed.&#8221;
Russian and Hezbollah forces fought together to support the Assad regime in Syria. In November 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm553" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that the Iranian regime, working with Russian companies, was supplying millions of barrels of oil to the Syrian government led by the Assad regime, which then facilitated the movement of hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars (USD) to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) for onward transfer to HAMAS and Hezbollah.
A <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/sites/default/files/136/alchwiki-letter.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to a senior official at the Central Bank of Iran confirmed $63 million had been sent to benefit Hezbollah, the Royal United Services Institute, the world’s oldest and the U.K.’s leading defense and security think tank, <a href="https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/hizbullah-and-russias-nascent-alliance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> last May, adding:
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In May 2022, the Treasury Department issued designations targeting this same Hizbullah-IRGC-Qods Force oil smuggling network, and <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0799" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that these sanctions evasion schemes which were funding both Hizbullah and the IRGC-Qods Force were “backed by senior levels of the Russian Federation government and state-run economic organs.”
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In late October, Nir Barkat, Israel&#8217;s Minister of Economy, warned Iran that Israel would strike back if Hezbollah entered the war. He said that not only would Israel &#8220;eliminate Hezbollah,&#8221; Israel would &#8220;actually target Iran&#8221; and &#8220;wipe them out.&#8221;
&#8220;The plan of Iran is to attack Israel on all fronts. If we find they intend to target Israel, we will not just retaliate to those fronts, but we will go to the head of the snake, which is Iran,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12657495/Israel-attack-against-Iran-Hezbollah-joins-war-Hamas.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;The Ayatollahs in Iran are not going to sleep good at night, we are going to make sure they pay a heavy price if, God forbid, they open the northern front.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/israel-sends-clear-message-to-iran-if-hezbollah-joins-war-well-wipe-you-off-the-face-of-the-earth">Israel Sends &#8216;Clear Message&#8217; To Iran If Hezbollah Joins War: We&#8217;ll &#8216;Wipe You Off The Face Of The Earth&#8217;</a>

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Russian Group Might Supply Hezbollah With Air-Defense System: Report

Threats to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United States</a> are &#8220;intertwined&#8221; and should not be ignored, Senate Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mitch-mcconnell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mitch McConnell</a> (R-KY) said on Tuesday, calling for Washington to rally behind allies such as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel</a> and Ukraine as lawmakers consider the Biden administration&#8217;s latest request to bolster them financially.
The top Republican <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?531496-1/senate-session&amp;vod&amp;start=1582" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke on the Senate floor</a> about how U.S. adversaries Iran, Russia, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a> &#8220;share interests,&#8221; which can be seen from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ukraine-russia-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine</a> to Iran&#8217;s support of groups that wreak havoc on Israel.
&#8220;They see themselves in conflict with the West and especially with America,&#8221; McConnell said. &#8220;Russia would love to see Iranian-backed terrorists in the Middle East weaken America and our allies. Iran would love to see a Russian victory against Ukraine that divides the West and deepens its own defense cooperation with Moscow. And China for its part would love to see America&#8217;s resolve to stand with European and Israeli allies and reestablish actual deterrence against Russia and Iran crumble.&#8221;
He added, &#8220;So at the risk of repeating myself, the threats facing America and our allies are serious and they&#8217;re intertwined. If we ignore that fact, we do so at our own peril.&#8221; The Kentucky Republican also urged his Democrat colleagues &#8220;to show some common sense by working with Republicans to stop the border crisis, rebuild American military strength, and stand with our friends in Ukraine, Israel, and Asia.&#8221;
Congress is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftists-disrupt-blinken-during-hearing-on-aid-for-israel-ukraine-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">currently grappling with</a> President Joe Biden&#8217;s request for roughly <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/20/us/politics/bidens-funds-israel-ukraine.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$106 billion</a>, including $14.3 billion for Israel — which is fighting Iran-backed Hamas following its deadly terrorist attacks on Israeli soil earlier this month — $61.4 billion for Ukraine, as well as money for Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific, humanitarian assistance, and border security.
In the Senate, which is narrowly controlled by Democrats, <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/10/24/congress/bidens-big-bill-in-trouble-ukraine-israel-border-00123292" target="_blank" rel="noopener">talks have gotten underway</a> about whether to link Israel aid to more financial support for Ukraine. At least a few Republicans are needed to reach the 60 votes needed to clear the filibuster. While some GOP senators favor individual packages, others have signaled they are willing to consider Biden&#8217;s request with concessions, <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-republicans-seek-concessions-bidens-106-billion-request/story?id=104259837" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to ABC News</a>. The U.S. has already designated <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-denies-zelensky-opportunity-to-address-joint-session-of-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than $100 billion</a> in aid to Ukraine as it fights Russia and there is <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republican-opposition-ukraine-aid-grows-threatening-funds-war-ra-rcna117406" target="_blank" rel="noopener">growing GOP opposition</a> to allocating more funds to the cause.
House Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-gop-proposes-israel-aid-offset-by-irs-budget-cuts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed</a> a plan on Monday to provide $14.3 billion in aid to Israel while rescinding the same amount of funds allocated to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/internal-revenue-service-irs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Internal Revenue Service (IRS)</a>. House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) told Fox News that he hoped for bipartisan support for the measure, but acknowledged that the proposal was a <a href="https://twitter.com/kayleighmcenany/status/1719077935238222161" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;first draft.&#8221;</a> He also said the United States is &#8220;not just going to print money and send it overseas.&#8221;
A statement from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre suggested the House GOP proposal was a &#8220;nonstarter,&#8221; adding that &#8220;demanding offsets for meeting core national security needs of the United States — like supporting Israel and defending Ukraine from atrocities and Russian imperialism — would be a break with the normal, bipartisan process and could have devastating implications for our safety and alliances in the years ahead.&#8221;
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In remarks on the Senate floor on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he was &#8220;deeply troubled&#8221; by the House Republicans&#8217; &#8220;partisan&#8221; legislation not having funds for Ukraine, humanitarian assistance for Gaza, and the Indo-Pacific. Schumer also said the House GOP plan contained <a href="https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1719361623612113379" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;poison pills&#8221;</a> that benefit the wealthy &#8220;tax cheats&#8221; and would increase the deficit.

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John Kirby, the United States National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, ripped into Russian President Vladimir Putin for blaming the anti-Semitic riot at Makhachkala Airport in Russia on the West.
On Sunday, mobs yelling “Allahu Akbar” hunted down Jews in Dagestan and stormed the airport, making their way onto the tarmac to attack Israelis who had just arrived from Tel Aviv, according to multiple reports. The North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan is a majority-Muslim region in southwest Russia that borders Azerbaijan and Georgia.
One Israeli citizen, aboard the plane and later on a bus that rioters chased, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/airport-closed-southern-russia-after-people-pour-onto-runway-russian-aviation-2023-10-29/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Ynet, “The bus kept turning around &#8230; and people were chasing it and throwing stones. I put my suitcase against the window. &#8230; They came inside, went from person to person, and <a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hylxpgtm6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> if they were a Muslim or a Jew. I said I was a Muslim, because I was scared to death. Fortunately, they believed me and continued on.”
Kirby had <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-770930" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the attack “can only be described as a chilling demonstration of hate … Some people have compared it to the pogroms of the late 19th and early 20th century and I think that is an apt description.”
Putin <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/airport-closed-southern-russia-after-people-pour-onto-runway-russian-aviation-2023-10-29/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insisted</a> that U.S.-backed forces were trying to destabilize Russia, saying, “For this purpose, they use a variety of means, as we can see &#8211; lies, provocations and sophisticated technologies of psychological and information aggression. The events in Makhachkala last night were inspired also through social networks, not least from the territory of Ukraine, by the hands of agents of Western special services.”
“Admiral, you mentioned Putin’s response or lack of response to this anti-Semitic mob at the airport, but his spokesman reportedly said that yesterday’s events were largely the result of outside interference and that the security meeting is in part to discuss attempts by the West to use the events in the Middle East to divide the Russian society,” a reporter said to Kirby.
“Well, isn’t that sweet?” Kirby replied. “It’s classic Russian rhetoric isn’t it, when something goes bad in your country, you just blame somebody else, blame it on outside influences. The West had nothing to do with this. This is just hate, bigotry, and intimidation, pure and simple. And a good leader, a decent leader would call it out for what it is, the way President Biden has called it out here in this country. Instead of blaming the West for something and pushing and pushing it off to somebody else.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mobs-in-russia-yelling-allahu-akbar-hunt-down-jews-storm-airport-after-flight-from-israel-arrives-reports">Mobs In Russia Yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ Hunt Down Jews, Storm Airport After Flight From Israel Arrives: Reports</a>

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Israel&#8217;s government called on the Russian government to do its job and protect Jews and Israeli citizens within its borders after a mob chanting “Allahu Akbar” hunted down Jews in the majority-Muslim region of Dagestan.
&#8220;The State of Israel views with utmost gravity attempts to harm Israeli citizens and Jews anywhere,&#8221; Israel&#8217;s government said in a statement. &#8220;The Prime Minister&#8217;s Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Security Council are monitoring the development of events in southern Russia, in the Dagestan district.&#8221;
&#8220;Israel expects the Russian legal authorities to safeguard the well-being of all Israeli citizens and Jews wherever they are and to take strong action against the rioters and against the wild incitement being directed against Jews and Israelis,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;Israeli Ambassador to Russia Alex Ben Zvi is working with the Russian authorities to secure the well-being of Jews and Israelis at the site.&#8221;
The statement came after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mobs-in-russia-yelling-allahu-akbar-hunt-down-jews-storm-airport-after-flight-from-israel-arrives-reports">mobs searched for Jews</a> at hotels and demanded to see everyone&#8217;s passports after they got word that Israelis might have arrived in the area to escape the war in their home country.
Videos posted to social media allegedly showed those who showed up to the airport saying that they were looking to kill Jews.
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Guy interviews a young kid in the airport lynch mob in Dagestan. 
“Why are you here?”
“I came for the Jews”
“The Jews?”
“Yes, to kill them”<a href="https://t.co/FM8eTJCXEm">pic.twitter.com/FM8eTJCXEm</a>
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The mob has stormed the tarmac going plane to plane looking for Jews. <a href="https://t.co/L5OAQYLxnL">pic.twitter.com/L5OAQYLxnL</a>
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A lynch mob in Dagestan, Russia hunting for Jews breaks through airport security screaming “AllahAkbar”. 
A frightened airport employee is heard in background saying “you’re going to kill people!” <a href="https://t.co/tXXsv6W9XG">pic.twitter.com/tXXsv6W9XG</a>
&mdash; StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1718727895982485794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Muslims within the Republic of Dagestan in Southwestern Russia are currently Storming the International Airport in the Region in order to reportedly “Kill Israelis and Jews” after Rumors began that an Israeli Aircraft was preparing to land at the Airport; this has been going in… <a href="https://t.co/p4zB8Xgn0j">pic.twitter.com/p4zB8Xgn0j</a>
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The modern day pogrom comes after Russia hosted officials from the Hamas terrorist organization last weekend after the terror group murdered more than 1,400 Israelis, wounded 5,200+ more, and kidnapped more than 200 in an unprecedented terror attack on October 7.
Hamas <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/moscow-hosts-hamas-delegation-and-irans-deputy-fm-prompting-israeli-outrage/">said</a> that their meeting was about “Zionist crimes supported by the United States and the West.” Hamas, which has been compared to ISIS following the attacks due to how barbaric the attacks were, <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/hamas-russia-release-hostages-cease-fire-israel-war/">praised</a> Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin for warning Israel not to go into Gaza and kill the terrorists responsible for the attacks.
Yaroslav Trofimov, chief foreign affairs correspondent of The Wall Street Journal, highlighted other attacks on Jews and signs that were seen in Dagestan that said: “Entry to citizens of Israel (Jews) strictly forbidden.”
“A Jewish cultural center under construction in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria region of Russia, went up in flames,” Trofimov added. “‘Death to Yahoods (Jews),’ the graffiti says. Northern Caucasus has its own autochthonous Jewish community that lives there for millennia.”
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A Jewish cultural center under construction in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria region of Russia, went up in flames. “Death to Yahoods (Jews),” the graffiti says. Northern Caucasus has its own autochthonous Jewish community that lives there for millennia. <a href="https://t.co/es9wvOUemS">https://t.co/es9wvOUemS</a> <a href="https://t.co/bp3eaE2phE">pic.twitter.com/bp3eaE2phE</a>
&mdash; Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) <a href="https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1718600427548119317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Israel Calls On Russia To Protect Israelis And Jews From Attacks; Comes After Russia Hosted Hamas, Iran

Large mobs in Russia yelling &#8220;Allahu Akbar&#8221; hunted down Jews in Dagestan on Sunday and stormed an airport, making their way onto the tarmac to attack Israelis who had just arrived from Tel Aviv, according to multiple reports.
The North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan is a majority-Muslim region in southwest Russia that borders Azerbaijan and Georgia. It is an autonomous republic within the Russian Federation.
&#8220;In Muslim areas of Russia’s north Caucasus, mobs raid hotels looking for Jews after rumors spread that some Israelis had moved there to flee the war,&#8221; said Yaroslav Trofimov, chief foreign affairs correspondent of The Wall Street Journal. &#8220;This video is from Dagestan, but similar incidents happened in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia.&#8221;
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Meanwhile, in Muslim areas of Russia’s north Caucasus, mobs raid hotels looking for Jews after rumors spread that some Israelis had moved there to flee the war. This video is from Dagestan, but similar incidents happened in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia. <a href="https://t.co/N0aZI9x5Cq">pic.twitter.com/N0aZI9x5Cq</a>
&mdash; Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) <a href="https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1718598934774571407?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Trofimov highlighted signs that were seen in the region that said: “Entry to citizens of Israel (Jews) strictly forbidden.”
&#8220;A Jewish cultural center under construction in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria region of Russia, went up in flames,&#8221; Trofimov added. &#8220;&#8216;Death to Yahoods (Jews),&#8217; the graffiti says. Northern Caucasus has its own autochthonous Jewish community that lives there for millennia.&#8221;
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A Jewish cultural center under construction in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria region of Russia, went up in flames. “Death to Yahoods (Jews),” the graffiti says. Northern Caucasus has its own autochthonous Jewish community that lives there for millennia. <a href="https://t.co/es9wvOUemS">https://t.co/es9wvOUemS</a> <a href="https://t.co/bp3eaE2phE">pic.twitter.com/bp3eaE2phE</a>
&mdash; Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) <a href="https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1718600427548119317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Trofimov then highlighted a serious situation that was unfolding at an airport in the Dagestan city of Makhachkala where rioters chanting &#8220;Allahu Akbar&#8221; reportedly stormed an airport hunting for Jews.
&#8220;Mobs break into the Makhachkala airport, in Russia’s north Caucasus, looking to lynch Jews after rumors spread about the arrival of Jewish refugees from Israel,&#8221; he wrote.
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Mobs break into the Makhachkala airport, in Russia’s north Caucasus, looking to lynch Jews after rumors spread about the arrival of Jewish refugees from Israel. <a href="https://t.co/stMvyqNUqv">pic.twitter.com/stMvyqNUqv</a>
&mdash; Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) <a href="https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1718690378944332152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The mob overran security and made their way onto the tarmac and passengers who had started to disembark had to get back into the plane and shut the door.
Former Radio Liberty reporter Hanna Liubakova also posted videos of the pogrom: &#8220;The crowd broke through the runway of Makhachkala airport and is looking for a &#8216;plane with Jews.'&#8221;
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The crowd broke through the runway of Makhachkala airport and is looking for a “plane with Jews.” <a href="https://t.co/68VQT8PR1n">pic.twitter.com/68VQT8PR1n</a>
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&#8220;&#8216;An angry crowd has gathered outside,&#8217; a voice inside a cabin announces, advising passengers to remain in their seats. Meanwhile, individuals on the runway are moving about freely,&#8221; she continued.
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The dramatic video shows the crowd forcibly entering the terminal building. An airport security guard was heard saying, &quot;You will kill people.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Y9I9jmn4qp">pic.twitter.com/Y9I9jmn4qp</a>
&mdash; Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) <a href="https://twitter.com/HannaLiubakova/status/1718695996018893216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The crowd gathered outside the plane as an airport employee informed them that the passengers have left. <a href="https://t.co/C819CugaWa">pic.twitter.com/C819CugaWa</a>
&mdash; Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) <a href="https://twitter.com/HannaLiubakova/status/1718697780380684353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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This is also reportedly from the airport. The crowd is seen attacking a police car. <a href="https://t.co/s31qMUSNZ0">pic.twitter.com/s31qMUSNZ0</a>
&mdash; Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) <a href="https://twitter.com/HannaLiubakova/status/1718702116242342060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Mobs In Russia Yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ Hunt Down Jews, Storm Airport After Flight From Israel Arrives: Reports

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Ukraine intelligence forces, built up with significant investment from the CIA, have carried out attacks behind enemy lines on what Ukraine says are figures and infrastructure important to the Russian war effort.
U.S. officials are often not consulted ahead of a strike and are not involved in Ukraine’s assassination operations. Ukraine’s intelligence and spy operations are as capable as they are because of significant investment from the U.S. over the past decade, however, according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/23/ukraine-cia-shadow-war-russia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post</a>.
After Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, the CIA began investing what would eventually become an estimated tens of millions of dollars in Ukraine’s intelligence services. American officials built up Ukraine’s spy services to run intelligence operations against Russia – mainly intercepting Russian communications. Ukraine intercepted hundreds of thousands of Russian messages and routed them through facilities in the U.S. for American officials to parse through.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, Ukraine has used its intelligence services to carry out several highly sensitive and lethal missions, such as blowing holes in Russian naval vessels and bombing the Kerch Bridge connecting the Russian mainland to the Crimean Peninsula. Other operations have included targets less directly related to the war effort, raising concerns that Ukraine’s covert operations may cause rifts between it and its allies.
No operation is conducted without approval from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, officials told the Post. The Security Service of Ukraine, known as the SBU, and the intelligence division of Ukraine&#8217;s defense ministry, known as the GUR, have carried out dozens of assassinations against Russian targets since the war began.
Ukraine’s operations “has risks for Russia,” a former senior CIA official told the Post, “but it carries broader risks as well.”
“If Ukraine’s intelligence operations become even bolder — targeting Russians in third countries, for example — you could imagine how that might cause rifts with partners and come into serious tension with Ukraine’s broader strategic goals,” the official said.
Ukraine has targeted non-military partisans backing Russia’s war effort with bombs, such as a pro-Russia blogger who died in a St. Petersburg café. Another Ukraine intelligence operation targeted one of Russia&#8217;s best-known political philosophers, Aleksandr Dugin, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The mission missed Dugin, however, and killed only his daughter.
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One high-profile operation that Ukraine’s intelligence service has denied involvement in is the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in September of last year. U.S. officials have reportedly obtained evidence linking the pipeline explosions and Ukraine; the CIA <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ukraine-made-plans-to-sabotage-nord-stream-pipelines-months-before-attack-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">obtained</a> plans for a Ukrainian operation against the pipeline drawn up months before multiple explosions ripped through the lines.
“All targets hit by the SBU are completely legal,” SBU director Vasyl Malyuk said in a statement. Ukraine “does everything to ensure that fair punishment will ‘catch up’ with all traitors, war criminals and collaborators.”
Ukraine’s covert operations have sparked criticism and concern that the missions are going too far, including from inside Ukraine. Valentin Nalivaychenko, former head of the SBU and current Parliament member, <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/09/05/inside-ukraines-assassination-programme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> last month that Ukraine should restrain its assassinations.
“Clowns, prostitutes and jokers are a constant around the Russian government,” he said. “Kill one of them, and another will appear in their place.”
“Our security services shouldn’t do things just because they can,” he added.

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A former National Security Agency (NSA) employee pleaded guilty on Monday to attempting to sell classified national defense information to an FBI employee he believed to be an agent of the Russian Federation.
Jareh Sebastian Dalke, 31, of Colorado Springs, faces a possible life sentence after he pleaded guilty today to six counts of attempting to transmit classified National Defense Information (NDI) to an officer or agent of a foreign government, <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-nsa-employee-pleads-guilty-attempted-espionage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Department of Justice.
His <a href="https://www.justice.gov/media/1320846/dl?inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plea agreement</a> states that federal prosecutors agreed not to request more than 22 years in prison, but the U.S. authorities said the judge would ultimately determine his sentence.
Dalke <a href="https://apnews.com/article/nsa-russia-spy-classified-colorado-dalke-51c4b13ef035f3dca8b62c433e6149d5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> admitted to the charges during a hearing before U.S. District Judge Raymond Moore, where he answered the judge’s questions concerning the terms of his deal and acknowledged he has been taking medication for mental illness over the last year while in custody.
Dalke, an Army veteran, worked as an Information Systems Security Designer for the U.S. intelligence agency, which focuses on gathering and analyzing intelligence and counterintelligence from foreign and domestic sources.
During his short employment with the agency, authorities said Dalke obtained three documents classified as Top Secret//Sensitive Compartmented Information. According to court documents, the information he planned to give to the purported Russian agent included military offensive capabilities of an unnamed country and other sensitive U.S. defense capabilities.
“Dalke admitted that between August and September 2022, in order to demonstrate both his ‘legitimate access and willingness to share,’ he used an encrypted email account to transmit excerpts of three classified documents to an individual he believed to be a Russian agent,” DOJ officials said in a news release. “In actuality, that person was an FBI online covert employee.”
In August 2022, Dalke requested $85,000 in exchange for all the classified information, which unknowingly told the FBI online covert employee would be of value to Russia and would disseminate more information in the future when he returned to the Washington, D.C., area.
Federal authorities arrested Dalke on September 28, 2022, at Union Station in downtown Denver after transferring five files — four containing classified information— using a laptop computer and instructions provided by the covert FBI employee.
The other file contained a letter, which said in Russian and Cyrillic characters: “My friends!” and states, in part, “I am very happy to finally provide this information to you. … I look forward to our friendship and shared benefit. Please let me know if there are desired documents to find and I will try when I return to my main office.”
The FBI arrested Dalke moments after he transmitted the files.
According to court documents, Dalke requested a 9-month leave of absence shortly after he began working for the agency to help a family member with a medical condition. But when the agency denied his request, Dalke submitted his resignation.
After leaving the agency and giving the classified information to the undercover FBI employee, court documents state that Dalke reapplied to work at the NSA.
Last year, Dalke’s federal public defender reportedly downplayed his clients&#8217; access to the top secret information since he worked for the intelligence agency for less than a month.

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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> is suing British ex-spy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christopher-steele" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christopher Steele</a> over the discredited Steele Dossier that was intended to paint a picture of alleged collusion between Trump and Russia.
The lawsuit was filed by lawyers for Trump in <a class="c-link" href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/london" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/london" data-sk="tooltip_parent">London</a> and says that Orbis Business Intelligence, a consultant group founded by Steele, violated British data protection laws.
In a written witness statement, Trump <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12636387/donald-trump-calls-christopher-steele-russia-dossier-untrue-golden-showers-prostitutes-moscow.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that “not one of the damning allegations contained in the Steele reporting was ever corroborated.” 
Funds from Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-sec-boss-confronted-over-steele-dossier-payment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">went toward</a> Steele’s dossier, which made claims tying Trump to Russia that were later discredited.
In his statement, Trump said that the dossier had “numerous false, phony or made-up allegations,” including wild claims of “sex parties” in St. Petersburg, and that Russia did not have “sufficient material to blackmail” him.
“The only way that I can fully demonstrate the total inaccuracies of the personal data in the dossier is to bring these proceedings and to prove, by evidence at trial, that the data are false,” Trump, the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination, said.
The dossier <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/christopher-steele-holds-firm-on-defending-discredited-dossier" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> to establish a “well-developed conspiracy of co-operation” between Trump’s campaign and Russia, an allegation that was not backed up by special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the collusion claims.
Trump’s lawyer Hugh Tomlinson <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-steele-dossier-lawsuit-london-russia-de956b079a1216526b84822b121acd04" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the former president “suffered personal and reputational damage and distress&#8221; because of the dossier, which contained &#8220;shocking and scandalous claims.&#8221;
Antony White, a lawyer for Orbis, said that the case should be thrown out because too much time had passed and that BuzzFeed News was not supposed to publish the dossier.
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White claimed that Trump has “a long history of repeatedly bringing frivolous, meritless and vexatious claims for the purpose of vexing and harassing perceived enemies and others against whom he bears a grudge.”
Trump <a href="https://apnews.com/article/judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-against-clinton-1c49b9f65177507bb06115b631c8499d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously</a> tried to sue former top FBI officials and Clinton over the dossier, but his lawsuit was rejected by a federal judge.
According to a report from special counsel Robert Durham, the FBI <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-offered-to-pay-steele-1m-for-anti-trump-evidence-paid-possible-russian-spy-despite-knowing-his-info-was-bad" target="_blank" rel="noopener">had offered to pay</a> Steele up to $1 million for evidence linking Trump to Russia and paid Steele’s primary subsource hundreds of thousands of dollars even after the source was unable to provide evidence for any of his claims.

Donald Trump Sues Former British Spy in London Data Lawsuit

Trump Sues Christopher Steele Over ‘Shocking And Scandalous’ Claims Made In Discredited Dossier

Trump Sues Christopher Steele Over 'Shocking And Scandalous' Claims Made In Discredited Dossier

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