Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said Donald Trump is nothing more than "a puppet for the Kremlin in this race" in an interview with ABC's This Week With George Stephanopoulos on Sunday. "Donald Trump is refusing to disclose deep financial ties that potentially reach into the Kremlin, which could influence his foreign policy decisions," Mook alleged. "None of this is being disclosed."
Mook also pointed to Trump's recently ousted campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, who secretly helped a pro-Russia party in Ukraine send millions to American lobbyists undetected. "Paul Manafort has been pushed out, but that doesn't mean that the Russians have been pushed out of this campaign," Mook commented. "We now need Donald Trump to explain to us the extent to which the hand of the Kremlin is at the core of his own campaign."
Mook neglected to mention that Clinton has likewise faced scrutiny for ethically suspect ties to Russia through her family's foundation. The charity accepted millions from a Canadian company that controlled about 20 percent of America's uranium deposits, and as secretary of state, Clinton helped approve that company's takeover by a corporation owned by Russia's atomic energy agency.
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