Putin Criticizes Democrats for Impeaching Trump
Posted on AllSides December 19th, 2019
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MOSCOW—Russian President Vladimir Putin blasted U.S. Democrats for impeaching President Trump on what the Russian leader called “made up charges,” and said he expects the U.S. leader to survive the firestorm in Washington and remain in power.
Speaking at a wide-ranging end-of-year news conference, Mr. Putin described Wednesday’s events in Congress as “the continuation of political infighting” between Democrats and Republicans. “I don’t think Trump will be voted out of power on made up charges,” Mr. Putin said. “Democrats lost the last election, and now they want to win by...
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