1/31 The Washington Post said on January 31 that Bortnikov and Korobov came to the U.S. capital last week, and that Bortnikov had met with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, as did Naryshkin. It wasn’t clear whom Korobov may have met with.
2/1“My bet is that these guys were typically corrupt senior officials…probably ran afoul of otherswho were more powerfu&doing the same.”adding that the Russians “can easily hide or manipulate information in theRussian press to obfuscate reality or send a message that they would like sent.”