15 Jun 2016 Jahr - US House GOP Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is caught on tape in a meeting w/ other top GOP leaders saying "There's two people I think Putin pays: [Rep. Dana] Rohrabacher and Trump....Swear to God."; some in attendance laugh & House GOP Speaker Paul Ryan then tells the room: "No leaks....This is how we know we're a family here."

Beschreibung:

CONTEXT{A spokesman for McCarthy initially flatly denied that the exchange ever occurred. When told that the exchange was recorded, the spokesman claimed that McCarthy's statement was "clearly an attempt at humor."}

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-in-2016-i-think-putin-pays-trump/2017/05/17/515f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html

OUTLET{The Washington Post}
TITLE{House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: ‘I think Putin pays’ Trump}
ARCHIVED{https://archive.ph/hI1mU}
DATE{05/17/2017}
AUTHOR{Adam Entous}