| Enjoy this newsletter? Forward it to someone else who'd like it! If this email was forwarded to you, sign up here. Did you hear something fact-checkable? Send it here; we'll check it out. Trump envoy praises fraudulent Russian referendums as real The emerging Trump proposal to end the war caused by Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine calls for de jure (legal) recognition of Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and de facto recognition of the Russian occupation of parts of four other Ukrainian regions during the conflict. The plan was largely developed by Steve Witkoff, a close friend of President Donald Trump with no prior experience in diplomacy. In an interview with Tucker Carlson and in other statements, Witkoff has suggested that the people in these regions want to be part of Russia. For instance, he told Carlson: "They're Russian speaking. There have been referendums where the overwhelming majority of the people have indicated that they want to be under Russian rule." We examined what actually happened. The referendums were conducted under martial law, with dubious or coercive election procedures, and offered no real choices. To read the full report and find out the Pinocchio rating, please click this link. |
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