US Intel Repeatedly Warned About Rudy’s ‘Russian Agent’ Pal

For a year and a half, U.S. intelligence warned that Andriy Derkach was suspected of election interference. Yet Derkach—and his wild beliefs—kept drawing more Trumpist adherents.

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