Sentences with phrase «kompromat for»
Perhaps the most famous technique nowadays is the collection of compromising material, known in transliterated Russian as komprometiriushii material — kompromat for short.
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However, Trump Jr. later had to amend the statement after it emerged that he took the meeting after he was offered kompromat on Clinton as part of «Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump,» according to emails between himself and Rob Goldstone, the British music publicist who represented a Russian pop star who initially sought to arrange the meeting.
It is plausible Cambridge Analytica — itself apparently a propaganda outfit replete with messaging, creative services, and targeting capabilities in addition to black ops and an apparent knack for employing Ukrainian sex workers to secure damaging kompromat — closely tracked the Russian effort and considered how to leverage it on behalf of its client, Donald Trump.
The sources — who spoke to the Observer over many months — said the company was looking for «kompromat» on Muhammadu Buhari — at the time, leader of the opposition.