Cultist 2016 House Candidate Got Help From Russia

The Providence Journal reports:

H. Russell Taub, the onetime Republican congressional candidate who was imprisoned for defrauding political donors three years ago, illegally sought help from Russian intelligence in his failed bid to unseat U.S. Rep. David Cicilline in 2016, the Federal Election Commission has found.

A few months before the November 2016 general election, Taub sent a direct message to a Twitter account known to be used by the GRU, Russia’s main intelligence agency, according to a recently released FEC filing.

In the message to Guccifer 2.0, Taub asked for a list of Republican donors, saying, “I could use your help to defeat cicilline.” Taub provided an email address and later received a dossier that included opposition research reports, polling data and other information about his incumbent Democratic opponent in the 1st Congressional District race.

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“In failed bid to unseat Cicilline, Republican [congressional] candidate sought help from Russian intelligence” https://t.co/zF76XwfD3n

— Mark Pitcavage (@egavactip) February 22, 2022

Russell Taub, the 2016 Rhode Island Republican nominee for Congress, who asked Russian intelligence for help in his campaign, certainly made the rounds in national Republican circles. pic.twitter.com/VQdUCVtoom

— Rich Luchette (@richluchette) February 21, 2022

H. Russell Taub violated federal campaign law “by knowingly soliciting, accepting, or receiving a prohibited in-kind foreign national contribution in the form of opposition research related to the candidate’s opponent,” the FEC concluded.
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— Providence Journal (@projo) February 21, 2022