Early this month, President Trump’s national security adviser Robert O’Brien held his first meeting with his Russian counterpart, Nikolai Patrushev. The two men met in neutral Switzerland as Patrushev, a confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is under sanctions by the United States and the European Union.
“One of the reasons I went to meet with Gen. Patrushev is to let him know that there would be absolutely no tolerance for any interference with our Election Day,” O’Brien said after the meeting. He said he “demanded that Russia not engage in that sort of thing. The Russians have committed to doing so.”
Despite Patrushev’s commitment and O’Brien’s apparent acceptance of it, U.S. intelligence agencies say Russia is still trying to interfere.
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