WashPo.
“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016 exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia.
Paul Ryan was there and swore everyone to secrecy. At least some of those present laughed.
Per Twitter, Ryan and McCarthy denied everything — until told the Post had a recording. Then they changed their stories.
This brings the Republican House leadership in as co-conspirators in treason. The entire Republican Party is going down. Attention Robert Mueller, there’s clean up needed in the US Capitol.