LilMikeSF<p>Putin's <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kremlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kremlin</span></a> defends now convicted candidate <a href="https://c.im/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a>, as Russian minister claims former President is a victim of <a href="https://c.im/tags/persecution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>persecution</span></a> by a "political rival for political reasons.” Trump has also used sympathetic comments from <a href="https://c.im/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> to try to bolster his case that he is being treated unfairly by prosecutors in the United States and all his legal travails are due to being <a href="https://c.im/tags/PoliticallyTargeted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticallyTargeted</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/05/31/trump-guilty-verdict/#link-DG6OEI5I5RGCHDVS2GUKY4BLH4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/elections/2</span><span class="invisible">024/05/31/trump-guilty-verdict/#link-DG6OEI5I5RGCHDVS2GUKY4BLH4</span></a></p>