Ex-FBI agent on Trump-Putin calls: There are tapes

FILE – Then-U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, Friday, July 7, 2017. While in power, Trump derided the leaders of some friendly nations while praising authoritarians such as Putin. As chances rise of a Joe Biden-Trump rematch in the U.S. presidential election race, America’s allies are bracing for a bumpy ride. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

A former FBI agent suggested that Vladimir Putin likely kept recordings of his phone calls with former President Trump.

Asha Rangappa, a former FBI special agent, wrote on social media platform X that it is “almost certain" Russia has recordings of Trump’s phone calls with with Putin from over the years. Her comment comes after reporting from Bob Woodward’s new book revealed that Trump had phone calls with Putin after leaving office.

“The thing no one is talking about with regard to Trump’s Pooty calls over the last several years is that no only do we not know what they talked about,, it’s almost certain that Russia has recordings of them," she said, adding that Russia likely has “leverage.”

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