Craig Unger
@craigunger.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author of 6 books on the GOP’s assault on democracy, including American Kompromat. Apple Books says my latest,Den of Spies, about the 1980 October Surprise, is "the scariest political thriller you've ever read." www.craigunger.com.
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Craig Unger
@craigunger.bsky.social
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2004 Paul Manafort's Griftapalooza
Wonder how Trump's nonstop grifting will end? It helps to remember that Viktor Yanukovych, Paul Manafort's pro-Putin candidate in Ukraine, was ousted by the Orange Revolution and EuroMaidan protests.
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Trump Russia Timeline: Paul Manafort's Griftapalooza
Wonder how Trump's nonstop grifting will end? It helps to remember that Viktor Yanukovych, Paul Manafort's pro-Putin candidate in Ukraine, was ousted by the Orange Revolution and EuroMaidan protests.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Wonder how Trump's nonstop grifting will end? It helps to remember that Viktor Yanukovych, Paul Manafort's pro-Putin candidate in Ukraine, was ousted by the Orange Revolution and EuroMaidan protests.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
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Why Steve Witkoff is Selling Out Ukraine?
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Why Steve Witkoff is Selling Out Ukraine?
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Why Steve Witkoff is Selling Out Ukraine?
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
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Good book
Not surprised in the least. In fact, I predicted it
@craigunger.bsky.social aren’t you shocked that Trump’s blatantly acting in Russia’s interests?
Wow. I wish someone had let us know about this...
Wow. I wish someone had let us know about this...
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Good book
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The more I read the more I groan and slap my head. Page after page after page of face-palming.
I certainly hope I survive this regime because it will be quite interesting to witness the reckoning when it finally arrives.
I certainly hope I survive this regime because it will be quite interesting to witness the reckoning when it finally arrives.
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The more I read the more I groan and slap my head. Page after page after page of face-palming.
I certainly hope I survive this regime because it will be quite interesting to witness the reckoning when it finally arrives.
I certainly hope I survive this regime because it will be quite interesting to witness the reckoning when it finally arrives.
Why Steve Witkoff is Selling Out Ukraine?
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Why Steve Witkoff is Selling Out Ukraine?
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Why Steve Witkoff is Selling Out Ukraine?
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
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Incredible fact-based analysis as always, thanks for your work.
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Incredible fact-based analysis as always, thanks for your work.
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It's all right here. Craig wrote it all down for us...
we (read media) just didn't listen and now look where we are.
@craigunger.bsky.social
we (read media) just didn't listen and now look where we are.
@craigunger.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It's all right here. Craig wrote it all down for us...
we (read media) just didn't listen and now look where we are.
@craigunger.bsky.social
we (read media) just didn't listen and now look where we are.
@craigunger.bsky.social
#34. From Las Vegas to Moscow: The Miss Universe Pageant and Trump's Russian Ties (2013)
As prelude to Russian collusion on his behalf in 2016, Trump won Kremlin support while staging a pageant featuring, as he put it, "the most beautiful women in the world."
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
As prelude to Russian collusion on his behalf in 2016, Trump won Kremlin support while staging a pageant featuring, as he put it, "the most beautiful women in the world."
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
#34. From Las Vegas to Moscow: The Miss Universe Pageant and Trump's Russian Ties (2013)
As prelude to Russian collusion on his behalf in 2016, Trump won Kremlin support while staging a pageant featuring, as he put it, "the most beautiful women in the world."
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#34. From Las Vegas to Moscow: The Miss Universe Pageant and Trump's Russian Ties (2013)
As prelude to Russian collusion on his behalf in 2016, Trump won Kremlin support while staging a pageant featuring, as he put it, "the most beautiful women in the world."
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
As prelude to Russian collusion on his behalf in 2016, Trump won Kremlin support while staging a pageant featuring, as he put it, "the most beautiful women in the world."
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
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Why Steve Witkoff is Selling Out Ukraine?
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Why Steve Witkoff is Selling Out Ukraine?
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Why Steve Witkoff is Selling Out Ukraine?
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Not surprised in the least. In fact, I predicted it
@craigunger.bsky.social aren’t you shocked that Trump’s blatantly acting in Russia’s interests?
Wow. I wish someone had let us know about this...
Wow. I wish someone had let us know about this...
November 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Not surprised in the least. In fact, I predicted it
Why Steve Witkoff is Selling Out Ukraine?
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Why Steve Witkoff is Selling Out Ukraine?
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Why Steve Witkoff is Selling Out Ukraine?
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Why did Witkoff write a recommendation for Russian mobster Anatoly Golubchik? He said his only tie to the "enforcer" for Russian Mafia was via an unnamed "mutual acquaintance." And who might that be?
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
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Dealer's Choice: Trump and the Russian Mafia, 2013 #33
When the Feds busted a $100 million poker game that laundered money in Trump Tower, 28 participants went to jail. But its leader somehow ended up on the red carpet at Trump's Miss Universe in Moscow.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
When the Feds busted a $100 million poker game that laundered money in Trump Tower, 28 participants went to jail. But its leader somehow ended up on the red carpet at Trump's Miss Universe in Moscow.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Dealer's Choice: Trump and the Russian Mafia, 2013 #33
When the Feds busted a $100 million poker game that laundered money in Trump Tower, 28 participants went to jail. But its leader somehow ended up on the red carpet at Trump's Miss Universe in Moscow.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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And according to @craigunger.bsky.social 's truly stunning book, Trump had snow on his boots way before Epstein.
If everyone had read American Kompromat, published in 2021, Trump never would have been elected in 2024, or if the media had properly covered it...
but they didn't.
And here we are.
If everyone had read American Kompromat, published in 2021, Trump never would have been elected in 2024, or if the media had properly covered it...
but they didn't.
And here we are.
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
And according to @craigunger.bsky.social 's truly stunning book, Trump had snow on his boots way before Epstein.
If everyone had read American Kompromat, published in 2021, Trump never would have been elected in 2024, or if the media had properly covered it...
but they didn't.
And here we are.
If everyone had read American Kompromat, published in 2021, Trump never would have been elected in 2024, or if the media had properly covered it...
but they didn't.
And here we are.
Exactly
I’m reading Craig Unger’s “American Kompromat” & that’s 1 of the first concepts explored: campaign finance laws make it so that Russians (or any other hostile entity) can take over WITHOUT BREAKING A SINGLE LAW. @craigunger.bsky.social
And let’s not call Donald merely greedy: he’s a hostile entity.
And let’s not call Donald merely greedy: he’s a hostile entity.
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Exactly
You’re very welcome. I really appreciate your support.
I tell anyone who will listen that everything you've written has helped to make sense of the unexplainable sh-t that these guys have done, are doing, and will do. It's like a masterclass in all the constant and endless corruption, dirty tricks and outright crimes going on around us. Thank you!
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
You’re very welcome. I really appreciate your support.
Thanks!
Just starting this. Always learn something whether I read anything by @craigunger.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Thanks!
Dealer's Choice: Trump and the Russian Mafia, 2013 #33
When the Feds busted a $100 million poker game that laundered money in Trump Tower, 28 participants went to jail. But its leader somehow ended up on the red carpet at Trump's Miss Universe in Moscow.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
When the Feds busted a $100 million poker game that laundered money in Trump Tower, 28 participants went to jail. But its leader somehow ended up on the red carpet at Trump's Miss Universe in Moscow.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
Dealer's Choice: Trump and the Russian Mafia, 2013 #33
When the Feds busted a $100 million poker game that laundered money in Trump Tower, 28 participants went to jail. But its leader somehow ended up on the red carpet at Trump's Miss Universe in Moscow.
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Dealer's Choice: Trump and the Russian Mafia, 2013 #33
When the Feds busted a $100 million poker game that laundered money in Trump Tower, 28 participants went to jail. But its leader somehow ended up on the red carpet at Trump's Miss Universe in Moscow.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
When the Feds busted a $100 million poker game that laundered money in Trump Tower, 28 participants went to jail. But its leader somehow ended up on the red carpet at Trump's Miss Universe in Moscow.
open.substack.com/pub/craigung...
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" “It was an established procedure for the KGB stations in the US to use Ambassador #Dubinin to pass on invitations to Americans to visit #Moscow,” Shvets told me. “Usually, those trips were used for ‘deep development,’ recruitment, or for a meeting with the #KGB handlers.” "
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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"Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, with whom Churkin had met several times from 2015 until 2017, sent an email to tech billionaire Peter Thiel stating, “As you read my Russian ambassador friend died. Life is short, start with dessert.”
✔️ Leonard Lauder
✔️ Thorbjorn #Jagland
✔️ Vitaly #Churkin
✔️ Yuri Dubinin
✔️ Leonard Lauder
✔️ Thorbjorn #Jagland
✔️ Vitaly #Churkin
✔️ Yuri Dubinin
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Russia, if you’re listening…
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Russia, if you’re listening…
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Always read what @craigunger.bsky.social writes if you want to know why some of us are not surprised by any of the atrocious stuff going on.
November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Always read what @craigunger.bsky.social writes if you want to know why some of us are not surprised by any of the atrocious stuff going on.
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2/ Epstein, Churkin, Thiel
👆 @craigunger.bsky.social
2017 - Vitaly Churkin: US will not release cause of Russian's death
Russian UN "Ambassador Churkin's diplomatic immunity survives his death,".
www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
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2017 - Vitaly Churkin: US will not release cause of Russian's death
Russian UN "Ambassador Churkin's diplomatic immunity survives his death,".
www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
Vitaly Churkin: US will not release cause of Russian's death
Details of how Russia's envoy to the UN died are deemed private on grounds of diplomatic immunity.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
2/ Epstein, Churkin, Thiel
👆 @craigunger.bsky.social
2017 - Vitaly Churkin: US will not release cause of Russian's death
Russian UN "Ambassador Churkin's diplomatic immunity survives his death,".
www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
👆 @craigunger.bsky.social
2017 - Vitaly Churkin: US will not release cause of Russian's death
Russian UN "Ambassador Churkin's diplomatic immunity survives his death,".
www.bbc.com/news/world-e...