REPORT: Trump Jr. Paid $5OK For Speech To Group Whose Leader Nominated Putin For Nobel Peace Prize

Nothing is surprising anymore. Nothing. Via Mediaite:

Back on October 11th of last year, exactly four weeks before his father’s victory in the presidential election, Donald Trump, Jr. spoke at an event in Paris held by the Center of Political and Foreign Affairs (CPFA), a French think tank.

On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal published a report further scrutinizing the speaking engagement, revealing that the president’s eldest son made “at least $50,000” for the speech. Why is this notable? Because the CPFA’s president and his wife worked with the Russian government on ending the war in Syria.

Fabien Baussart, the president of the organization, and his wife, Syrian-born Randa Kassis, claim that they don’t represent Russia, but Kassis is, as WSJ puts it, “a leader of a political faction endorsed by Russia in negotiations to end the war in Syria.” Various “U.S., European and Arab officials” are cited as saying that the couple worked with Russia directly to end the civil war.

Last year Baussart nominated Putin for the Nobel Peace Prize. Seriously. Incidentally, $50K was only the starting point for Jr.’s speaking fee. He probably got more.