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Former Trump lawyer Jesse Binnall advising key figure in Cuban influence campaign

Lawyer Jesse Binnall giving evidence on 16 December 2020 at a hearing about the US 2020 election campaign.
Lawyer Jesse Binnall giving evidence on 16 December 2020 at a hearing about the US 2020 election campaign. © Greg Nash/Pool via CNP/MaxPPP

The attorney, who is also currently representing the director of the FBI, Kash Patel, has recently taken on several intelligence-linked clients. One of them is a Republican congressional candidate working at building a liaison between Washington and Havana.

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France, North Korea
Paris court upholds forced retirement of Senate official deemed too close to Pyongyang

A view of the Senate in Paris on 11 November 2022.
A view of the Senate in Paris on 11 November 2022.© Alexis Sciard/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

A French Senate official was forced into compulsory retirement in 2023 after being accused by the country's domestic intelligence service of passing on "strategic" information to North Korea. Although that case was dropped, a court has rejected the official's request for reinstatement.

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