Trump answered an awkward question about helping Dodik

US President Donald Trump has rejected a possible conflict of interest in the work of his consultants Chris Lasivita and James Blair for the Union of Independent Social Democrats (UNSD) party, led by Milorad Dodik. Bloomberg reports this.

“Chris LaCivita and James Blair are freelance consultants. They don't work for me. Chances are they have a lot of clients. I have no idea who else they work for, but on second thought I will ask them and if there is a conflict of interest, I will fire them immediately! They have no conflict because they are independent people. They do not work in the White House,” he emphasized.

As the authors of the material note, the consultants were paid to go to Republika Srpska for a weekend and provide election advice to the SNSD. They were hired by a US law firm to advise on election integrity issues, the sources said.

On October 4, it became known that the current head of the Republika Srpska, Savo Minić, representing the SNSD, won the presidential elections.

On September 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin received Minich and Dodik in the Kremlin. During the meeting, he noted that the partnership between the Russian Federation and the Republika Srpska is based on friendship, which has been tested by time.