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Donald Trump claimed Sunday that he turned down a prisoner swap deal with Russia which would have seen Viktor Bout, the notorious Russian arms dealer, traded for ex-US Marine Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine who has been in a Russian jail for four years.

Whelan, 52, is currently serving a 16-year sentence in Russia on espionage charges, which he denies. The U.S. says he has been wrongfully imprisoned in Russia since 2018.

He made the bombshell claim on Truth...

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