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Russia Allegedly Pretended to Be Denmark in Hoax Letter to US Senator on Purchasing Greenland: Report

Danish intelligence alleged that Russian operatives may be responsible for a forged 2019 letter sent to a U.S. senator known to be an ally of Donald Trump. (Credit: Scott Eisen; Gavriil Grigorov/Getty Images)

Danish intelligence has revealed details surrounding a forged letter that reportedly influenced President-elect Donald Trump's unexpected proposal to purchase Greenland from Denmark.

According to Denmark's Security and Intelligence Service (PET), Russian intelligence agents allegedly fabricated a letter supposedly from Greenland's then-Foreign Minister Ane Lone Bagger, addressed to U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, German outlet BILD reported.

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