It's beyond credulity that the DOJ cleared the U.S. Capitol Police officer who killed Ashli Babbitt while and at the same the DOJ & U.S. Capitol Police refuse to identify the killer.
Absent a thorough impartial investigation, there is no way to prove or disprove Mr. Putin's assertion. Sadly, our institutions (SCOTUS, AGs, FBI) responsible for providing an impartial investigation, prosecution and judgement are anything but objective.
Franklin was walking out of Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention in 1787, when someone shouted out, “Doctor, what have we got? A republic or a monarchy?” To which Franklin supposedly responded, with a rejoinder at once witty and ominous: “A republic, if you can keep it.”
“A republic, ***madame**, if you can keep it.”
Fixed that fre ya.