Proper noun
A late 1990s scandal in which billions of dollars were laundered out of Russia by the bureaucracy of president Boris Yeltsin with the assistance of Western banks such as the Bank of New York.
(US politics, informal) The controversy and Russia investigation that ensued after the 2016 US presidential election regarding the discovery of myriad secretive links between Trump associates and Russian officials.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgAnd with the mainstream media proving again that it’s as invested in the Russiagate story as it has ever been, ABC News reported that it was the Russians who were also trying to portray Biden as senile. Source: Internet
As "Russiagate" becomes a full-blown conflagration threatening to consume Donald Trump's presidency, his denial of human-induced global warming continues to threaten a planet already on fire. Source: Internet
Former CIA analyst and founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity Ray McGovern, in this tongue-in-cheek article, outlines steps he would take on Day One as CIA Director to get to the bottom of Russiagate. Source: Internet
However much Russiagate may annoy Trump personally, administration officials like H.R. McMaster are seizing on it to advance a militarist agenda at home and abroad. Source: Internet
Is Mueller preparing a letter that'll exonerate Trump in Russiagate? Source: Internet
Q.E.D.: Russiagate is a sham and Mueller’s probe should be shut down immediately. Source: Internet