Rubio 'unaware' his own agency sent Trump ballroom chief to Russia (opens in new tab)

shown off Trump’s ballroom, there seems to be some confusion within the U.S. government as to what he’s doing there, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying he is “unaware” of an American delegation to the event while Cook himself claims he was sent by Trump and urged to go by the State Department, which Rubio oversees. “According to Russian media, Trump's ballroom commissioner, Rodney Mims Cook, told Russian press that Trump and the State Department permitted him to travel to Russia for t...