In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

[EX Q]: (CNN) Though many individuals likely contributed to the President's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, one notable one may have been Roger Stone, a 64-year-old close friend of Donald Trump and central figure in the FBI investigation into Trump campaign ties to Russia. In the middle of the Watergate scandal, Stone, who engaged in dirty tricks during Richard Nixon's 1972 campaign, was discovered to have hired a Republican operative to infiltrate the George McGovern campaign and was subsequently fired from his job. After the President's resignation, Stone remained an ardent Nixon apologist and loyalist. He even had the man's face tattooed on his back and devoted his life to ruthless, anything-goes politics (or political consulting, as you may know it). Stone's motto was and continues to be: "Admit nothing, deny everything, launch counterattack." And anyone who has watched Trump closely over the years would think it was his personal slogan, too.Michael D'Antonio: Roger Stone has undoubtedly influenced President Trump's decision to fire James ComeyAs an old friend and political adviser, Stone has taught Trump be ruthless -- particularly when protecting himself from attackTherefore Comey, who was leading the investigation into Trump campaign ties to Russia, had to be taken out, writes D'Antonio 
 Question:Then, in the spring of 2016, _ seemed to embrace him again.
[EX A]: Donald Trump

[EX Q]: (CNN) Jared Kushner, the President's son-in-law and senior adviser, made a rare public statement Monday following his meeting with Senate intelligence committee staffers, saying his answers and information he provided the committee show "all of my actions were proper" in the course of the campaign. Standing behind a White House logo outside the West Wing, he said "I did not collude with Russia," adding "I do not know of anyone else" on the campaign who did so. His comments outside the White House were similar to an 11-page statement released ahead of his closed-door interview with Senate intelligence committee staff. In that document, Kushner offered his first public accounting of what he says are his four meetings with Russians during the 2016 campaign and transition, offering previously undisclosed details of those meetings. The statement comes as federal and congressional investigators are scrutinizing Kushner's contacts with Russians as part of their probes into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.Kushner offers his first public accounting of what he says are his four meetings with Russians during the 2016 campaign and transitionKushner also seeks to distance himself from the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower 
 Question:I have not relied on _ funds to finance my business activities in the private sector.
[EX A]: Russia

[EX Q]: Usain Bolt is no longer listed to run the 100 metres at Jamaica's national senior trials on Thursday, sparking concerns about his fitness ahead of defending his sprint titles at this year's world championships in Beijing. The 100m and 200m world record holder has struggled for form this year with modest best times of 10.12 seconds in Brazil and 20.13 in Ostrava. The 10-times world championship medallist, who expressed concerns after a pedestrian 20.29 to win the 200m at the recent New York Diamond League meeting, had intended to run at the Jamaican trials as he seeks race sharpness. But Bolt's name was missing from a list of athletes for the 100m released by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) late on Wednesday.Six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt has struggled for form this yearBolt had intended to run at Jamaican trials in bid to rediscover sharpnessHowever, Bolt is no longer listed to run at Thursday's national trials 
 Question:_ had been entered along with Yohan Blake, Asafa Powell and Nesta Carter in the preliminary list published by the JAAA on Sunday.
[EX A]:
Usain Bolt