Former US President and current Republican contender Donald Trump has maintained regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to new, unconfirmed charges made by a well-known journalist.According to Bob Woodward, 81, Trump has called the Russian leader at least seven times since leaving the Oval Office in January 2021.According to Woodward's forthcoming book, War, one of the phone contacts occurred as recently as earlier this year. Trump reportedly requested that one of his advisers leave his office at his Mar-a-Lago resort so that he could speak with the Russian president.