Reuters -
Michael Flynn, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser, held multiple phone conversations with Russia's ambassador to Washington on the day the United States announced retaliation for Moscow's interference in the U.S. presidential election, two people familiar with the issue said.
The conversations appear to raise further questions about contacts between Trump's advisers and Russian officials at a time when U.S. intelligence agencies contend that Moscow waged a multifaceted campaign of hacking and other actions to boost Trump's election chances over Democrat Hillary Clinton.
On Dec. 29, U.S. President Barack Obama ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian suspected spies and imposed sanctions on two Russian intelligence agencies over their involvement in hacking U.S. political groups in the 2016 election.
Whether Flynn and Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak discussed those sanctions is unclear.
An 18th-century U.S. law, the Logan Act, bars unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments that are in disputes with the United States.
The phone calls were first reported by Washington Post columnist David Ignatius.
A Trump spokesman said on Friday that Flynn took a call from the Russian ambassador last month, and discussed setting up a call between the president-elect and Russian President Vladimir Putin after Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.
More at the link: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN14X1YX
After further development this was apparently a call to establish the US having a seat at Syria, Russia, Turkey peace talks that the US was not invited to previously (obviously as we were investigating Russian interference in our elections and just imposed sanctions on Russia).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...a-455pm:homepage/story&utm_term=.14852a60ce62
Also: White House has confirmed this was not authorized.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...rdinate-flynn-call-russian-ambassador-n706806
If old lock him up.
Michael Flynn, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for national security adviser, held multiple phone conversations with Russia's ambassador to Washington on the day the United States announced retaliation for Moscow's interference in the U.S. presidential election, two people familiar with the issue said.
The conversations appear to raise further questions about contacts between Trump's advisers and Russian officials at a time when U.S. intelligence agencies contend that Moscow waged a multifaceted campaign of hacking and other actions to boost Trump's election chances over Democrat Hillary Clinton.
On Dec. 29, U.S. President Barack Obama ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian suspected spies and imposed sanctions on two Russian intelligence agencies over their involvement in hacking U.S. political groups in the 2016 election.
Whether Flynn and Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak discussed those sanctions is unclear.
An 18th-century U.S. law, the Logan Act, bars unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments that are in disputes with the United States.
The phone calls were first reported by Washington Post columnist David Ignatius.
A Trump spokesman said on Friday that Flynn took a call from the Russian ambassador last month, and discussed setting up a call between the president-elect and Russian President Vladimir Putin after Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.
More at the link: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN14X1YX
After further development this was apparently a call to establish the US having a seat at Syria, Russia, Turkey peace talks that the US was not invited to previously (obviously as we were investigating Russian interference in our elections and just imposed sanctions on Russia).
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...a-455pm:homepage/story&utm_term=.14852a60ce62
Also: White House has confirmed this was not authorized.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...rdinate-flynn-call-russian-ambassador-n706806
If old lock him up.
