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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 06:07 PM Feb 2017

Flynn Defends Russia Call: I Said 'We'll Review Everything'

Source: Talking Points Memo



By MATT SHUHAM Published FEBRUARY 14, 2017, 4:45 PM EDT

Michael Flynn maintained on Monday that he “crossed no lines” in his December phone call with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, in what was his most detailed account of the call.

In an interview with the Daily Caller on Monday, which was published the following day, Flynn said his call with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak “wasn’t about sanctions. It was about the 35 guys who were thrown out.”

“So that’s what it turned out to be. It was basically, ‘Look, I know this happened. We’ll review everything.’ I never said anything such as, ‘We’re going to review sanctions,’ or anything like that,” he said.

That is Flynn’s most detailed account of the phone exchange yet. In two separate interviews with the Washington Post, Flynn’s story changed regarding his memory of the call with Kislyak.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/flynn-i-told-russia-well-review-everything

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Flynn Defends Russia Call: I Said 'We'll Review Everything' (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2017 OP
Perfectly legal. Perfectly innocent. yallerdawg Feb 2017 #1
We. Turbineguy Feb 2017 #2
Old cop trick, if you don't have anything then you don't mind safeinOhio Feb 2017 #3
Transcripts? They don't roll like that... EarthFirst Feb 2017 #7
Then why'd you LIE about it? Liberalagogo Feb 2017 #4
Private citizen discussing international relationships with an ambassador Maeve Feb 2017 #5
They'll likely get away with it just as Reagan did. groundloop Feb 2017 #9
Weren't the 35 guys that were thrown out PART of the sanctions? complain jane Feb 2017 #6
Sure sign you're lying Rustynaerduwell Feb 2017 #8
I was thinking the same thing Phoenix61 Feb 2017 #11
IF they put the screws to him... simguy225 Feb 2017 #10

safeinOhio

(32,525 posts)
3. Old cop trick, if you don't have anything then you don't mind
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 06:11 PM
Feb 2017

if I search your car. He should have no problem with a release of the transcript.

 

Liberalagogo

(1,770 posts)
4. Then why'd you LIE about it?
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 06:14 PM
Feb 2017

And an "interview" with The Daily Caller? That right-wing echo chamber rag? Please.
GFY.

Maeve

(42,223 posts)
5. Private citizen discussing international relationships with an ambassador
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 06:14 PM
Feb 2017

And giving advice on how the future president will act?

How could that possibly be suspect?????

groundloop

(11,486 posts)
9. They'll likely get away with it just as Reagan did.
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 06:58 PM
Feb 2017

Although Reagan was a more gifted speaker than 45, so we'll likely see a lot of bumbling and fumbling for a while. But in the end I believe nothing will come out of it thanks to the repub controlled Congress.

complain jane

(4,302 posts)
6. Weren't the 35 guys that were thrown out PART of the sanctions?
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 06:38 PM
Feb 2017

Jesus Christ I've never seen a more blatantly, openly, brazenly dishonest bunch of people.

 

simguy225

(80 posts)
10. IF they put the screws to him...
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 07:30 PM
Feb 2017

he is going to squeal (and probably get a book deal). NDAs (you know Trump made him sign one) do not protect people that commit crimes.

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