The Trump Administration Let a Russian Spy Chief Visit the US Even Though He Was Legally Barred

[workinclasszero]

The Trump Administration Let a Russian Spy Chief Visit the US— Even Though He Was Legally Barred
The news comes one day after Trump refused to impose new sanctions on Russia.
DAN FRIEDMANJAN. 30, 2018 6:05 PM

The Trump administration allowed the head of Russia’s foreign intelligence service, Sergey Naryshkin, to visit the United State last week, despite US sanctions that are supposed to bar Naryshkin from entering the country.

Naryshkin’s visit drew no notice at the time, but after Russia’s US ambassador Anatoly Antonov announced the visit on Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) raised the issue in a press conference later in the day. “This is an extreme dereliction of duty by President Trump, who seems more intent on undermining the rule of law in this country than standing up to Putin,” Schumer said.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/01/the-trump-administration-let-a-russian-spy-chief-visit-the-us-even-though-he-was-legally-barred/

[HipChick]

1. He met with CIA chief, who shortly afterwards said Russia will interfere again with

2018 and 2020 elections
and then no action on sanctions...

[kentuck]

2. He was there to discuss "terrorism"...

MOSCOW, January 30. /TASS/. The director of Russia’s foreign intelligence SVR, Sergey Naryshkin, has visited the United States for consultations with US counterparts on the struggle against terrorism, Russian ambassador in Washington Anatoly Antonov said on the 60 Minutes show of the Rossiya-1 federal television channel on Tuesday.

More:
http://tass.com/politics/987568

[workinclasszero]

3. I think he was here looking over Russia's newest backwater region

The former USA.

Pesky laws against russian spies have no power in Putin's backyard now, silly Americans.