While you were working, the Trump-Russia situation got a bit dicier

[DonViejo]

FRIDAY, JUN 2, 2017 2:17 PM EDT

While you were working, the Trump-Russia situation got a bit dicier

A number of breaking developments are making the Trump-Russia situation even more of a problem for the president

MATTHEW ROZSA

A number of recent developments have made the Russia scandal even more of a headache for President Donald Trump and his administration.

The investigation expands to Michael Flynn

Special counsel Robert Mueller is going to probe former national security adviser Michael Flynn in his ongoing investigation into alleged ties between Trump’s campaign and the Russian government, according to a report by Reuters. This will include communications between Flynn and individuals connected to the Russian government both during and after the 2016 presidential election, as well as Flynn’s lobbying on behalf of Turkish businessman Ekim Alptekin. A source of concern is that Flynn’s work on a documentary about Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish cleric who currently lives in Pennsylvania. Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan has accused Gulen of being involved in a 2016 coup attempt, while Alptekin is an Erdogan supporter.

Tough questions are being asked about Jared Kushner

Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and adviser, is under increasing scrutiny for a secret meeting held in December between himself and the chief executive of Vnesheconombank, a powerful Russian bank known for being an ally of President Vladimir Putin, according to a report by the Washington Post. While Vnesheconombank claims that they met with Kushner to discuss his family’s real estate business, the White House claims that the meeting was conducted for diplomatic reasons. Not surprisingly, the discrepancy in their stories is one of many things that have people asking questions.

One Democratic congresswoman on the House Intelligence Committee says that something’s not adding up. “Of all the people he could be talking to in a transition period where you’ve got lots of balls in the air, that you end up talking to a Russian banker who is under sanction and who is related to Putin and has a KGB background,” Rep. Jackie Speier, Calif., told ABC News. “I think the question has to be asked, was this about you trying to get financing for your troubled real estate that you have in New York City?”

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[pbmus]

1. Hopefully mueller will be issuing subpoenas sooner rather than later

[Achilleaze]

2. republican traitors need to be prosecuted

and punished for their betrayal of the United States America.

Shameful.

[retrowire]

3. Working?! Pah!

You know we're all a bunch of socialist hippie welfare queens that ain't got no jobs!

XD

[LuckyLib]

4. The sharks are circling. I worry that Trumpet may have to do a war dance to deflect

the bad news that never stops flowing.

[groundloop]

5. Methinks Putin is throwing 45*'s administration under the bus and laughing all the way to the bank.

The more turmoil Putin can create in the U.S. the happier he'll be.

[orangecrush]

6. What you just said

Unfortunately, he's doing a wonderful job.

But he better enjoy it now, the chickens will come home to roost eventually.

[warmfeet]

8. Yep! NT

[CanonRay]

7. And yet, Ryan, McConnell, ad nauseum?

Crickets, if not outright support.