Kushner and Flynn Met With Russian Envoy in December, White House Says
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON Michael T. Flynn, then Donald J. Trumps incoming national security adviser, had a previously undisclosed meeting with the Russian ambassador in December to establish a line of communication between the new administration and the Russian government, the White House said on Thursday.
Jared Kushner, Mr. Trumps son-in-law and now a senior adviser, also participated in the meeting at Trump Tower with Mr. Flynn and Sergey I. Kislyak, the Russian ambassador. But among Mr. Trumps inner circle, it is Mr. Flynn who appears to have been the main interlocutor with the Russian envoy the two were in contact during the campaign and the transition, Mr. Kislyak and current and former American officials have said.
But the extent and frequency of their contacts remains unclear, and the disclosure of the meeting at Trump Tower adds to the emerging picture of how the relationship between Mr. Trumps incoming team and Moscow was evolving to include some of the president-elects most trusted advisers.
The White House has repeatedly sought to play down any connections with Mr. Kislyak. Attorney General Jeff Sessions acknowledged this week that he had met twice with him during the campaign, despite previous denials.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/us/politics/kushner-flynn-sessions-russia.html
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)mpcamb
(2,870 posts)UpInArms
(51,282 posts)am trying to figure out the date for throwing an impeachment party
juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)looking guilty as sin but, no one is talking.
murielm99
(30,736 posts)Don't blame them for pooping on the floor.
Humans know better. And none of these assholes are innocent.
mobeau69
(11,143 posts)Looks like the WH wanted to beat the leakers on this one. In trump tower none-the-less!
NewRedDawn
(790 posts)Now another meeting they are now offering up on their own. New strategy? Fucking traitors!
riversedge
(70,204 posts)cstanleytech
(26,290 posts)with Russia before and during the election and it could very well explain why people like Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell and other Repugnants have been stonewalling any investigation as they could have been trying to bury any and all evidence that tied them to working with Russia to undermine Clinton.
yardwork
(61,599 posts)ffr
(22,669 posts)This is all a distraction, part of tRump's spin doctors.
The real story is sticking with Sessions, tRump's ties to Russia.
NYT lays the timeline out perfectly. Not only did Sen. Franken ask Sessions, but so did Sen. Leahy 01/17/17.
riversedge
(70,204 posts)NewRedDawn
(790 posts)should resign & take care of Princess Ivanka . The way she was eye fucking Trudeau she looks like she be needing some 50 shades of Grey that ole Jared not providin.
mobeau69
(11,143 posts)ananda
(28,858 posts).. to create a scapegoat?
VaBchTgerLily
(231 posts)cstanleytech
(26,290 posts)whitehouses denial and I was pointing out that he could have been in contact with Russia and that technically the whitehouse would have not been lying with their claim that no one in the administration had any contact with Russia since Flynn is not part of the administration any longer.
SticksnStones
(2,108 posts)At trump tower?
I seem to recall photographers and reporters camped out front, reporting on all the comings and goings at the tower.
Didn't hear anything about the Russian ambassador waiting for an elevator~
None of this passes the smell test.
VaBchTgerLily
(231 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)why were all these contacts, by so many trump people with the goddamn russians, made!!!???!!! Collusion? Treason? Sex? What???? In the case of trump, perversion???? What?