The Trump Administration's Self-Own on Michael Flynn
The Trump Administration’s Self-Own on Michael Flynn
Newly released records show exactly why Obama officials had to respond to his deeply disturbing behavior.
by Nancy LeTourneau
May 14, 2020
POLITICAL ANIMAL, Washington Monthly
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/05/14/the-trump-administrations-self-own-on-michael-flynn/
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But of the 49 requests for unmasking that revealed the name of Michael Flynn, 42 of them came before December 29, 2016. The vast majority of requests came in early to mid-December and the people making them include several officials involved with NATO, Syria, and Turkey, as well as UN Ambassador Samantha Power. A quick review of Flynn’s activities at the time tells us why they were so concerned.
December 1 – Flynn and Kushner met with Kislyak at Trump Tower—a meeting they didn’t disclose until March 2017. According to a written statement Kushner submitted to the Senate Intelligence Committee, Kislyak wanted “to facilitate a discussion with Russian generals about Syria” and they discussed the possibility of setting up a back channel for communications with Moscow at Russian diplomatic facilities. We also know that Flynn was interested in talking to Moscow because he had developed a plan for the U.S. and Russia to cooperate militarily in Syria.
In May 2017, this is what reporters at the Washington Post revealed.
Ambassador Sergey Kislyak reported to his superiors in Moscow that Kushner, son-in-law and confidant to then-President-elect Trump, made the proposal during a meeting on Dec. 1 or 2 at Trump Tower, according to intercepts of Russian communications that were reviewed by U.S. officials. Kislyak said Kushner suggested using Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States for the communications.
The meeting also was attended by Michael Flynn, Trump’s first national security adviser.
When Obama officials learned from those intercepts about what Kislyak reported to Moscow, it is understandable why they would want to know the name of the person(s) who were involved in those undisclosed meetings. The discussions would be particularly pertinent to those who were involved in our foreign policy with regards to Syria.
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