The scandal over Mike Flynn's secret talks with the Russians, explained

[kentuck]

http://www.vox.com/world/2017/2/10/14575456/michael-flynn-phone-call-russia-explained

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Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, may be in a lot of trouble.

Late Thursday night, the Washington Post reported that Flynn had called Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak on December 29, the same day that Obama had slapped new sanctions on Russia in retaliation for its hack of the US election. The conversation covered the sanctions, and, according to two officials, suggested that the Trump administration would be rolling back the sanctions in the future.

That would mean Flynn had been actively trying to undermine Obama administration policy while not yet in office — a big, questionably legal no-no. Indeed, the FBI is currently investigating the content of the Flynn calls.

The Trump administration repeatedly and publicly denied that Flynn had spoken to Kislyak about sanctions, even enlisting Vice President Mike Pence to back him up in the media. Flynn himself told the Post on Wednesday that he hadn’t talked about sanctions. But the Post spoke to nine former and current US officials with knowledge of the call, which was actually recorded by US intelligence agencies (as all such high-level calls to the Russian ambassador are). Subsequent reporting from other outlets backed the Post up.

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1. Didn't Flynn realize phone calls with Russia are monitored?

[TrekLuver]

2. Um yeah he's supposed to know.....so in addition to his traitorous acts he's inept.