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Tue Nov 28, 2017, 07:14 PM Nov 2017

Flynns White House allies continued to push shady Middle East nuclear deal months after he was oust

NOOR AL-SIBAI at Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/flynns-white-house-allies-continued-to-push-shady-middle-east-nuclear-deal-months-after-he-was-ousted/

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As a report published in the Journal on Tuesday reveals, retired Army Col. Derek Harvey, who was hired by Flynn and served as President Donald Trump’s top Middle East adviser, kept the shady nuclear deal alive until his own ouster in July.

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“Mr. Flynn forwarded Mr. McFarlane’s email to his staff with an instruction: Prepare a package for the president,” the Journal‘s report notes. “Mr. Harvey told his staff to put the contents of the draft memo into an official ‘cabinet memo’ from the president. There is no indication such a memo ever went to Mr. Trump.”

Soon after, however, NSC’s lawyers “directed the council members to stop working on the project” because of Flynn’s past as an adviser on the deal. They instructed Flynn not to attend a follow-up meeting with backers — and Harvey went in his place.

“After Mr. Flynn was ousted,” the report continues, “Mr. Harvey pushed NSC colleagues to continue working on the nuclear plan.”


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