Kushner and Flynn Met With Russian Envoy in December, White House Says

[demmiblue]

Source: New York Times



WASHINGTON — Michael T. Flynn, then Donald J. Trump’s 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. Trump’s 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. Trump’s 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. Trump’s incoming team and Moscow was evolving to include some of the president-elect’s 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]

1. I'm sure Trump has full confidence in Kushner ;)

[mpcamb]

16. Flynn's gone (and good riddance to that convicted liar). Throw trump's $ grubbing kid$ out too.

[UpInArms]

2. hmmmm....

am trying to figure out the date for throwing an impeachment party

[juxtaposed]

3. this is sad. It's like coming home and finding a pile of shit on the floor and all three dogs are

looking guilty as sin but, no one is talking.

[murielm99]

17. Animals are innocent.

Don't blame them for pooping on the floor.

Humans know better. And none of these assholes are innocent.

[mobeau69]

4. Wow! This is some more big shit.

Looks like the WH wanted to beat the leakers on this one. In trump tower none-the-less!

[NewRedDawn]

5. Getting ahead of another fire?

Now another meeting they are now offering up on their own. New strategy? Fucking traitors!

[riversedge]

9. Sure seems like it.

[cstanleytech]

13. I think when the dust settles from all this that higher ups in the Repugnant party were colluding

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]

14. McConnell is in this up to his eyeballs, I'm sure of that.

[ffr]

6. Is this today's script for nomalizing discussions with Russia? Sessions meetings were last year.

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]

10. Thanks for link. I have not seen it.

[NewRedDawn]

7. Ole Jared

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]

8. Ivanka: Gale @.45

[ananda]

11. Throwing Kushner under the bus ..

.. to create a scapegoat?

[VaBchTgerLily]

19. Kushner's been on the bus so why shouldn't he go under the bus with the whole lot of them!

[cstanleytech]

12. I'm not surprised but the funny thing is I mentioned Flynn in another thread discussing the

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]

15. What are the odds that the Russian ambassador walked through the front door

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]

18. Kushner needs to be under investigation too

[heaven05]

20. I'd like to know

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?