Flynn urged Russian ambassador to take 'reciprocal' actions, transcripts show
Source: Politico
Flynn’s conversations with the ambassador were a key concern to FBI investigators probing Russian interference in the 2016 election.
By BETSY WOODRUFF SWAN and KYLE CHENEY
05/29/2020 04:13 PM EDT
Updated: 05/29/2020 05:03 PM EDT
Incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn told Russia’s ambassador to Washington in late 2016 to take “reciprocal” actions in response to Obama administration sanctions for election interference, rather than escalating the situation into a “tit for tat.”
“You might appreciate the sentiments that are raging in Moscow,” the ambassador, Sergey Kislyak, replied to Flynn’s request on the Dec, 29, 2016 call.
“I know, I - believe me, I do appreciate it, I very much appreciate it,” Flynn responded. “But I really don't want us to get into a situation where we're going, you know, where we do this and then you do something bigger, and then you know, everybody's got to go back and forth and everybody's got to be the tough guy here, you know?”
The next day, the president-elect praised his Russian counterpart for declining to retaliate, “Great move on delay (by V. Putin) - I always knew he was very smart!” he tweeted.
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Flynn was working against the interests of the US. Or he was working the interests of Donald Trump's secret agenda. Either way: why isn't he in prison as a traitor???
Why isn't Trump answering some hard questions? Why does the GOP protecting this Quisling?