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By Aaron Rupar
May 17, 2019, 4:30pm EDT
... On Friday, Trump tweeted his lament that nobody warned him about Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general who was dismissed from his job as director of national intelligence by then-President Barack Obama in 2014. After his dismissal, Flynn wasted little time cozying up to the Kremlin, and then spent 2016 as one of Trumps key campaign surrogates ...
During the presidential transition period, he had phone calls with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in which he advised Kislyak not to respond to new sanctions the Obama administration placed on Russia for interfering (on Trumps behalf) in the just-completed presidential election. Not only did Flynn undercut Obamas foreign policy, but he then lied about it, telling FBI investigators during an interview conducted days after Trumps inauguration that he and Kislyak did not in fact discuss sanctions.
Flynns lies to the FBI prompted officials to warn Trump once again about Flynn. On January 26, 2017, then-acting Attorney General Sally Yates personally informed the White House that Flynn lied to the FBI about his calls with Kislyak, and therefore was at risk of being blackmailed by Russia. But instead of immediately taking action against Flynn, the Trump administration fired Yates three days later ...
https://www.vox.com/2019/5/17/18629545/trump-michael-flynn-tweet-obama-warned-him
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)Obama warned him. End.
bdamomma
(63,836 posts)that stupid fuck, Obama did tell him.
RainCaster
(10,866 posts)Too bad that Urine Stained Combover has no memory.
a kennedy
(29,647 posts)so its the truth, he didnt warn him, end of story.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,582 posts)I'm waiting for Fat Donnie to start blaming our last real president for the failure of the Trump Casinos.