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http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/19/politics/michael-flynn-donald-trump-russia-influence/
Russian officials bragged in conversations during the presidential campaign that they had cultivated a strong relationship with former Trump adviser retired Gen. Michael Flynn and believed they could use him to influence Donald Trump and his team, sources told CNN.
"This was a five-alarm fire from early on," one former Obama administration official said, "the way the Russians were talking about him.
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***BREAKING**Russian officials bragged they could use Flynn to influence Trump... (Original Post)
HipChick
May 2017
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global1
(25,237 posts)1. I've Always Felt The Flynn Was Trump's Minder.......
assigned to Trump by the Russians.
imanamerican63
(13,762 posts)2. He is still influencing Trump!
Trump talks to Flynn even after he fired him!
Ilsa
(61,690 posts)3. kick & rec. nt
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)4. The conversations picked up by US intelligence officials indicated the Russians regarded Flynn
as an ally, sources said. That relationship developed throughout 2016, months before Flynn was caught on an intercepted call in December speaking with Russia's ambassador in Washington, Sergey Kislyak. That call, and Flynn's changing story about it, ultimately led to his firing as Trump's first national security adviser. ................
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)5. This is really weird. Dude needs a neurology exam:
Two days after firing Michael Flynn as his national security adviser in February, President Donald Trump told several aides and friends he should have kept him instead.
Trump, several people close to him say, sometimes appears to question decisions even after theyve been made. He told New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie that he could still be labor secretary even after hed publicly named Alexander Acosta to the role. He privately told former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani he could potentially still name him as attorney general after hed offered Jeff Sessions to the job.......
Trump, several people close to him say, sometimes appears to question decisions even after theyve been made. He told New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie that he could still be labor secretary even after hed publicly named Alexander Acosta to the role. He privately told former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani he could potentially still name him as attorney general after hed offered Jeff Sessions to the job.......
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/19/trump-michael-flynn-firing-mistake-aides-238618
eleny
(46,166 posts)6. Shakespeare couldn't top this Flynn business