Mueller: Trump Team Meddling In Obama Diplomacy Extended Beyond Flynn

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo




By TIERNEY SNEED and Caitlin Macneal Published DECEMBER 1, 2017 12:11 PM

In court documents and at a hearing where former National Security Advisor Mike Flynn entered a guilty plea for lying to the FBI, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team said that other officials in President Trump’s transition team were aware of and even instructed Flynn’s backchannel communications with a Russian ambassador before Trump’s inauguration.

According to prosecutors, Flynn, in a voluntary Jan. 24 interview with FBI, made false statements about a push by the Trump transition team to persuade officials from a foreign government to delay or defeat a United Nations Security Council vote on a resolution to condemn Israeli settlements. Flynn also lied to FBI agents about a previously reported conversation he had with the ambassador, Sergey Kislyak, on Dec. 29 about sanctions the Obama administration was imposing on Russia at the time.

In both instances, Mueller said that at least another member of the Trump transition team was involved in Flynn’s plans to talk to Kislyak about the UN vote and the sanctions. The allegations undermine the response offered by White House attorney Ty Cobb to news of Flynn’s guilty plea that, “Nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than Mr. Flynn.”

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[ffr]

1. Let this news continue to roll. The house of cards has been destabilized.

America will rise again.

[Leghorn21]

2. Wash rinse repeat rejoice!:

other officials in President Trump’s transition team were aware of and even instructed Flynn’s backchannel communications with a Russian ambassador before Trump’s inauguration.


other officials in President Trump’s transition team were aware of and even instructed Flynn’s backchannel communications with a Russian ambassador before Trump’s inauguration.


other officials in President Trump’s transition team were aware of and even instructed Flynn’s backchannel communications with a Russian ambassador before Trump’s inauguration.


other officials in President Trump’s transition team were aware of and even instructed Flynn’s backchannel communications with a Russian ambassador before Trump’s inauguration.

other officials in President Trump’s transition team were aware of and even instructed Flynn’s backchannel communications with a Russian ambassador before Trump’s inauguration.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Probably at least Pence or Sessions. Pence ran Transition, Sessions ran campaign advisers incl Flynn

[onetexan]

4. another member of the Trump transition team was involved in Flynns plans to talk to Kislyak

hmm could that be Kushner or Pence?

[House of Roberts]

5. Is this 'collusion'?

Are we there yet?

[Tiggeroshii]

6. Pretty sure we are

At least in substance if not rhetorically

[Panich52]

8. I don't really doubt rept but Mueller doesn't talk about his

investigation. Wonder who did?