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In reply to the discussion: Department Of Justice Just Confirmed That The FBI Is Investigating Trump Himself [View all]saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)5. Czar's minion visits WH
Russia's Lavrov to meet with Trump on Syria amid uproar
AFP via Yahoo
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump will receive Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov at the White House on Wednesday, even as a political firestorm has put Moscow's alleged meddling in the US election back in the spotlight.
Lavrov's visit, confirmed by the White House late Tuesday, centers on a Russian proposal to de-escalate the violence in Syria's civil war.
But it comes just a day after the president stunned Washington by firing James Comey as director of the FBI amid an investigation into whether Trump campaign aides colluded with Russia to sway the November elections.
The sacking prompted angry Democrats to call for the Russia probe to be placed in the hands an independent prosecutor or commission.The uproar seemed certain to complicate Lavrov's mission in search of US support for a Russian plan to create safe zones in Syria.
"Just as we do, the Americans need this meeting," Lavrov told Russian television.
In Moscow, meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin met Wednesday with his security council to discuss US-Russian relations in the context of Lavrov's meeting with Trump, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the RIA Novosti news agency.
Lavrov first holds talks with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and then goes on to the White House to meet Trump.
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Department Of Justice Just Confirmed That The FBI Is Investigating Trump Himself [View all]
mfcorey1
May 2017
OP
This has been known since March that the FBI is investigating trump's links to Russia. Comey said
still_one
May 2017
#1
Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice. Comey investigating Trump/co-conspirators for Hatch Act violations.
L. Coyote
May 2017
#12
You nailed it, Coyote! There's an impeachable crime staring the whole world in the face!
ElementaryPenguin
May 2017
#15
Well be able to get him on retaliation, too, against Comey, despite the paper-thin "justification."
JudyM
May 2017
#25
Trump and right wing media keep repeating that Trump himself is "not a target" It was in Trump's
anneboleyn
May 2017
#33
He's here to pick out Putin's office in the White House. Or maybe he will choose a wing?
The Wielding Truth
May 2017
#17
The stink of treason that reeks from the White House extends up to the highest level!
PatrickforO
May 2017
#13
They better hurry up before Republicans escalate 'boots on ground' in middle east & more Russian-IS
Sunlei
May 2017
#18