Report: White House Considered Easing Russia Sanctions Even After Flynn Ouster
Source: Talking Points Memo
By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published JUNE 6, 2017 10:26 AM
The White House pushed for easing sanctions on Russia well after the ouster of Michael Flynn as national security adviser, floating the idea as recently as late March, according to a Daily Beast report published Monday night.
The National Security Council specifically asked the State Department to consider lifting sanctions on the Russian oil industry, arguing that the sanctions on that sector could hurt the U.S. economy, anonymous former U.S. officials told the Daily Beast.
The State Department had to inform the White House that easing those sanctions would actually hurt the American oil industry, according to the report. A State Department official also told the White House that lifting sanctions on the Russian oil industry would reward Russia without getting anything in return, according to an email reviewed by the Daily Beast.
The March request came from NSC strategist Kevin Harrington, according to the report. An anonymous Trump official told the Daily Beast that Harrington only was analyzing the economic impact of lifting sanctions.
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orangecrush
(19,617 posts)Themselves in even deeper.
Justice is coming.
Txbluedog
(1,128 posts)every day to Sessions etc. Trump has to do something on a daily basis to earn his keep with Putin
benpollard
(199 posts)Gothmog
(145,554 posts)lark
(23,155 posts)Was it requested by Drumpf? I'd bet a lot of money on that one. Was drumpf asking so he could use this as a pretext to remove the sanctions as he promised Pootie? Sounds like it since the given assumption was the sanctions cost America, but the facts are that the sanctions actually help America economically. Since he couldn't get one of his departments to go along with his lie, he dropped that avenue and has been blocked by fear since then due to all the Russia information in the news right now and because of Mueller. You know this is still one of his very top goals, along with cutting/eliminating any tax he's paid in the past 20 years.