Flynn Said Russian Sanctions Would be Ripped Up, Whistle-Blower Says

[MelissaB]

Source: New York Times

WASHINGTON — Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, told a former business associate that economic sanctions against Russia would be “ripped up” as one of the Trump administration’s first acts, according to an account by a whistle-blower made public on Wednesday.

Mr. Flynn believed that ending the sanctions could allow a business project he had once participated in to move forward, according to the whistle-blower. The account is the strongest evidence to date that the Trump administration wanted to end the sanctions immediately, and suggests that Mr. Flynn had a possible economic incentive for the United States to forge a closer relationship with Russia.

Mr. Flynn had worked on a business venture to partner with Russia to build nuclear power plants in the Middle East until June 2016, but remained close with the people involved afterward. On Inauguration Day, according to the whistle-blower, Mr. Flynn texted the former business associate to say that the project was “good to go.”

The account is detailed in a letter written by Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee. In the letter, Mr. Cummings said that the whistle-blower contacted his office in June and has authorized him to go public with the details. He did not name the whistle-blower.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/us/politics/michael-flynn-russia-sanctions-ripped-up-whistleblower.html?_r=0

[dlk]

1. There's a Reason Tillerson Eliminated the State Department Sanctions Office

Wonder why...

[Miigwech]

5. Lock him up, too

[C Moon]

2. If it looks like a duck...

[SWBTATTReg]

3. I thought that the Senate invoked sanctions on Russia recently

and tRUMP hasn't implemented anything yet...curious, eh?

[bluestarone]

7. this

x's 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

[Ilsa]

8. That is correct. Trump Adm has not enforced ANY sanctions

against Master Vlad.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Know the pattern of

Republican Obstruction of Justice is finally being exposed. Notice how the Republican Congressmen played their game and zero Democratic Congressmen would not call them out. Are the Dems going to break their code of Collegiality and finally go public with the truth? If so,it is way over due.

Hope the flood gates are finally open,the House Dems have everything to gain and zero losses. Clue will be Fox Noise and WSJ.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Dem Members of House Oversight Committee tweets

The one with a good summary is this -

Link to tweet

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House OversightDems
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@OversightDems
Replying to @OversightDems

The text was reportedly sent while #Trump was delivering his Inaugural Address. Copson also explained that #Flynn was making sure that sanctions would be “ripped up” as one of his first orders of business and that this would allow money to start flowing into the project.


TEXT
House OversightDems
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@OversightDems

Our Committee has credible allegations that #Trump’s NSA sought to manipulate the course of international nuclear policy for the financial gain of his former business partners. These grave allegations compel a full, credible, and bipartisan congressional investigation.
1:20 PM - Dec 6, 2017

[bluestarone]

9. and what

can be done about this bullshit??????????

[Sunlei]

10. guess is they have the texts & all the othet texts Republican campaigners sent around (and deleted)