Former ABC reporter Brian Ross appears to have been vindicated.

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When the Flynn story broke last year, Ross had reported that Flynn had contacts with the Russian ambassador both before and after the election.

However, there was a huge outcry because it was insisted that we only knew that Flynn had met with the ambassador only after the election, not before.

Trump threw a fit, Ross was suspended and then ultimately fired.

But it appears he was indeed right.

And I think he deserves an apology.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/mother-jones-flynn-contact-kislyak-during-2016-campaign

Report: Flynn Said He Was In Touch With Russian Ambassador During Campaign


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By Allegra Kirkland

December 13, 2018 11:42 am

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has told associates that he spoke to Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. during the 2016 campaign about how the two countries could work together on key foreign policy matters if Donald Trump was elected, Mother Jones reported Thursday.

Two associates of the short-lived national security advisor told Mother Jones that Flynn’s contact with Sergey Kislyak predated the previously reported communications that the pair had during the post-election transition period.

One associate told the publication that Flynn and Kislyak proposed a situation in which Moscow would work with the Trump administration to end the Syrian civil war in exchange for an end to U.S. sanctions against Russia.

Another said Flynn spoke of talking to Kislyak about “Syria, Iran and other foreign policy matters” that the two countries could work together on if Trump took office.

Flashback to January 6, 2018. Trump blames Ross for tanking the stock market.

Link to tweet

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump · Jan 6

Brian Ross, the reporter who made a fraudulent live newscast about me that drove the Stock Market down 350 points (billions of dollars), was suspended for a month but is now back at ABC NEWS in a lower capacity. He is no longer allowed to report on Trump. Should have been fired!

3:57 AM - 6 Jan 2018