Posted on 03/02/2017 3:11:31 PM PST by Enlightened1
Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law and now a senior adviser, also participated in the meeting at Trump Tower with Mr. Flynn and Sergey I. Kislyak, the Russian ambassador. But among Mr. Trump’s inner circle, it is Mr. Flynn who appears to have been the main interlocutor with the Russian envoy — the two were in contact during the campaign and the transition, Mr. Kislyak and current and former American officials have said.
But the extent and frequency of their contacts remains unclear, and the disclosure of the meeting at Trump Tower adds to the emerging picture of how the relationship between Mr. Trump’s incoming team and Moscow was evolving to include some of the president-elect’s most trusted advisers.
The White House has repeatedly sought to play down any connections with Mr. Kislyak. Attorney General Jeff Sessions acknowledged this week that he had met twice with him during the campaign, despite previous denials.
The New Yorker reported this week that Mr. Kushner had met with Mr. Kislyak at Trump Tower in December. Hope Hicks, a White House spokeswoman, confirmed on Thursday that Mr. Flynn was also at the meeting in response to questions from a New York Times reporter.
It is common and not improper for transition officials to meet with foreign officials. But all meetings between Trump associates and Russians are now significant as the F.B.I. investigates Russian interference in the American election and whether anyone close to Mr. Trump’s campaign was involved.
The meeting in December came at a crucial time, just as the Obama White House was preparing to sanction Russia and publicly make its case that Moscow had interfered with the 2016 election.
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The Leftist and Globalist have realized by lying and pushing they can get rid of people.
Enough already. We cannot let these bastards win.
December....After the election!!
This was with the Russian Ambassador...Big whoop...
Right and Gen Flynn had to step down because of this.
So I guess Jared will be asked to step down too.
BINGO!!!
So the President-elect and his key staff are not supposed to meet with Russian Diplomats?
This has become sheer stupidity. The MSM merely generates headlines, full of sound and fury, but signifying nothing.
Agree, but as long as the Leftist and Globalist can push that lie... It’s apparently working.
Jared could get the hell out of Dodge and it wouldn't bother me one bit - but not under these circumstances.
I find myself hoping a guy who I think is poisoning the President's thinking, will win against the press.
And that sucks.
Agree, but Sessions recusing himself today was a DUMB MOVE.
It only encourages them to attack and lie more because it works.
The NYT, WaPo and CNN are Fake News. When you promote their brand, you drive people away from this site.
I.e.: there are Trump-supporting sites that don’t give Fake News the time of day. Some conservatives eventually get sick of posters promoting Fake News. They end up spending their time at pro-Trump sites that don’t validate the very outlets [NYT, WaPo and CNN] that hate Trump and conservatives most.
“But all meetings between Trump associates and Russians are now significant as the F.B.I. investigates Russian interference in the American election...”
This is what burns me. Russia has always interfered in every election, and we do the same. This is a big nothingburger. It is politics and it is how opposing countries interact with one another.
However, the NY Slimes keeps pushing this idea that the Russians actually influenced our election, as in somehow, they managed to hack the election counts.
Get a life, NYS!!! You are nothing but disgruntled, spoiled children who are acting up because things didn’t go your way...for once!
God bless and protect President Trump and Vice President Pence!
When are we going to get into Saudi Arabian influence in the gov’t and elections?
Or Mexican influence in the NYT?
“But all meetings between Trump associates and Russians are now significant as the F.B.I. investigates Russian interference in the American election and whether anyone close to Mr. Trump’s campaign was involved.”
Umm, no they’re not. If the meeting took place in September or October, maybe. Otherwise this is bunkum. Also, it’s “alleged” Russian interference. Idiots at NYT dont know rule 1 @ journalism
December? The transition met with a diplomat? Just as the Obama Hut planned to reveal its investigation into Russian interference in the election? Funny.
Okay well then tell Jim Robinson to ban all these sites on Free Republic then. Haha!
NEWSFLASH.... This is a news site and we are suppose to debate the headlines of the days. Like it or not this is what is happening. We can ignore it and hope it goes away. Or we can debate it and get tips to politically debate people online and in the public.
So representatives of the duly elected incoming administration, met with foreign people, that they’re going to have to deal with, in the coming years.
Wow!
Such a thing has never ever happened in the history of the - WORLD!
Trump is the Shark. He is baiting the media and democrats.
Chumming the waters.
Get them so far out in the water that they literally are GOING to be shark bait.
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