Gee, another Utah Republican Mormon (ex in this guy’s case) ripping the Trump Administration. Shocking.
More importantly, it has been reported that Flynn was paid by RT, not by the Russian government. How is this different than being paid by the BBC, which is funded by the British government? Oh, because the BBC does not spew propaganda? Yeah right. Anyway, if we are going to start saying that accepting funding from commercial entities funded by foreign governments is to be treated the same as being on the foreign government’s payroll, that will be a very significant change in existing law / regulation, and should be adopted through proper means rather than by vilifying this man after the fact.
Also, a fair-minded observer looking at the Obama Administration’s ties to the major news networks might contend that they are / were controlled by the US Government. CBS News President David Rhoade’s brother Ben was a top advisor to Obama. ABC News President Ben Sherwood’s wife was a special advisor to the president. There was ABC’s Claire Shipman married to Jay Carney. There was CNN’s Virginia Moseley married to the Deputy Secretary of State, Tom Nides. And of course there was NBC’s Andrea Mitchell married to the head of the Fed. What would people say if these same kinds of connections with so pervasive between RT and the Russian Government. Maybe they are, IDK. But the point is the absolute, ridiculous hypocrisy and absence of context. Adding to that, as another poster pointed out, is the vast number of ex-military and ex-goverment types working for the Saudis, including for ARAMCO, which is owned by the Kingdom. This type of work has never been treated as work for the Saudi government, as far as I know.
Oh by the way, Flynn had extensive back and forth with the DIA about his RT work and the issue is that he should have also / alternatively cleared it with the Dept. of the Army. Whatever. To me, this is a politically-motivated hatchet job.
I am not saying he was the best pick for National Security Advisor. But that is a separate issue from all the personal attacks on the man.
"On June 29, 2010, three weeks after Rosatom proposed to Uranium One, Bill Clinton keynoted a seminar staged by Renaissance Capital in Moscow, a reputedly Kremlin-controlled investment bank that promoted this transaction. Renaissance Capital paid Clinton $500,000 for his one-hour speech."
While CFIUS evaluated Rosatom’s offer, Clinton Cash author Peter Schweizer observed, “a spontaneous outbreak of philanthropy among eight shareholders in Uranium One” began. “These Canadian mining magnates decide now would be a great time to donate tens of millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation.”