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US officials: ‘Back channel’ between Trump and Putin discussed
Euractive TV ^ | 18 May 2017

Posted on 05/22/2017 4:17:47 PM PDT by Lorianne

A special line of contact between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, bypassing a “hostile” US government, was discussed by the Russian ambassador to Washington and Michael Flynn.

Flynn and other advisers with the Trump campaign were in touch with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 calls and emails during the last seven months of the 2016 presidential race, current and former US officials familiar with the exchanges told Reuters.

The previously undisclosed interactions form part of the record now being reviewed by FBI and congressional investigators probing Russian interference in the US presidential election and contacts between Trump’s campaign and Russia.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: euractiv; larouche; larouchemedia; lyndonlarouche
h/t to Ricefarmer blog: JFK and Khrushchev had a back channel, and history shows it's a darn good thing they did. -- RF
1 posted on 05/22/2017 4:17:47 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

Is that like Obama telling Mother Russia (off the record) that he can be more flexible AFTER the 2012 election?


2 posted on 05/22/2017 4:19:41 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
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To: Lorianne

Avoiding the deep state backstabbing Anti-American plebes? Uh, yeah. Why the hell not?


3 posted on 05/22/2017 4:22:41 PM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
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To: Lorianne

That snake McCabe is still at the controls of the FBI.


4 posted on 05/22/2017 4:24:08 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: Lorianne

So? IF true...is it even a crime?


5 posted on 05/22/2017 4:24:29 PM PDT by longsufferingjetsfan
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To: Lorianne

My main problem with the media insanity is that if one looks hard enough, eventually you will find something.

When I first started working for Civil Service, an old agent told me to not make enemies because everyone has done something which could get them fired.

Everyone breaks the law no matter how law abiding you are. You simply cannot avoid it.


6 posted on 05/22/2017 4:25:01 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Lorianne

The anti-Russia Cold War lovers need to be cut out of the loop - however that needs to happen. I hope every one of them will be fired or otherwise removed. Russia is not our friend, and President Trump is not a fool who thinks they are our friends. However, Russia has interests. When their interests match our interests, we need to cooperate. I hope Team Trump can make that happen despite treason among RINOs and Obama holdovers.


7 posted on 05/22/2017 4:26:30 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Lorianne

JFK installed it years ago and called it “The ‘Red’ Phone”.


8 posted on 05/22/2017 4:35:59 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Lorianne

None of us would be here if he hadn’t.


9 posted on 05/22/2017 4:40:27 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: VTenigma

Is Andrew M. still cruising in the hot red car?


10 posted on 05/22/2017 5:17:40 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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Is Russia Behind Fake News about Trump Russia Collusion?

It would put a monkey wrench in his plans for a stronger America and thus play into Putin’s hand. They are behind the fake US invented AIDS story, that the moon launch was faked and that the US blew up the twin towers on 9-11. These are all stories that the left buys into heavily. Why not?

https://www.vox.com/world/2017/5/19/15561842/trump-russia-louise-menschhttps://www.vox.com/world/2017/5/19/15561842/trump-russia-louise-mensch


11 posted on 05/22/2017 7:33:49 PM PDT by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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