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— "Christmas Day, Gen. Flynn reached out to the ambassador, sent him a text and it said, 'I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I look forward to touching base with you and working with you, and I wish you all the best.' The ambassador texted him back wishing him a Merry Christmas as well," Spicer said.
— "And then subsequently on the 28th of December [the ambassador] texted [Flynn] and said, 'I'd like to give you a call, may I?' "
— "[Flynn] then took that call on the 28th and the call centered around the logistics of setting up a call with the president of Russia and the president-elect after he was sworn in. And they exchanged logistical information on how to initiate and schedule that call. That was it, plain and simple."
President Obama ordered two Russian diplomatic compounds closed and 35 Russian diplomats expelled from the United States the next day, Dec. 29.
They also both exhibit a loose relationship with facts: General Flynn, for instance, has said that Shariah, or Islamic law, is spreading in the United States (it is not). His dubious assertions are so common that when he ran the Defense Intelligence Agency, subordinates came up with a name for the phenomenon: They called them “Flynn facts.”
originally posted by: ausername
I fail to see how communications of this nature between an incoming administration and Russian leadership to establish a diplomatic dialogue after the inauguration is in any way a bad thing.
I know liberals desperately want to believe there is something more sinister going on here, so I'm sure they will dive in soon with all kinds of allegations.
Should be entertaining.
originally posted by: muse7
originally posted by: ausername
I fail to see how communications of this nature between an incoming administration and Russian leadership to establish a diplomatic dialogue after the inauguration is in any way a bad thing.
I know liberals desperately want to believe there is something more sinister going on here, so I'm sure they will dive in soon with all kinds of allegations.
Should be entertaining.
actually there is something more sinister going on....enough so that the Senate intelligence committee just announced that they plan to open an investigation into all of this.
According to a senior U.S. government official, Flynn phoned Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak several times on Dec. 29, the day the Obama administration announced the expulsion of 35 Russian officials as well as other measures in retaliation for the hacking.
originally posted by: Kapusta
a reply to: Indigo5
Big fkn deal , Trump is trying to save us from a WW3 scenario with Russia the Left wing libs are trying to push .
I'm not worried one bit . Just saying .
originally posted by: seeker1963
originally posted by: muse7
originally posted by: ausername
I fail to see how communications of this nature between an incoming administration and Russian leadership to establish a diplomatic dialogue after the inauguration is in any way a bad thing.
I know liberals desperately want to believe there is something more sinister going on here, so I'm sure they will dive in soon with all kinds of allegations.
Should be entertaining.
actually there is something more sinister going on....enough so that the Senate intelligence committee just announced that they plan to open an investigation into all of this.
What''s more sinister is a certain group of political zealots willing to disrupt our peaceful transition of government because they didn't win nor get a trophy!
originally posted by: Kapusta
a reply to: Indigo5
Big fkn deal , Trump is trying to save us from a WW3
originally posted by: Indigo5
originally posted by: seeker1963
originally posted by: muse7
originally posted by: ausername
I fail to see how communications of this nature between an incoming administration and Russian leadership to establish a diplomatic dialogue after the inauguration is in any way a bad thing.
I know liberals desperately want to believe there is something more sinister going on here, so I'm sure they will dive in soon with all kinds of allegations.
Should be entertaining.
actually there is something more sinister going on....enough so that the Senate intelligence committee just announced that they plan to open an investigation into all of this.
What''s more sinister is a certain group of political zealots willing to disrupt our peaceful transition of government because they didn't win nor get a trophy!
Don't you mean pee-ful transition of power? Sorry...cant help myself.
originally posted by: Whereismypassword
originally posted by: Kapusta
a reply to: Indigo5
Big fkn deal , Trump is trying to save us from a WW3 scenario with Russia the Left wing libs are trying to push .
I'm not worried one bit . Just saying .
Yeah he wants to make money for him and his close network of friends in Russia and potentially start war with China
He also doesn't like Iran
originally posted by: desert
We may have a Logan Act violation here with Flynn.
"The Logan Act (1 Stat. 613, 18 U.S.C. § 953, enacted January 30, 1799 ) is a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments having a dispute with the U.S. It was intended to prevent the undermining of the government's position."