Flynn...Russians..sanctions

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I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy. We needed the media to hold people like me to account," Bush told TODAY in an exclusive interview. "Power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive, a

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http://www.today.com/news/george-w-bush-opens-trump-s-war-media-russia-travel-t108627

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3 minutes ago, CaliCat said:

 

 

Hey, the so-called president said his administration is running like a well oiled machined. I have a feeling he was alluding to adult toys and Crisco though...

Us vs Them.

no temperament for democracy and old boy jocularity of the WH per the whca dinner -sad. # well done steaks with ketchup

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19 minutes ago, Jacque67 said:

Us vs Them.

no temperament for democracy and old boy jocularity of the WH per the whca dinner -sad. # well done steaks with ketchup

 

 

Trump would be out of place surrounded by intelligent people.

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I haven't called Russia in 10 years, he mumbles...

 

 

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Mr. Ross has extensive ties to Russia. He plans to keep making money from his major oil shipping companies while working as Commerce Secretary. He's made billions off the backs of struggling home owners," Warren said Monday. "He is practically a cartoon stereotype of a Wall Street fat cat."

If confirmed by the Senate, the 79-year-old veteran investor will spearhead trade policy and business development in the new administration. 

As part of his ethics agreement, Ross is giving up his position at Diamond S. Shipping, but he will retain a stake in the company, which ships petroleum and other products. As part of the agreement, Ross has promised not to take any action as commerce secretary that would benefit any company in which he has a financial interest.

 

At his confirmation hearing, Ross was not asked about business ties to Russia or his work as a mortgage lender, and he did not address the issues.

Senators did note that Ross is divesting from much of his business empire.

Worth an estimated $2.9 billion, Ross has extensive business ties around the globe. In 2000, he founded WL Ross & Co., a private equity firm. As part of his ethics agreement, Ross will divest from the firm.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-commerce-secretary-confirmation-20170227-story.html

 

great timing!!!!

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sessions-spoke-twice-with-russian-ambassador-during-trumps-presidential-campaign-justice-officials-say/2017/03/01/77205eda-feac-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html

 

the AG of the US lied to congress , under oath about his communications with a foreign government.

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WASHINGTON — Michael T. Flynn, then Donald J. Trump’s incoming national security adviser, had a previously undisclosed meeting with the Russian ambassador in December to “establish a line of communication” between the new administration and the Russian government, the White House said on Thursday.

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 Sessionsacknowledged 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.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/us/politics/kushner-flynn-sessions-russia.html

drip drip drip!!!!!

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Donald Trump was unaware his former national security adviser Michael Flynnwas working as a “foreign agent” when he gave him the job, according to his press secretary.

“I don’t believe that was known,” said Sean Spicer, when asked by reporters at his regular press briefing on Thursday.

Flynn resigned in February after just four weeks as national security adviser when it came to light that he had misled the vice-president, Mike Pence, about phone conversations with the Russian ambassador about sanctions in December. The resignation came after a flow of intelligence leaks revealed that he had secretly discussed sanctions with the ambassador, Sergey Kislyak, and then tried to cover up the conversations.

Sean Spicer muddles answer when pressed on Trump and Russia investigation

 

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On Wednesday, it was revealed that from September to November last year, while he was working as a top adviser to Trump’s presidential campaign, Flynn was lobbying for a firm linked to the Turkish government, earning $530,000. He and his company Flynn Intel Group Inc filed retroactive documents with the Department of Justice two days ago to register as a foreign agent. 

Under the Foreign Agent Registration Act, US citizens who lobby on behalf of foreign governments or political entities must disclose their work to the justice department. Willfully failing to register is a felony, though the justice department rarely files criminal charges in such cases.

As part of Flynn’s lobbying for Inovo, a Danish firm linked to the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Flynn penned an op-ed calling for a “radical” cleric (whom the Turkish government wants to extradite) to be booted out of the US.

After Flynn joined the Trump administration, he, like other incoming officials, agreed not to lobby for five years after leaving government service and never to represent foreign governments. Flynn’s newly disclosed lobbying would not have violated that pledge because it occurred before he joined the Trump administration in January, but the pledge would preclude Flynn from ever doing the same type of work again.

Spicer was asked whether the president would still have hired Flynn as his national security adviser if he had known he had been working as a foreign agent.

“I don’t know ... That’s a hypothetical,” said Spicer. “I don’t know what was discussed prior to the appointment in terms of his background, his résumé, his client base.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/09/michael-flynn-foreign-agent-sean-spicer

 

oh the tangled web we weave...

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So many different  things happening every single day in the Trump 3 ring circus tent, I can't keep up with all the drama and just

when I want to post a topic 10 other things have come to light. Never seen anything so bat kit crazy in my life with any administration.
I feel like I am in the twilight zone.

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It is strange how we don't hear more from the usual suspects on this thread. ?

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Probably coz of this nugget;)