KT McFarland asks Trump to withdraw her nomination as US envoy to Singapore

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WASHINGTON: ... McFarland was on Trump’s presidential transition team and later appointed deputy national security adviser under Michael Flynn ...

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee said in December that McFarland's nomination had been delayed due to concerns about her testimony to Congress over communications with Russia.

McFarland had said in a written response to a question from Democratic Senator Cory Booker, a foreign relations committee member, that she was "not aware" of communications between Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn and Sergei Kislyak ...

However, the New York Times reported early in December that it had obtained an email McFarland sent on Dec 29, 2016, the day former President Barack Obama's administration authorized new sanctions against Russia, saying Flynn would talk to Kislyak that evening ...

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/kt-mcfarland-singapore-ambassador-withdraws-us-trump-9923226

[Eyeball_Kid]

1. I hear that Mr. Mueller would like to have a cup of tea with Ms. McFarland.