Flynn had FIVE calls w/Russian Ambassador Kislyak day of sanctions.

[L. Coyote]

Link to tweet

[kentuck]

1. Where did he get that info??

Did he just make it up in a tweet?

[wishstar]

3. On Jan. 12, David Ignatius of Washington Post first reported "several calls" on Dec 29th

that Flynn made to Sislyak "according to a senior US Govt official". Ignatius has since written several more articles as Flynn situation has unfolded, but he reported the initial leak citing several calls initiated by Flynn on Dec 29th plus multiple calls on other days as well.

[kentuck]

5. Thanks!

I should have remembered that.

[MedusaX]

2. Headline

5 calls referenced in the linked Reuters article headline

I had read about this a while back...
The theory then was that perhaps Flynn was having to relay messages/get feedback from someone in the Administration....
likely to negotiate something beyond what Flynn was initially authorized to promise...

[gibraltar72]

4. The real

question should be if they were doing nothing wrong why did everyone lie about the contacts. Why lie about how the platform language was changed?

[kentuck]

6. That gets to me also.

Why hide and discuss everything in secret? Why is it always a Russian? The secrecy naturally promotes suspicion.

[wishstar]

7. Right- if no collusion or coordination involved, why all the lying and covering up

Like cats in a sandbox

[Botany]

8. and after Flynn's calls; Trump praises Putin for 'great move' not responding to Russia sanctions

Trump praises Putin for 'great move' not responding to Russia sanctions: 'I always knew he was very smart!'

12/30/16

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-russia-putin-smart-responding-sanctions-2016-12

President-elect Donald Trump praised Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday for his decision not to respond to sanctions levied by US President Barack Obama's administration this week in retaliation for suspected election-related hacking.

"Great move on delay (by V. Putin) — I always knew he was very smart!" Trump tweeted.

The president-elect pinned the tweet to the top of his Twitter page. The message was also retweeted by the Russian Embassy in the US.

Putin had said earlier that the Kremlin would "not resort to irresponsible 'kitchen' diplomacy" in response to the sanctions and the ejection of 35 Russian diplomats from the US.

"Although we have the right to retaliate," Putin said, Russia would instead "plan our further steps to restore Russian-US relations based on the policies of the Trump administration."

[L. Coyote]

9. Trump and Putin have a plan while Obama is president equals TREASON

[Achilleaze]

10. Independent Prosecutor needed for republican TRAITORS

If republicans continue to cover up for Comrade Casino and his cabal of russian-republican cronies, they will rot in Traitor Hell.