Newly revealed email from Trump transition could be the smoking gun

[deminks]

https://thinkprogress.org/newly-revealed-email-from-trump-transition-could-be-the-smoking-gun-c97c4fcda2b3/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5a238bda04d30126539e2eef&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

A key aide in the Trump transition appeared to write in an email that Trump should seek to ease sanctions on Russia because that country had helped Trump win the election.

The aide, K. T. McFarland, currently the nominee to be the next United States Ambassador to Singapore, wrote on December 29 that sanctions imposed by the Obama administration were undesirable, according to a report by the New York Times. McFarland explained that Trump was seeking to improve relations with Russia “which has just thrown the U.S.A. election to him.”

Taken on its face, the email appears to describe a quid pro quo transaction where relaxed sanctions were exchanged for Russia’s help in winning the presidency.

White House lawyers, however, say that the email should not be taken literally. Rather, the lawyers told the New York Times that “she meant only that the Democrats were portraying it that way.” The paper does not appear fully convinced by this explanation: “It is not clear whether Ms. McFarland was saying she believed that the election had in fact been thrown.”

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Overall, the emails obtained by the New York Times show the effort to influence U.S. foreign policy with Russia prior to Obama’s inauguration extended far beyond Gen. Michael Flynn.

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2 questions - Is this the same group of lawyers that wrote the tweet that implicated the orange hyena in obstruction of justice this morning? and did quid meet quo here?

[exboyfil]

1. That is going to be an interesting confirmation hearing

assuming McFarland stays the nominee.

[dweller]

2. after the snip,

why does it say "obama's inauguration" in the paragraph following?

[uponit7771]

3. It ... IS ... the smoking gun, M$M will claim this is magic bullet crap but don't believe them

[SonofDonald]

4. "She meant only that the Democrats were portraying it that way"

Just amazing how it can be blamed on the Democrats right off the bat, like that would be the way she would normally describe what happened in an internal communication.

Sure it is.

The dog ate my homework......