Tunnistas üles oma kontaktid Kisljakiga ja et tegutses Trumpi lähemate kaastööliste juhtnööride järgi. Väga halb märk Valge Maja jaoks. Võimalik, et hakkavad ridamisi lõhki minema.
Flynn admitted in his plea that he lied to the FBI about several December conversations with Kislyak. In one, on Dec. 22, he contacted the Russian ambassador about the incoming administration’s opposition to a United Nations resolution condemning Israeli settlements as illegal and requested that Russia vote against or delay it, court records say. The ambassador later called back and indicated Russia would not vote against it, the records say.
In another conversation, on Dec. 29, Flynn called the ambassador to ask Russia not escalate an ongoing feud over sanctions imposed by the Obama administration, court records say. The ambassador later called back and said Russia had chosen not to retaliate, the records say.
Flynn admitted as a part of his plea that when the FBI asked him about his dealings with the Russians on Jan. 24 — four days after President Trump was inaugurated — he did not truthfully describe the interactions. But perhaps more interestingly, he said others in the transition knew what he was up to.
Flynn admitted that he called a senior transition official, whose name is not listed in court records, at the Mar-a-Lago resort on Dec. 29 “to discuss what, if anything, to communicate to the Russian ambassador about the U.S. Sanctions.” And when the ambassador later informed him Russia would not retaliate, Flynn again told senior members of the transition team, court records say.
The records say that a “very senior member of the Presidential Transition Team” directed Flynn to contact officials from foreign governments, including Russia, about the U.N. resolution on Israel. That official is also not named.
