Donald Trump's national security advisor Michael Flynn has just resigned for talking with the Russians about removing sanctions Barack Obama had imposed for Russian interference with the American election before Trump was inaugurated. Flynn then lied about this, embarrassing VP Mike Pence, who defended Flynn publicly.
The reason we know Flynn was lying was that the FBI had a recording of Flynn talking to Russian ambassador Kislyak, something that acting attorney general Sally Yates told the Trump administration last month, before Trump fired her for refusing to defend Trump's Muslim ban. (The Republican chairman of the House Intelligence committee is also outraged that the NSA is spying on the Russians.)
So the question is: did Flynn act on his own, or was he just following orders from Donald Trump to reassure the Russians that Obama's sanctions would go away?
2 comments:
I found it neat to read about the positions Obama promoted Flynn to. I wouldn't celebrate this scalp too much.
President Obama also fired Flynn in 2014 when he proved to be incompetent in his job. That should have been a lesson for President Trump.
Of course, this is all tu quoque and avoids deal with the bigger picture. I think Russian involvement and collusion with members of Trump's team and possibly the president himself is a much larger problem, don't you?
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