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Thu May 18, 2017 | 6:01am EDT
Exclusive: Trump campaign had at least 18 undisclosed contacts with Russians - sources
By Ned Parker, Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel | WASHINGTON
Michael Flynn and other advisers to Donald Trumps campaign were in contact with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 calls and emails during the last seven months of the 2016 presidential race, current and former U.S. officials familiar with the exchanges told Reuters.
The previously undisclosed interactions form part of the record now being reviewed by FBI and congressional investigators probing Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election and contacts between Trumps campaign and Russia.
Six of the previously undisclosed contacts described to Reuters were phone calls between Sergei Kislyak, Russia's ambassador to the United States, and Trump advisers, including Flynn, Trumps first national security adviser, three current and former officials said.
Conversations between Flynn and Kislyak accelerated after the Nov. 8 vote as the two discussed establishing a back channel for communication between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin that could bypass the U.S. national security bureaucracy, which both sides considered hostile to improved relations, four current U.S. officials said.
In January, the Trump White House initially denied any contacts with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign. The White House and advisers to the campaign have since confirmed four meetings between Kislyak and Trump advisers during that time.
The people who described the contacts to Reuters said they had seen no evidence of wrongdoing or collusion between the campaign and Russia in the communications reviewed so far. But the disclosure could increase the pressure on Trump and his aides to provide the FBI and Congress with a full account of interactions with Russian officials and others with links to the Kremlin during and immediately after the 2016 election.
The White House did not respond to requests for comment. Flynn's lawyer declined to comment. In Moscow, a Russian foreign ministry official declined to comment on the contacts and referred Reuters to the Trump administration.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-contacts-idUSKCN18E106
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Flynn and Russian ambassador worked to set up back channel between Trump and Putin to bypass US government
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malaise
(269,503 posts)Rec
TxDemChem
(1,918 posts)Looks like I'll be posting this on FB
nocalflea
(1,387 posts)A disease eating at the vox populi .
And it's only gonna get worse . I wish someone in the know , would just throw out an undeniable smoking gun . #stop the charade
DK504
(3,847 posts)That will put me off my feed for a moment....LOL
SunSeeker
(51,898 posts)Ilsa
(61,721 posts)with russians, but no other country?
Dustlawyer
(10,500 posts)Trump made Flynn National Security Advisor to make it easier to contact the Russians and keep Flynn from being outed since he is the boss. The fact thatTrump did this even after knowing Flynn was under investigation shows a level of culpability.
Treason! Coming at some point to a President over you!
Treason! A new cologne from Ivanka Trump's line, for that Daddy who betrays his daughter and country!
Flynn and Kisliak (sp) are both either in or familiar with spy craft, look for coded messages in these seemingly innocent emails.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)that Russian guy's plane showinh up wherever Trump was during the campaign?
kentuck
(111,111 posts)That Trump decided to stay in NJ, rather than NYC, to save taxpayers money??
Wasn't the Russian parked on the tarmac there?
kentuck
(111,111 posts)They will never clean up this mess.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)Last edited Thu May 18, 2017, 09:04 AM - Edit history (1)
other night when she mentioned Erik Prince meeting a Putin operative in the Seychelles to set up aback channel.
Ligyron
(7,657 posts)That is interesting isn't it? He and family are Christofacists for real.
dalton99a
(81,730 posts)mcar
(42,489 posts)Stuart G
(38,477 posts)Mr. Ected
(9,675 posts)Or anything spouted by the Republicans or any of their TASS news outlets.
They are assuredly engaged in disinformation at the moment, a technique championed by the Russians. Even their obfuscation has Russian ties.
Follow the evidence. Follow the money. Follow the Yellow Sick Toad.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)True Dough
(17,431 posts)LIES! LIES! LIES from Donny.
Shameful!
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