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i mean the one mentioned in the dossier which putin likely has . could flynn have it or at least have access to it which is why Trump is obsessed with ending the investigation on him ?
if not access to it maybe he has seen it and described it in detail to trump so trump knows that flynn knows.
gordianot
(15,259 posts)When the underlings such as Flynn start going to jail then the fun begins.
OnDoutside
(19,987 posts)that's what Trump is crapping himself about.
nocalflea
(1,387 posts)Flynn was supposed to be Trump's go-between with the russians. He was also tasked with pushing pro-russian policy positions within the NSC,gauging the reaction of others to see what was tenable.This gave Trump cover, plausible deniability.
The oval office meeting with the russians was a fiasco, partly because Flynn was not there.
Simply put , Flynn was Trump's "go to guy" in all things Russian. He can also bury Trump.Flynn flips, where does that leave Trump ? Better to end the investigation.
This is all conjecture, of course.
wishstar
(5,273 posts)while Kushner was Trump's surrogate and going between Trump and Flynn as well as pursuing his own financial opportunities that lifting sanctions could provide.
nocalflea
(1,387 posts)I can feel the contempt the russians have for them. And poor Donny thought he was making a new best friend in Putin.
wishstar
(5,273 posts)While Trump denied the hooker story to Comey, he never disputed the claims in the dossier that might be proven correct as far as him being promised a big financial payoff as well as help in campaign for promise of lifting sanctions and helping Russia.
Flynn did not go rogue in talking to Kislyak about lifting sanctions, but he was foliowing directions from Trump and Kushner His firing after the Flynn/Kislyak FBI probe became public was just Trump trying to save face and cover up the collusion, which is the story that Flynn has offered to tell for immunity. That's my impression