12-03-2017, 10:23 AM
December 22, 2016
A person identified in federal court records as a "very senior member of the Presidential Transition Team" directed Michael Flynn to contact government officials from foreign countries, including Russia, to determine their positions on a United Nations Security Council resolution about Israeli settlements that was set for a vote the next day.
Flynn called the Russian ambassador, told him the incoming president opposed the resolution, and he asked the Russian ambassador to delay the vote on or defeat the resolution, according to the documents about Flynn's subsequent guilty plea entered Dec. 1, 2017, to charges he lied to the FBI about those discussions.
The Russian ambassador informed Flynn the following day that his country would oppose the resolution.
December 28, 2016
President Obama signs an executive order announcing sanctions against Russia, including expelling 35 diplomats and the closing of Russian compounds in Maryland and New York that had been suspected of spying. Trump insists the issue should be put to bed, but agrees to meet with intelligence officials for a briefing.
“It’s time for our country to move on to bigger and better things,” Trump says. Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak contacts Michael Flynn, the incoming administration's National Security Adviser, according to court records related to Flynn's Dec. 1, 2017, guilty plea to federal charges including lying to the FBI about those discussions.
A person identified in federal court records as a "very senior member of the Presidential Transition Team" directed Michael Flynn to contact government officials from foreign countries, including Russia, to determine their positions on a United Nations Security Council resolution about Israeli settlements that was set for a vote the next day.
Flynn called the Russian ambassador, told him the incoming president opposed the resolution, and he asked the Russian ambassador to delay the vote on or defeat the resolution, according to the documents about Flynn's subsequent guilty plea entered Dec. 1, 2017, to charges he lied to the FBI about those discussions.
The Russian ambassador informed Flynn the following day that his country would oppose the resolution.
December 28, 2016
President Obama signs an executive order announcing sanctions against Russia, including expelling 35 diplomats and the closing of Russian compounds in Maryland and New York that had been suspected of spying. Trump insists the issue should be put to bed, but agrees to meet with intelligence officials for a briefing.
“It’s time for our country to move on to bigger and better things,” Trump says. Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak contacts Michael Flynn, the incoming administration's National Security Adviser, according to court records related to Flynn's Dec. 1, 2017, guilty plea to federal charges including lying to the FBI about those discussions.