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Kislyak starts by reassuring Flynn that Russia will work against the United States. Flynn says that's good.
https://www.grassley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05-29%20ODNI%20to%20CEG%20RHJ%20%28Flynn%20Transcripts%29.pdf
https://www.grassley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2020-05-29%20ODNI%20to%20CEG%20RHJ%20%28Flynn%20Transcripts%29.pdf
Kislyak repeats that they're going to have a secure video line to talk with Putin. This comes after Jared asked for a back channel to talk to Russia.
Flynn, babbling like a sycophant. KIslyak interrupts, General, let me finish.
Not only on his personal cell, but on a speaker phone?
Was Trump listening in?
Was Trump listening in?
This is a key part of why the calls were suspicious--and that Flynn was lying was so obvious. Because HE RAISED sanctions, Not Kislyak.
Remember when the heads of all three Russian intel agencies were invited for a visit? This is why.
Remember: Flynn claimed he DIDN'T EVEN KNOW about the sanctions when he made this call.
Flynn thanks the representative of the country that just attacked us for undermining the current Administration.
I'm so old I remember when certain liars claimed Flynn didn't make a policy ask.
I'm so old I remember when certain liars claimed Flynn didn't make a policy ask.
Kislyak says, maybe in two weeks (which would be mid-January, BEFORE the inauguration, they can start working more closely.
That's when Prince met with Dmitriev in Seychelles Island.
That's when Prince met with Dmitriev in Seychelles Island.
Incidentally, to all the fucking illiterate trolls claiming sanctions did not come up, Kislyak SPECIFICALLY raises the GRU and FSB people who got sanctioned, using that word you're all claiming didn't come up.
Flynn makes it clear he has talked to Trump about the call, which he claimed not to recall and still claims not to recall.
Incidentally: Kislyak's comments abt sanctions targeting Trump parrot what Flynn and McFarland were saying among themselves. They weren't using secure comms (to hide the comms from the US govt), so it's possible Russia intercepted them.
Kislyak was pushing to get the Trump-Putin meeting scheduled for hours after inauguration. Flynn, babbling like a child, was letting Kislyak set that agenda.
Remember: Trump blew up at Flynn bc he didn't tell him that Putin had been the first leader to call & congratulate.
Remember: Trump blew up at Flynn bc he didn't tell him that Putin had been the first leader to call & congratulate.
Reading Flynn's Grand Jury testimony, it's painful to watch how easy he was for Alptekin to cultivate. Flynn took meetings w/o doing ANY due diligence.
My goodness this one was easy to cultivate and everyone knew it.
My goodness this one was easy to cultivate and everyone knew it.
Then Kislyak calls Flynn on January 12 as the dossier and Ignatius stories are breaking, knowing that he's got Flynn in a corner. Flynn admits he's not in a position to deal (which Kislyak surely knew).
Again, this is January 12. Kislyak wants to get Flynn into a meeting even as Flynn's calls with Kislyak were becoming a huge issue.
Flynn's amenable.
Flynn's amenable.
Finally, on January 19, Kislyak calls and reiterates that he wants Putin on Trump's schedule right away.
Somewhere in Moscow Vladimir Putin is waving his dick around like a maniac, bc these transcripts show Trump simpering to Russia after Russia helped Trump win.
