Летит паровоз

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Следующая неделя принесёт интересные события в расследовании. В понедельник сенатская подкомиссия Линдси Грэма проведите слушания по теме российского вмешательства в выборы.
https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/russian-interference-in-the-2016-united-states-election
Ожидается, что бывшая и.о. Генпрокурора Салли Йейтс даст показания про обстоятельства отставки Флинна.

Накануне про эти обстоятельства появились новые сообщения в прессе. Washington Post сообщает про то, как Флинна предупреждали о возможности прослушки его разговоров с Кисляком. Команда Трампа по этому случаю после выборов затребовала справку ЦРУ про Кисляка.

Flynn was told during a late November meeting that Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak’s conversations were almost certainly being monitored by U.S. intelligence agencies, officials said, a caution that came a month before Flynn was recorded discussing U.S. sanctions against Russia with Kislyak, suggesting that the Trump administration would reevaluate the issue.
Officials were so concerned that Flynn did not fully understand the motives of the Russian ambassador that the head of Trump’s national security council transition team asked Obama administration officials for a classified CIA profile of Kislyak, officials said. The document was delivered within days, officials said, but it is not clear that Flynn ever read it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/flynn-was-warned-by-trump-transition-officials-about-contacts-with-russian-ambassador/2017/05/05/b552c832-3192-11e7-8674-437ddb6e813e_story.html

AP добавляет подробностей про то, как контакты Флинна и поведение команды Трампа в отношении Росиии насторожили сотрудников администрации Обамы.

While it's not inappropriate for someone in Flynn's position to have contact with a diplomat, Obama officials said the frequency of his discussions raised enough red flags that aides discussed the possibility Trump was trying to establish a one-to-one line of communication — a so-called back channel — with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Obama aides say they never determined why Flynn was in close contact with the ambassador.
Even with the suspicion, the officials said they did not withhold information.
The outgoing White House also became concerned about the Trump team's handling of classified information. After learning that highly sensitive documents from a secure room at the transition's Washington headquarters were being copied and removed from the facility, Obama's national security team decided to only allow the transition officials to view some information at the White House, including documents on the government's contingency plans for crises.
https://apnews.com/amp/b109774705594ae887a86b337c444e6b

Контакты Флинна с Россией, хотя и являются предательством в общеупотребимом значении этого слова, сами по себе трудно подвести под уголовное преступление. Но если вскроется передача секретных материалов, то будет дело о шпионаже.



Флинну ещё не раз вспомнится его перфоманс на съезде республиканской партии прошлым летом.

Flynn declared that the United States does not need a “reckless president who believes she is above the law.” The crowd immediately chanted “lock her up!” over and over and over. Flynn clapped in appreciation, said the words too, and declared, “You’re damn right! There’s nothing wrong with that!”
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rnc-crowd-chants-lock-her-up-as-flynn-trashes-hillary-clinton/

Между тем сенатская комиссия по разведке разослала ряду персонажей, включая Флинна, официальный запрос об их контактах с российскими представителями.

Among those who said they had received the requests were Roger J. Stone Jr., an informal adviser to President Trump, and Carter Page, a businessman and former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign. Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman, and Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser, were also sent letters, the officials with knowledge of the investigation said. Representatives for those two men declined to comment.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/us/politics/senate-russia-trump-associates.html

Комиссия требуют до вторника 9 мая предоставить полную информацию о таких контактах. Дополнительно до 19 мая требуется предоставить информацию о всех подобных контактах избирательной кампании Трампа, известных адресатам письма, копии электронных писем и других коммуникаций, а также финансовых документов. Время шуток стремительно заканчивается.
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3700906/Letter-From-Senate-Intel-Committee-for-Russia.pdf