2016 election. one day later russian president vladimir putin declared he would not retaliate. trump s team repeatedly changed its story about these calls, first insisting all contact between flynn and the russian ambassador had taken place on december 25th and 28th before the announcement, then later conceding the two men had in fact spoken on the 29th following a a series of exchanges by phone and text. today white house press secretary sean spicer changed the story yet again. there s been one call. i talked to general flynn about this again last night. one call talked about four subjects. one was the loss of life that occurred in the plane crash that took their military choir. two was christmas and holiday greetings. three was to facilitate or to talk about a conference in syria on isis, and four was to set up a to talk about after the inauguration, setting up a call between president putin and president trump.
multiple calls were reported to have taken place on december 29th, and that day is significant because it is the exact same day then president obama announced sanctions against russia in response to its alleged interference in the 2016 election. one day later russian president vladimir putin declared he would not retaliate. trump s team repeatedly changed its story about these calls, first insisting all contact between flynn and the russian ambassador had taken place on december 25th and 28th before the announcement, then later conceding the two men had in fact spoken on the 29th following a a series of exchanges by phone and text. today white house press secretary sean spicer changed the story yet again. there s been one call. i talked to general flynn about this again last night. one call talked about four subjects. one was the loss of life that occurred in the plane crash that took their military choir. two was christmas and holiday greetings. three was to facilitate or to talk