knew they had a real problem. they had already gone back after the 29th of december and were aware of that one conversation in particular which was focused almost entirely on the sanctions. it was not parenthetical, it had nothing to do with christmas, it had nod to do with anything else but sanctions. so that became the time where after the 15th, they then decided to actively deciding with sally yates, and brendan clapper still in office, what to do on the 19th, which was the day before inauguration. brandon clapper, yates and the president-elect wanted to act on it before the inauguration. it was comey, the fbi director, who said, no, he thought it would compromise the investigation. after january 23rd when sean spicer had his first press
again and revise his dates and turns out the call did take place on the day sanctions were announced but, according to spicer, they didn t talk about sanctions. that call took place on the 29th of december at which time general flynn was asked whether or not he would help set up a call after the inauguration with president putin and then president trump. so the message from the trump transition was essentially nothing to see here, just pleasantries and logistics to punish russia over a pretty blatant of international norms. that was where we left it on friday. but shortly after we discussed that story on air, another report came out. this one saying that there had actually been not one, not two but five calls, five calls between flynn and the ambassador all on the same day that the sanctions were announced.
out of the country. spicer then had to come out again and revise his dates and turns out the call did take place on the day sanctions were announced but, according to spicer, they didn t talk about sanctions. that call took place on the 29th of december at which time general flynn was asked whether or not he would help set up a call after the inauguration with president putin and then president trump. so the message from the trump transition was essentially nothing to see here, just pleasantries and logistics to punish russia over a pretty blatant of international norms. that was where we left it on friday. but shortly after we discussed that story on air, another report came out. this one saying that there had actually been not one, not two but five calls, five calls between flynn and the ambassador all on the same day that the sanctions were announced. now, we don t know what was discussed in those five separate calls but the least charitable
any way related to new u.s. sanctions against russia or the expulsion of diplomats. i m sorry. stop this. on the 29th of december. what s your take? on the morning of the 29th, the white house informed the trump team that they would roll out sanctions. a number of conversations happened in the ensuing hours. of course the conversations were about not just that issue but the overall approach to russia. i think the signal that was sent was hang on there until january 20th. we re coming into office and things are going to be better. you re calling mike pence a liar? he may not have been part of the conversation. i m not saying i know what he knows. i m just saying the conversation was about russia policy. that s established. it was not about a new year s eve artichoke dip? it might have been. it should have been. we would all be better off if that s what it were. look, mike flynn has a close relationship with the russian government.
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