white house was seeking to lift sanks imposed by the obama administration. freed was on this network late last night and here is what he said. we re concerned that the trump administration, the incoming team was going to unilaterally rescind the sanctions on russia. it was further said by these people that there would be no, there would be no action required from russia. that it would be simply a unilateral american cave. ambassador, how do you square these comments from putin, from freed, from others? well, it s true as putin says that the russian ambassador is paid to have contacts with members of the then incoming administration. but i think i would rather hear from former fbi director comey and other witnesses what might have actually gone down in those meetings. i don t think the denials from putin were all that clear or strong. it is well known that in late january not only within the
that still more colleagues were concerned that the trump administration, the incoming team, was going to unilaterally rescind the sanctions on russia. it was further said by these people that there would be no there would be no action required from russia. that it would be simply a unilateral american cave after a few days and couple of weeks, i had heard from enough people that i believed that it was at least possible. and that was of great concern to me. this report comes just one day after the news of the trump administration may be considering returning to suburban diplomatic compounds in new york and in maryland back to russia. those reports got a harsh rebuke from the ranking member, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee speaking earlier with our andrea mitchell. i would be horrified if the trump administration returned these properties or allowed them to be reoccupied by the
earlier tonight. a number of colleagues came to me, and i heard indirectly that still more colleagues were concerned that the trump administration, the incoming team, was going to unilaterally rescind the sanctions on russia. it was further said by these people that there would be no there would be no action required from russia. that it would be simply a unilateral american cave after a few days and couple of weeks, i had heard from enough people that i believed that it was at least possible. and that was of great concern to me. this report comes just one day after the news of the trump administration may be considering returning to suburban diplomatic compounds in new york and in maryland back to russia. those reports got a harsh rebuke from the ranking member, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee speaking earlier with our andrea mitchell.
possible. ambassador, i appreciate your time. i will tell you straight up it is an honor to have you here. i m excited to learn from you. first of all, how can you how did you first get this information while you were there, that the trump administration wanted to lift these sanctions and walk us through what you can tell us about all that. sure. during the early days and weeks of the trump administration, when i was still in my job before i retired, a number of colleagues came to me and i heard indirectly that still more colleagues were concerned that the trump administration, the incoming team was going to unilaterally rescind the sanctions on russia which had been placed there because of russia s aggression against ukraine. it was further said by these people that there would be no action required from russia. that it would be simply a unilateral american cave. this didn t make a lot of sense.
rescind the sanctions on russia. it was further said by these people that there would be no there would be no action required from russia. that it would be simply a unilateral american cave after a few days and couple of weeks, i had heard from enough people that i believed that it was at least possible. and that was of great concern to me. this report comes just one day after the news of the trump administration may be considering returning to suburban diplomatic compounds in new york and in maryland back to russia. those reports got a harsh rebuke from the ranking member, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee speaking earlier with our andrea mitchell. i would be horrified if the trump administration returned these properties or allowed them to be reoccupied by the russians, who were conducting espionage out of them according to president obama. and they were part of the