spicer insist tlg was no call by mike flynn to the russians on december 29th. then he said it was a call on the 29th but nothing but holiday pleasantrie pleasantries. but absolute lit it had nothing to do be sanctions. that explanation held for almost three whole weeks until the washington post broke that story wide open. and in breaking that story the post found the answer to something that had been nagging people ever since the obama administration had expelled those russian diplomats and seized the russian compounds. there had been a nagging question. why didn t moscow retaliate when obama did that. that s how these things are worked out. we kick out a whole buchbl of their guys, they kick out a whole bunch of our guys. but putin didn t respond in kind. obama took over his long held