About a pending vote in the u. N. General assembly regarding israel. According to the charges, a very Senior Member of the president ial Transition Team directed flynn to contact officials from foreign governments, including russia, to learn where each government stood on the resolution and to influence those governments to delay the vote or defeat the resolution. Nbc news reported today that the very senior official was Jared Kushner, the president s soninlaw. In a Statement Today Michael Flynn said, i recognize that the actions i acknowledged in court today were wrong, and through my faith in god i am working to set things right. My guilty plea and agreement to cooperate with the Special Counsels office reflect the decision i made in the best wanted of my family and of our country. I accept full responsibility for my actions. There was strong reaction to todays news from democrats on the hill involved in the russia probe. Their message, theres more to come. Inside the white house the
look through. you see an ambush in the motive. not a motive to brief. why? well, this report sheds light on one of the most important poments of the moments of the trump russia matter that is january 26th, 2017 the first meeting ever between james comey and donald trump who, at that point, is the president-elect. and it begins with the dossier. we heard so much about the dossier and, remember, the discredited never confirmed dossier did contain an allegation that in 2013, donald trump, a private citizen, had been in a moscow hotel room and prostitutes were performing a kinky sex act and russian spy cameras allegedly reported ialleged recordedit al. will trying to sell that story to the press. so on january 6th, the nation s top intel chiefs go to new york to brief the president on russian efforts to influence the election.
mr. pence. they did not discuss anything having to do with the united states decision to expel diplomats or impose a censure against russia. on january 24th, the fbi, troubled by intercepts of the call, asked to meet with flynn. it was here where he lied about his conversations. on january 26th, 2017, acting attorney general sally yates was so alarmed by flynn s characterizations of the calls that she warned the trump white house that flynn might have been compromised by the russian. she recounted that story back in may before the senate judiciary committee. we were concerned that the american people had been misled about the underlying conduct and what general flynn had done. and additionally, that we weren t the only ones that knew all of this. that the russians also knew about what general flynn had done. and the russians also knew that general flynn had misled the vice president and others.