may 2017 and a conference on u.s./turkey relations. the 36th annual conference, to be exact, held in washington, d.c., by a turkish business lobbying group. nothing particularly notable about that on its face, international business lobbyists host conferences in d.c. all the time. but here what was notable about this one. first of all, the event was being run by a turkish businessman who had paid trump national security adviser mike flynn over $500,000. so the guy who had trump s first national security adviser on a foreign government s payroll, he was running this conference in d.c. about u.s. relations with that foreign government. he was holding that conference at donald trump s washington, d.c., hotel, of course, because,
flynn. for some of that news today, we need to go back to a weekend in may 2017 and a conference on u.s./turkey relations. the 36th annual conference, to be exact, held in washington, d.c., by a turkish business lobbying group. nothing particularly notable about that on its face, international business lobbyists host conferences in d.c. all the time. but here what was notable about this one. first of all, the event was being run by a turkish businessman who had paid trump national security adviser mike flynn over $500,000. that s while flynn was the top national security official in the trump campaign. so the guy who had trump s first national security adviser on a foreign government s payroll, he was running this. he was holding that conference
to more cases including mike flynn. for some of that news today, we need to go back to a weekend in may 2017 and a conference on u.s./turkey relations. the 36th annual conference, to be exact, held in washington, d.c., by a turkish business lobbying group. nothing particularly notable about that on its face, international business lobbyists host conferences in d.c. all the time. but here what was notable about this one. first of all, the event was being run by a turkish businessman who had paid trump national security adviser mike flynn over $500,000. so the guy who had trump s first national security adviser on a foreign government s payroll, he