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Putin Asked Trump For Permission To Interrogate Obama's Ambassador
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July, 2018
Update:
It appears Michael McFaul is really getting nervous, tweeting like a
teenager on meth tonight:
"I hope the White House corrects the record and denounces in categorical terms this ridiculous request from Putin. Not doing so creates moral equivalency between a legitimacy US indictment of Russian intelligence officers and a crazy, completely fabricated story invented by Putin"
I hope the White House corrects the record and denounces in categorical terms this ridiculous request from Putin. Not doing so creates moral equivalency between a legitimacy US indictment of Russian intelligence officers and a crazy, completely fabricated story invented by Putin
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With
The White House flip-flopping back and forth on what was actually
said - and meant to be said - in Helsinki, Press Secretary Sarah
Huckabee Sanders dropped the latest
tape-bomb to blow the establishment's mind during
to today's press conference.
Sanders
reported that President Trump
is open to a proposal from Vladimir Putin to let Russian
authorities question the former U.S. ambassador to Moscow, Michael
McFaul.
While
Trump reportedly made no commitments to Putin, the
Russian president offered to allow Special Counsel Robert
Mueller to observe interrogations of the 12 Russian intelligence
agents indicted by a U.S. grand jury last week for
hacking Democratic Party email accounts.
Trump
called it an “interesting
idea” and
an “incredible offer” at the news conference.
Sanders
left the press corps dangling by concluding that:
"The president will work with his team and we’ll let you know if there’s an announcement on that front."
NEW: Sanders says there was "some conversation" between Trump, Putin about possibility of Russia questioning U.S. figures, including former Amb. McFaul, "but there wasn't a commitment made...the president will work with his team and we'll let you know if there's an announcement."
As
The Hill reports, Russia
state-owned outlet RT
reported that
Russia wanted to question McFaul and the author of the so-called
Steele dossier, Christopher Steele, among others in
its investigation into American financier Bill Browder.
Browder
is a prominent critic of Putin who lobbied on behalf of the Magnitsky
Act, which imposed sanctions against Russia.
McFaul
has denounced the possibility of his being questioned by
Russian officials, and has called
on Trump to condemn the proposal.
“Putin has been harassing me for a long time,” McFaul said on Twitter on Wednesday.
“That he now wants to arrest me, however, takes it to a new level. I expect my government to defend me and my colleagues in public and private.”
And
went on...
Hey WH press Corps, can you confirm tomorrow with @PressSec that Putin discussed me personally in his one on one with Trump? Did he suggest that I was part of some alleged money laundering scheme? And did Trump push back on this completely invented , whacko idea?
Exactly. Putin feels that he has an ally in @realDonaldTrump in going after me & the other US government officials on that list. President Trump could clear that up in one tweet or statement.
I really hope Trump did not agree with this "great deal" with Putin in Helsinki: "Russia wants to question Christopher Steele, Michael McFaul, top politicians for aiding Bill Browder" — RT World News rt.com/news/433524-br…
It sure looks that way right now. I hope @SecPompeo and @PressSec will clear up the record today.
Does
he seem nervous to you?
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