Russia Investigation - Flynn's fault

[Belsnickel]

(12-04-2017, 04:05 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: All fair points.  

I'm a little confused on the last point.  Article I just read said Russian sanctions were approved by the Senate in June of 2016, and included a provision that Trump could not repeal them without Congressional approval.  Haven't followed it that closely, but it appears it wasn't an 11th hour move from Obama nor could Flynn have been making such promises to repeal sanctions knowing Congressional approval was unlikely.

I think there may have been additional sanctions after the election, and maybe that explains it.

Earlier sanctions were Magnitsky and Ukraine related. 29 December, Obama imposed sanctions for the election meddling. That was a purely executive move. It wasn't until this Congress was in session that they passed election related sanctions. It is my understanding that one of the contacts was regarding those sanctions.