President Trump’s national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, had a pretty wretched week. The Post’s reporting revealed that Flynn, contrary to his and the White House’s earlier assertions, had discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia with Moscow’s ambassador in Washington prior to Trump’s inauguration. Flynn, according to intelligence sources, likely signaled that the question of sanctions would be revisited by a more friendly Trump administration.
The discussions suggest a worrying level of collusion between a key figure in the new administration and the Kremlin. “Why would [Flynn] conceal the nature of the call unless he was conscious of wrongdoing?” asked Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, in an interview with Post columnist David Ignatius.
