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December 7, 2017

Report: Flynn Told Associate Sanctions on Russia Would Be "Ripped Off" After Trump's Election
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President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., testified to the House
Intelligence Committee Wednesday, where he refused to answer lawmakers'
questions about his conversation with his father about released emails
detailing Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer and other Trump
associates in June 2016. Instead of answering, Trump Jr. invoked
attorney-client privilege, even though neither he nor his father are
lawyers. Meanwhile, a whistleblower has told congressional investigators
that Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, texted a
former business partner in the middle of Trump's inauguration, saying
that U.S. sanctions on Russia would soon be "ripped off," allowing them
to move forward with a private project to build dozens of nuclear
reactors across the Middle East.


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