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| Trump adviser Michael T. Flynn on his dinner with Putin and why Russia Today is just like CNN |
| 2016-08-16 |
| [WAPO] The Washington Post’s Dana Priest recently interviewed retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn twice -- once in person, once by phone -- and conducted follow-up email exchanges. The following is a condensed transcript of the in-person interview. DANA PRIEST: You weren’t such a public person in the military. Was it your idea to become more public? MICHAEL FLYNN: I consciously made a decision once I felt the country was at such risk and I was advising five of the candidates running for president. They all reached out to me ... Carly Fiorina, Scott Walker, Ben Carson Ted Cruz, and Donald Trump. ... They would ask me about national security, what’s happening in the world, my thoughts on particular issues. I met with all of them. Some of them I met with more often. Two of them, I was advising right up to the time when the decision was made, when Trump won the primary. PRIEST: So you were advising both of them? FLYNN: Yes, and everyone knew, I wasn’t secretly advising ... I was pretty open about it. Someone would ask me for advice on something, or if I saw something I thought was important I would share it with them. PRIEST: How did you meet Trump in particular? FLYNN: I got a phone call from his team. They asked if he would be willing meet with Mr. Trump and I did. ... In late summer 2015. Lengthy, but don't miss the avalanche of negative comments. They appear to be penned by the Post as well. |
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