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| Russian lawmakers cry foul over resignation of Flynn (Video) |
| 2017-02-14 |
| [ABC] Russian lawmakers have been reacting with outrage to the resignation of President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Michael Flynn, calling it the result of American paranoia towards Moscow and a campaign by Trump’s opponents to damage relations between Russia and the United States. Flynn resigned on Monday after it emerged that he misled White House officials about his discussions with Russia’s ambassador to Washington ahead of Trump’s inauguration. In his resignation letter, Flynn said he had "inadvertently" briefed Vice President Mike Pence and others with "incomplete information" on calls with the Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak. Flynn came under fire for discussing U.S. sanctions on Russia with the ambassador back in December. The Kremlin has confirmed the calls but denied the sanctions were mentioned. |
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