h/t Instapundit
ABC issued an embarrassing correction Friday night after a report by Brian Ross caused a panic in the stock market and set Twitter on fire with thousands of retweets. Ross originally reported that candidate Trump had directed Michael Flynn to contact the Russians during the campaign. ABC later clarified that Trump made the call during the transition.
There is a monumental difference between Trump directing Flynn to contact the Russians during the campaign -- which has obvious {{{Russia collusion}}} implications -- and after the election, which is standard procedure. Transition officials are expected to reach out to foreign governments during the lame duck period before the new president takes office. |