Tag: Sergey Kislyak

Ex-Russian Ambassador: List of Trump Contacts ‘So Long’ I Can’t Name Them All

The following article was posted on the Daily Beast website November 16, 2017:

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Former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak has said it would take him more than 20 minutes to list all the Trump officials he’s had contact with because the “list is so long.” In an interview aired on Russia’s state-run Channel One television station Thursday, Kislyak dismissed accusations of Russian election meddling as “nonsense” concocted by President Trump’s opponents but acknowledged that he’d had extensive contact with members of Trump’s administration. The list of contacts is “so long,” he said, “that I’m not going to be able to go through it in 20 minutes.” Kislyak, who has been a central figure in the U.S. investigation into the Kremlin’s alleged election interference, declined to give further details on what was discussed with Trump officials but said it was all part of normal diplomatic discourse. Kislyak was recalled as Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. in June. His comments came just a few days after Attorney General Jeff Sessions was grilled by the House Judiciary Committee on his interactions with the Russian ambassador.

With Awkward Timing, Trump Meets Top Russian Official

So, as an editorial comment prior to posting the following article, how would the Trump supporters and Republicans in Congress have reacted to President Obama meeting with Russian officials who were involved in situations that had his campaign under federal investigation documented only by photos taken by the Russian Foreign Ministry because President Obama refused to allow U.S. photographers in?

The following article by David E. Sanger and Neil MacFarquhar was posted on the New York Times website May 10, 2017:

WASHINGTON — What a day for President Trump’s first face-to-face meeting with a top Russian official.

Only hours after dismissing James B. Comey as director of the F.B.I., amid an investigation into the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russian officials, the president met with Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, at the White House. The Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey I. Kislyak — best known to many Americans as the man who discussed lifting sanctions on Russia with Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser — was also in the Oval Office for the meeting. Continue reading “With Awkward Timing, Trump Meets Top Russian Official”

Trump’s Russia Problems Under Scrutiny Next Week

The following article by Jefferson Morley was posted on the AlterNet website May 4, 2017:

Republican obstructionism has slowed the investigation, but not killed it.

What happened to RussiaGate?

A month ago, the headlines were flowing. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn had been fired for lying about his meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Attorney General Jeff Sessions had to recuse himself because he lied, under oath, about what he knew of the meeting.

The House Intelligence Committee investigation was investigating possible connections between Russian officials and President Trump’s entourage, as well as Trump’s false March 4 Twitter blast claiming that President Obama had wiretapped him. Continue reading “Trump’s Russia Problems Under Scrutiny Next Week”