NEW- White House Looked at Dropping Russia Sanctions in March Even After Firing Michael Flynn

The Trumpers are nothing but a bunch of corrupt traitors, unbelievable

And do not forget, the entire Republican party leadership is standing by and doing nothing while all this treason goes on right in front of our faces!

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White House Looked at Dropping Russia Sanctions—Even After Firing Michael Flynn

http://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-pushed-to-drop-russia-sanctionseven-after-firing-michael-flynn

Despite the firing of the national security adviser over his Russian contacts, White House officials were still looking at ways to do business with Moscow.


The White House explored unilaterally easing sanctions on Russia’s oil industry as recently as late March, arguing that decreased Russian oil production could harm the American economy, according to former U.S. officials.

State Department officials argued successfully that easing those sanctions would actually hurt the U.S. energy sector, according to those former officials and email exchanges reviewed by The Daily Beast.

In one email exchange, a State Department official feels the need to explain that lowering punitive sanctions on the Russian oil industry would be rewarding Moscow—without getting anything from the Kremlin in return.

The continued discussion of unilaterally lifting sanctions on Russia came after the dismissal of retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as White House national security adviser. Flynn is now in the crosshairs of congressional and Justice Department investigators looking into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, which the U.S. intelligence community concluded carried out a year-long campaign to influence the 2016 elections in Trump’s favor.

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