Quote:Russian officials bragged in conversations during the presidential campaign that they had cultivated a strong relationship with former Trump adviser retired Gen. Michael Flynn and believed they could use him to influence Donald Trump and his team, sources told CNN.Russian officials bragged they could use Flynn to influence Trump, sources say, CNN.
Amazing...
Flynn apparently did influence US policy in Syria. The Obama administration had proposed to back Kurdish rebels in Syria as they were keen to attack ISIS (whereas Assad and Russia were more interested in attacking rebels). Flynn opposed this and the operation didn't proceed.
Now, it just so happens that this aligned with the views of Erdogan's Turkey. Turkey is highly opposed to arming the Kurds for any reason. Just because Flynn and Erdogan were of the same mind doesn't mean anything was dodgy. Great minds may just think alike.
But after his dismissal by Trump, Flynn finally registered as an agent of the Turkish Government and disclosed that the Turks paid the firm employing Flynn $500,000. So Trump had an undisclosed agent of the Turkish Government as National Security Adviser influencing White House policy in line with the views of the Turkish Government. :
Would Flynn have acted as an agent of influence for the Kremlin if he hadn't been sacked?