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REUTERS TONIGHT. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
>> MY PLEASURE. >>> IN TONIGHT'S OTHER BREAKING
NEWS STORY, "THE WASHINGTON POST" SAVED ITS BEST FOR LAST
THIS WEEK, REPORTING TONIGHT THAT JARED KUSHNER DECIDED IT
WAS SO IMPORTANT FOR HIM AND OTHER TRUMP TRANSITION TEAM
OFFICIALS TO HAVE SECRET COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTLY WITH THE
KREMLIN, NOT JUST THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR IN WASHINGTON, BUT
WITH THE KREMLIN, THAT JARED KUSHNER SUGGESTED AN IDEA TO THE
RUSSIANS THAT ONE FORMER SENIOR INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL AND "THE
WASHINGTON POST" STORY CALLED, QUOTE, EXTREMELY NAIVE OR
ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. THOSE ARE THE ONLY CHOICE THAT'S
AN EXPERIENCED INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL COULD SEE TO DESCRIBE
JARED KUSHNER'S CONDUCT, REVEALED BY THE "WASHINGTON
POST" TONIGHT. EXTREMELY NAIVE OR ABSOLUTELY
CRAZY. OF COURSE, IT IS POSSIBLE TO BE
BOTH EXTREMELY NAIVE AND ABSOLUTELY CRAZY.
LISTEN TO THE LEAD OF "THE WASHINGTON POST" STORY, AND YOU
DECIDE. EXTREMELY NAIVE OR ABSOLUTELY
CRAZY. JARED KUSHNER AND RUSSIA'S
AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF
SETTING UP A SECRET AND SECURE COMMUNICATIONS CHANNEL BETWEEN
TRUMP'S TRANSITION TEAM AND THE KREMLIN, USING RUSSIAN
DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES IN AN APPARENT MOVE TO SHIELD THEIR
PREINAUGURATION DISCUSSIONS FROM MONITORING.
ACCORDING TO U.S. OFFICIALS BRIEFED ON INTELLIGENCE REPORTS.
THE UNITED STATES KEEPS THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR AND THE
RUSSIAN EMBASSY UNDER CLOSE WATCH.
AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE PAID OFF IN THIS CASE.
THE "WASHINGTON POST" REPORTS AMBASSADOR SERGEY KISLYAK
REPORTED TO HIS SUPERIORS IN MOSCOW THAT KUSHNER, THEN
PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP'S SON-IN-LAW AND CONFIDANTE MADE
THE PROPOSAL DURING A MEETING ON DECEMBER 1st OR 2nd AT TRUMP
TOWER, ACCORDING TO INTERCEPTS OF RUSSIAN COMMUNICATIONS THAT
WERE REVIEWED BY U.S. OFFICIALS. KISLYAK SAID KUSHNER SUGGESTED
USING RUSSIANIAN DIPLOMATIC
FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS.
THE MEETING ALSO WAS ATTENDED BY MICHAEL FLYNN, TRUMP'S FIRST
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER. AND SO TONIGHT WE HAVE JUST
MOVED A LITTLE CLOSER TO AN EXPLANATION OF WHY PRESIDENT
TRUMP SEEMED SO PROTECTIVE OF MICHAEL FLYNN, WHY PRESIDENT
TRUMP APPOINTED MICHAEL FLYNN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER EVEN
THOUGH HE KNEW MICHAEL FLYNN WAS UNDER FBI INVESTIGATION, AND WHY
AFTER FIRING MICHAEL FLYNN, PRESIDENT TRUMP CONTINUES TO SAY
THAT MICHAEL FLYNN IS A GOOD MAN,N, AND WHY SOME REPORTS
INDICATE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HOPES THAT MICHAEL FLYNN WILL BE
ABLE TO RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE SERVICE SOME DAY.
WHY? WHY?
IS PRESIDENT TRUMP SO PROTECTIVE OF MICHAEL FLYNN?
ONE ANSWER MAY BE THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP KNOWS THAT MICHAEL FLYNN
WAS IN THAT MEETING WHEN JARED KUSHNER SUGGESTED USING RUSSIAN
DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES FOR COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH THE
KREMLIN. PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD BY NOW
KNOW THAT JARED KUSHNER COULD BE CONVICTED OF A FELONY AND BE
SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR NOT REVEALING THAT
MEETING IN HIS SECURITY CLEARANCE FORM.
MICHAEL FLYNN HAS SAID THROUGH HIS LAWYER THAT HE HAS A STORY
TO TELL. AND HE WOULD LIKE IMMUNITY TO
TELL THAT STORY. NOW WE KNOW THAT MICHAEL FLYNN
HAS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT STORY TO TELL ABOUT JARED KUSHNER'S
MEETING WITH THE RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR AT TRUMP TOWER.
WHEN MICHAEL FLYNN FINALLY DOES TELL HIS STORY OF THAT MEE MEET
THAT HE WAS IN, THE QUESTION TONIGHT IS WILL HE SAY, WILL
MICHAEL FLYNN SAY THAT JARED KUSHNER WAS BEING EXTREMELY
NAIVE OR ABSOLUTELY CRAZY? OR WILL MICHAEL FLYNN OFFER A
THIRD DESCRIPTION? THAT INCLUDES THE POSSIBILITY OF
CRIMINAL INTENT? IT HAS BEEN ANOTHER VERY, VERY
BAD WEEK OF NEWS FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
BUT TONIGHT'S REPORT IS THE WORST NEWS YET.

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