Washington Post confirms that Trump refuses to answer questions about the transition period from November 2016-January 2017.
What happened in that time period? Here’s a quick list.
1. Erik Prince and George Nader flew to the Seychelles and Prince met a Russian banker in an attempt to set up a secret backchannel to the Russian govt.
1. Erik Prince and George Nader flew to the Seychelles and Prince met a Russian banker in an attempt to set up a secret backchannel to the Russian govt.
2. George Nader paid Joel Zamel of Psy Group $2,000,000. We still don’t know why.
3. Michael Flynn called the Russian ambassador and talked about sanctions, something he later lied about.
4. KT McFarland wrote in an email that Russia “has just thrown U.S.A. election to [Trump]”
5. The Rosneft deal went through. Christopher Steele alleged that Carter Page and other members of the Trump campaign were offered a brokerage fee of the transaction.
6. Michael Cohen met with the Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg at Trump Tower.
7. Maria Butina and top Russian official Alexander Torshin discuss the upcoming selection of the US Sec of State. Christopher Steele would write that Russian officials told the Trump team not to select Mitt Romney.
8. Jared Kushner met with the head of a sanctioned Russian bank to attempt to set up a secret backchannel.
9. A flood of Russians, including Vekselberg and Shustorovich donate to the Trump inauguration.
10. Arron Banks met with the Russian Ambassador to the UK and passed contact information for the Trump team to the Ambassador.
11. Carter Page, while under a VISA warrant, flew to Russia and spent at least 5 days there.
I’m gonna stop here but you get the point. The transition is an ESSENTIAL part of the Russia investigation. Trump doesn’t want to answer questions about it.
