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NYT May 2018 article on Russia investigation: “The F.B.I. investigated four unidentified Trump campaign aides in those early months, congressional investigators revealed in February. The four men were Michael T. Flynn, Paul Manafort, Carter Page and Mr. Papadopoulos, current...
... and former officials said. Each was scrutinized because of his obvious or suspected Russian ties. Mr. Flynn, a top adviser, was paid $45,000 by the Russian government’s media arm for a 2015 speech and dined at the arm of the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin.”
It appears that @GenFlynn was investigated in Crossfire Hurricane because of his trip to Moscow in 2015. Except it was an officially sanctioned trip. Very low even by the low standards of the FBI Russia investigation.
And here is the interview with Gen Flynn where he tells us the purpose of his Moscow 2015 trip: to ask Russia to stop supporting Iran. yahoo.com/news/trump-sup… (interview found by @The_War_Economy)
