I’m reading through KT McFarland’s FBI interview summaries (302s) from today’s batch of #MuellerMemos.
According to a Dec. 2017 summary, McFarland was providing information under a proffer agreement.
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According to a Dec. 2017 summary, McFarland was providing information under a proffer agreement.
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Background: McFarland was deputy national security adviser under Michael Flynn. Last year, WaPo reported that McFarland had "revised her statement to investigators...after her initial claim was contradicted” by Flynn’s guilty plea.
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Much of what these docs say about what McFarland told the FBI about Flynn’s call with the Russian ambassador in Dec. 2016 re: new sanctions was in the Mueller report.
But not this line: “Trump said [redacted] since Trump had leverage to use with the Russians."
But not this line: “Trump said [redacted] since Trump had leverage to use with the Russians."
Reading these McFarland interview summaries is a good reminder that terms like “directed” and “quid pro quo” have come up before...
McFarland said that in Dec. ’16, when Russian sanctions were happening, "Flynn did not seem particularly well-informed when they spoke, and she had the impression he had been spending the time on the beach with his wife rather than closely following current events."
(Flynn was in the Dominican Republic at the time, per the docs.)
At the end of the same Oct '17 summary, it says: "McFarland did not say anything considered inconsistent.”
Reminder, WaPo reported that she had revised her summer statement to SCO & that "For a time, investigators saw her answers as ‘inconsistent’, putting her in legal peril…"
Reminder, WaPo reported that she had revised her summer statement to SCO & that "For a time, investigators saw her answers as ‘inconsistent’, putting her in legal peril…"
Days after Flynn’s guilty plea, an FBI agent suggested McFarland lawyer up.
“SSA [redacted] said she should not draw any inferences from this advice, but that a professional with the proper experience would be useful to her since the situation had become more complicated."
“SSA [redacted] said she should not draw any inferences from this advice, but that a professional with the proper experience would be useful to her since the situation had become more complicated."
From a September 2017 interview summary: "McFarland said if the President is tweeting about something, that is a good indication about exactly what he is thinking at that time."
🚨extremely British name alert🚨
Read our write-through here: buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonl…
