Over the weekend, the media was trumpeting a story about how the FBI was investigating the new National Security Adviser, general Flynn and his contacts with the Russian ambassador in the month before the inauguration. Oh no!!! Less than a week in office and we already have a scandal for the Trumpsters -- or so the mainstream media was hoping.
Today the story is completely dead. Even the Washington Post is reporting that the FBI did indeed listen to two calls between Flynn and the Russian ambassador which were mainly about setting up a phone call between the president and Putin after the inauguration. The Post report says that the FBI was not targeting Flynn but happened to hear these calls in their routine surveillance of the Russian ambassador and that "there was nothing illicit" in the calls.
So there you have it. We had a few days of fake news about how the FBI was investigating Flynn. When it turns out to be a false story, there's very little coverage. So what else is new?
Today the story is completely dead. Even the Washington Post is reporting that the FBI did indeed listen to two calls between Flynn and the Russian ambassador which were mainly about setting up a phone call between the president and Putin after the inauguration. The Post report says that the FBI was not targeting Flynn but happened to hear these calls in their routine surveillance of the Russian ambassador and that "there was nothing illicit" in the calls.
So there you have it. We had a few days of fake news about how the FBI was investigating Flynn. When it turns out to be a false story, there's very little coverage. So what else is new?
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