Leaked Emails: Trump Team Acknowledged Russia Threw Election To Trump
Trump transition emails show Trump team discussing improved relations with “Russia, which has just thrown U.S.A. election to him.”
A Trump transition advisor wrote in an email just weeks before the inauguration that new Obama sanctions would make it difficult to ease relations with Russia, “which has just thrown the U.S.A. election to him.”
In the new leaked emails obtained by the New York Times, senior transition official, K.T. McFarland, worked to coordinate with other members of the Trump transition team in the wake of new Obama administration sanctions intended to punish Russia for interfering in the U.S. presidential election.
On December 29, K.T. McFarland wrote in an email that Obama’s Russia sanctions were aimed at discrediting Trump’s victory. The sanctions could make it harder for Trump to ease tensions with Russia and were aimed at “discrediting Trump’s victory by saying it was due to Russian interference.”
“If there is a tit-for-tat escalation Trump will have difficulty improving relations with Russia, which has just thrown U.S.A. election to him,” she wrote.
According to The New York Times, “Mr. Bossert forwarded Ms. McFarland’s Dec. 29 email exchange about the sanctions to six other Trump advisers, including Mr. Flynn; Reince Priebus, who had been named as chief of staff; Stephen K. Bannon, the senior strategist; and Sean Spicer, who would become the press secretary.”
