Senior officials on President Donald Trump’s transition team warned former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn about contacting the Russian ambassador to the U.S. ahead of Flynn’s December call with Sergey Kislyak, the Washington Post reported Friday evening, citing unnamed current and former U.S. officials.
Members of the Trump transition team told Flynn that Kislyak’s communications were likely being monitored by U.S. intelligence agencies, according to the Washington Post. Marshall Billingslea, a former George W. Bush official on Trump’s transition team asked the Obama administration for a CIA profile of Kislyak, but it’s not clear Flynn read the document, per the Post.
The Associated Press also reported Friday night that a member of the Trump transition team requested a profile of Kislyak from the Obama administration.
Flynn resigned from the Trump administration in February following revelations that he spoke with Kislyak about sanctions imposed on Russia by the Obama administration.
Read the Washington Post report here.
