Court papers make clear that senior Trump transition officials were fully aware of Flynn's outreach to Russian officials in the weeks before the inauguration. That revelation moves the Russia investigation deeper into the White House. White House officials including Pence, who had declared publicly that Flynn never discussed sanctions, said they had been misled. Two former transition officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the matter, identified McFarlane as the unnamed official. At the time, Israel was lobbying furiously against the resolution and the Trump team spoke up on behalf of the Jewish state.

Source: India Today December 02, 2017 03:11 UTC