K.T. McFarland Wrote: Russia Has 'Just Thrown The USA Election To Trump'
Credit: Foxnews.com
December 2, 2017

Quite an interesting disclosure in this breaking NYTimes story about documents obtained by Robert Mueller:

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.

Mr. Obama, she wrote, was trying to “box Trump in diplomatically with Russia,” which could limit his options with other countries, including Iran and Syria. “Russia is key that unlocks door,” she wrote.

She also wrote that the sanctions over Russian election meddling were intended to “lure Trump in trap of saying something” in defense of 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.

Mr. Bossert replied by urging all the top advisers to “defend election legitimacy now.”

Was McFarland was saying she believed the election had been thrown? Maybe. She may have meant that Democrats were framing it that way, but why give a former Fox News yakker the benefit of the doubt?

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