McFarland revised his FBI statement on Flynn's Russian contact: report

A former White House official revised his statement to the FBI as to whether former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn had discussed with him sanctions following his conversations with a Russian ambassador, The Washington Post reports.

K. T. McFarland, Flynn's former deputy, reportedly told the FBI that Flynn was perhaps referring to sanctions during a discussion in December 2016, when he made a general statement about what will happen. Last year, she told investigators that she had never spoken with Flynn about conversations he might have had with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak about the sanctions, but that statement was "inconsistent" with the news. FBI, the To post reports.

McFarland revised his statement "shortly after" Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his Russian contacts at the end of 2017, said the To post, pretending to have spoken badly about the conversation.

However, court documents related to the state of advocacy of Flynn, a senior Trump transition official, were directly involved in the strategy for Kislyak's appeals, and sources familiar with the case To post This official was McFarland.

"Flynn and [McFarland] have discussed US sanctions, including the potential impact of these sanctions on the foreign policy objectives of the incoming administration, "says the advocacy document, which refers to McFarland as head of the transition team . To post.

Before McFarland amended her statement, she withdrew her appointment as ambassador to Singapore after the senators reported the discrepancies between her statement and Flynn's plea. The hill reports.

Senator Cory Booker described the contradictions as statements of "alarming development" at the time, according to The hill, adding that this is "another example of deception on the part of Trump's closest associates with regard to their relations and communications with Russian government officials".