Pages three and four of the Comey memos released Thursday night detail President Trump's anger with former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn over a phone call from a world leader returned six days after it came through. The name of the leader and the nation are redacted, but according to several sources, the president was speaking of Vladimir Putin and Russia.
By Comey’s retelling, Trump gave a “heated” reply to Flynn when informed of the scheduling of the return call to Putin. “Six days was not an appropriate period of time to return a call” from the leader of a country like Russia, Comey wrote. He said the president then pointed his fingers at his head and said of Flynn — “the guy has serious judgment issues.”
The episode is yet the latest reflection of the regard with which Trump holds the Russian leader. Last month, disregarding a warning from his senior advisers, Trump congratulated Putin on his reelection, despite concerns about the openness of the electoral process. He also chose to ignore talking points from aides instructing him to condemn the recent poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain with a powerful nerve agent, a case that both the British and U.S. governments have blamed on Moscow.
President Donald Trump fumed at former national security adviser Michael Flynn over a delayed return call to Russian President Vladimir Putin. That's what two people familiar with the call told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.
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