{"id":1395,"date":"2017-06-02T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/02\/three-things-you-may-have-missed-on-russia\/"},"modified":"2017-06-02T16:52:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T16:52:00","slug":"three-things-you-may-have-missed-on-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/three-things-you-may-have-missed-on-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Things You May Have Missed on Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=us-ascii\"><meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)\"><!--[if !mso]>\n\n<style>v\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\no\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\nw\\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}\n<\/style>\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n\/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Helvetica;\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 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class=\"WordSection1\">\n<p align=\"center\" class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:center\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:18.0pt;font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" style=\"margin-top:0in\" type=\"1\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormalCxSpMiddle\" style=\"color:red;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1\"><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Almost as soon as they took office, top Trump administration officials began secret efforts to establish proposals for lifting Russian sanctions. <\/span><\/b><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">The sanctions were implemented as punishment after Russia meddled in our election to help Trump win and for its intervention in Ukraine.<\/span><\/b><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:1.0in\"><span calibri=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a 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style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"> <\/span><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">and his aides had an undisclosed meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. <\/span><\/b><b><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">Jared Kushner and Jeff Sessions have already come under fire for failing to disclose similar meetings with the Russian ambassador.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left:1.0in\"><span calibri=\"\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/did-trump-kushner-sessions-have-undisclosed-meeting-russian-n767096\"><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:\">NBC News<\/span><\/a><\/span><span georgia=\"\" style=\"font-family:\">: &ldquo;The FBI and Congress are examining a campaign event last spring during which Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions and Jared Kushner were in a small gathering with Russian ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak and other diplomats at 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