NBC's Pete Williams has a first look at the court charging document for former national security adviser Flynn, and here are two key takeaways that happened before Donald Trump was sworn in as pr*sident:
1. A "very senior member of the Presidential Transition Team” directed Flynn to call foreign officials, including Russia, to talk to them about delaying or voting against a U.N. Resolution that Egypt had introduced regarding Israeli settlements. Flynn then contacted Russian ambassador Surgey Kislyak about the vote.
2. Following President Obama’s announcement of new sanctions against Russia for election hacking, Flynn spoke with "a senior official of the Presidential Transition Team" and they agreed he would contact Russia and tell them not to escalate the situation. Flynn contacted Ambassador Kislyak again.
In the first instance, Russia informed Flynn that if the resolution came to a vote, Russia would not vote against it; in the second instance, however, Russia complied and did not escalate the situation following the sanctions announcement.
Notably, the “very senior official” and the “senior official” appear to be two different people.
Here's Pete Williams with the goods: