Sentences with phrase «not registering themselves as foreign agents»

Not exact matches

Sean Spicer, the former Trump White House press secretary, said in March, just after Flynn registered as a foreign agent with the Justice Department, that Trump had not been aware that Flynn had been paid to lobby for Turkish interests in the months before the US election.

White House spokesman Sean Spicer said the president had not been aware Flynn might register as a foreign agent.

While it may be tempting to point to the fact that Russia is at odds (to put it mildly) with the US and GB is an ally, I don't think that British agents (of other branches of the GB government) are excused from registering as foreign agents.

Since the Russian channel RT (formerly «Russia Today») was recently asked to register as a foreign agent, because it is owned by the Russian government, shouldn't the same be requested of the BBC?

Which means they would not have had to register as foreign agents (because they would not work for a government).

Lawyers for retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn told Trump's transition team before the inauguration that Flynn might need to register with the government as a foreign agent, but the president was not aware of the possible move, the White House said Friday.