Manafort. I think those prexisting connections exploited the ties and told them what they could do and then did it.
I think the connections thought Trump would lift sanctions and in fact they were taken out of the platform.
I think Flynn wanted to lift sanctions in December 2016 and that he was authorized to float the idea in a back channel.
The shit then hit the fan. Pretty simple. Ockham's Razor.
Now answer my question bot.
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