List of Trump contacts too long to name in 20 minutes, ex-Russian ambassador says

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Former Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, the man behind numerous embarrassments for the Trump camp now says he can’t name the number of Trump officials he’s spoken to. ‘The list is too long.’
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Russia’s former ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak told a Russian late-night television host that he couldn’t name all of his contacts with people tied to President Trump because “the list is so long.” 

“First, I’m never going to do that,” Kislyak joked when asked to name his Trump contacts, according to a translation by CNBC. “And second, the list is so long that I’m not going to be able to go through it in 20 minutes.”

The Russian diplomat called the notion that Russia “picked” Trump is “nonsense” and “very sad” during his interview with Russia-1, a Russian state-owned network. 

“This is no longer about me,” Kisylak said, according to CNBC. “This isn’t about contacts with us. This is a war that’s going on between the opponents of the president, the president and everyone surrounding him.” 

Several people close to Trump, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions and ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn, failed to reveal meetings with Kislyak. Flynn’s failure to be upfront about contacts with the former Russian ambassador was largely the reason for his early White House exit. 

Regarding reports that he and Flynn discussed sanctions on Russia during one of their conversations, Kisylak told the interviewer, “So what?” 

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