I doubt it's a good thing for the country or society, but I'm glad people wearing tin foil hats found a mainstream political partyNew dots connect Butina case to K.T. McFarland and Mike Flynn
- Paul Erickson, a GOP activist with big ties to the NRA, was compromised by Maria Butina, a Russian Spy.
- Erickson lobbied for a role on Trump's transition team, but it was denied due to problems getting a security clearance
- Erickson still maintained a relationship with the White House, to the point where he advised that K.T. McFarland be appointed to the position of Deputy National Security Adviser, then Michael Flynn.
- This was an odd choice. Though K.T. McFarland had served in GOP White Houses in the past, she had been out of the game for a long time.
- It seems likely Erickson made this bizarre suggestion because McFarland was also somehow compromised. Likely the suggestion was fed to him from Butina, who in turn was getting her marching orders from the Kremlin.
- The White House agreed and named K.T. McFarland as Michael Flynn's deputy, a position she held for four months.
- When Sally Yates came forward with information that Flynn was compromised by the Russians, the White House waited 18 days to remove Flynn from his position.
- When Flynn was ousted, McFarland also left.
- Flynn has since plead guilty to lying to the FBI about his Russian contacts.
- After McFarland left, for a time she was considered for an Ambassador position
- During her testimony to the U.S. Senate, she appears to have lied to the Senate about her knowledge of Flynn's foreign contacts.