Democracy Matters :verified:<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EightYearsAgoToday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EightYearsAgoToday</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AreWeGreatYet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AreWeGreatYet</span></a></p><p>April 25, 2017 – Ekim Alpetkin, a Turkish businessman and Michael Flynn’s former client, long carried ties with the Russian government and Vladimir Putin himself before working with General Flynn. </p><p>Alpetkin paid Flynn $600,000 just before Donald Trump appointed Flynn to his post as national security adviser for the new administration.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ImpeachTrumpNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachTrumpNow</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnItAll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnItAll</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOPKakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPKakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicansEverAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoRepublicansEverAgain</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>