Two former officials on President Trump's transition team claim that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was instructed by Jared Kushner to coordinate a U.N. vote against the condemnation of Israeli settlements with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, Bloomberg reports. Flynn was charged Friday with lying to the FBI, in part about his coordination with Kislyak on the U.N. vote.
From the report:
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