Senate panel freezes ambassadorship nomination for former Flynn deputy KT McFarland
by Gabby Morrongiello | Dec 5, 2017, 12:49 PM
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has halted its consideration of former White House aide K.T. McFarland for ambassador to Singapore due to new concerns about her contacts with Russian officials.
"Her nomination is frozen for awhile until that gets worked out. We'll deal with it in appropriate time," Republican Sen. Bob Corker, who chairs the committee, told reporters on Tuesday,
"She has to know that herself," he added.
McFarland was heavily involved in the presidential transition and later became deputy White House national security adviser under Michael Flynn, who pled guilty to perjury charges late last week. Flynn admitted to lying to federal investigators about his correspondence with former Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the transition.
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