Michael McFaul, the former U.S. ambassador to Russia under President Obama, apologized Sunday after a private Twitter message surfaced online where he boasted about his "giant house in paradise" and annual income of nearly a million dollars. McFaul, now the director of Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, posted the message in a private channel but still said it was a mistake. The message from McFaul read, "I have a job for life at the best university in the world. The Los Angeles Times reported in 2018 that McFaul, who served as an ambassador for two years, had been denied a Russian visa and been told he’s banned. He had some supporters online who sympathized with him for having to deal with anonymous critics and who said the private message should have stayed private.

Source: Fox News August 02, 2021 07:30 UTC