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2020-05-21 01:05:01 UTC
Newly declassified portions of a key Susan Rice email confirm that
Michael Flynn was personally targeted during a January 5 Oval Office
meeting with Obama.
On Jan. 20, 2017, as President Donald Trump was being inaugurated,
former White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice sent herself
a bizarre email detailing the Jan. 5 meeting between her, Obama, then-
Vice President Joe Biden, then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates,
and fired former Federal Bureau of Investigations Director James Comey.
In the email, portions of which were not declassified until recently,
Rice recorded that Flynn, who at the time was the incoming national
security adviser for Trump, was personally discussed and targeted
during the meeting with Obama.
Declassified Susan Rice E-M by The Federalist on Scribd
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From a national security perspective, President Obama said he wants
to be sure that, as we engage with the incoming team, we are mindful
to ascertain if there is any reason we cannot share information fully
as it relates to Russia. At the time, the Obama administration was
actively spying on members of the Trump team as part of its Crossfire
Hurricane investigation against Trump.
Comey said he does have some concerns that incoming NSA Flynn is
speaking frequently with Russian Ambassador Kislyak, Rice wrote in a
portion of the email that was only recently declassified. Comey said
that could be an issue as it relates to sharing sensitive information.
President Obama asked if Comey was saying the NSC should not pass
sensitive information related to Russia to Flynn, Rice continued.
Comey replied potentially.'
[Comey] added that he has no indication thus far that Flynn has passed
classified information to Kislyak, but he noted that the level of
communication is unusual.' The email did not explain how it would be
unusual for an incoming national security adviser to converse with
foreign leaders ahead of a new presidents inauguration. Many
observers believe the calls between Flynn and Kislyak were little more
than pretext to hide the Obama administrations spy campaign against
Trump from the newly elected presidents team and to justify a
continued inquisition against Flynn.
The newly declassified portions of the Jan. 5 Rice email confirm that
the targeting of Flynn was coordinated within the inner sanctum of the
White House and that both Obama and Biden were deeply involved in the
campaign to take down Flynn.
Documents previously released and declassified showed that the FBI
never possessed any evidence that Flynn was a secret Russian agent or
that he had broken any laws. An FBI electronic communication closing
the agencys counterintelligence investigation against him, which was
dated Jan. 4, made clear that no derogatory information about Flynn
had been obtained during the months-long investigation of Flynn.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently determined that an ambush FBI
interview of Flynn, which later formed the foundation of former Special
Counsel Robert Muellers single charge against Flynn, had no legal
basis. Contemporaneous handwritten notes from the FBIs top
counterintelligence official at the time show that the FBIs goal in
targeting Flynn in early 2017 was to prosecute him or get him fired.
DOJ is currently in the process of dismissing all charges against
Flynn, citing rank corruption and abuse of power in the FBIs campaign
against Flynn.
You can read the full email, including the newly declassified portions, here.
https://www.scribd.com/document/462170596/Declassified-Susan-Rice-E-Mail-Targeting-Michael-Flynn
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Every American should want President Trump and his administration to
handle the coronavirus epidemic effectively and successfully. Those who
seem eager to see the president fail and to call every administration
misstep a fiasco risk letting their partisanship blind them to the
demands not only of civic responsibility but of basic decency.
Michael Flynn was personally targeted during a January 5 Oval Office
meeting with Obama.
On Jan. 20, 2017, as President Donald Trump was being inaugurated,
former White House National Security Adviser Susan Rice sent herself
a bizarre email detailing the Jan. 5 meeting between her, Obama, then-
Vice President Joe Biden, then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates,
and fired former Federal Bureau of Investigations Director James Comey.
In the email, portions of which were not declassified until recently,
Rice recorded that Flynn, who at the time was the incoming national
security adviser for Trump, was personally discussed and targeted
during the meeting with Obama.
Declassified Susan Rice E-M by The Federalist on Scribd
Loading Image...
From a national security perspective, President Obama said he wants
to be sure that, as we engage with the incoming team, we are mindful
to ascertain if there is any reason we cannot share information fully
as it relates to Russia. At the time, the Obama administration was
actively spying on members of the Trump team as part of its Crossfire
Hurricane investigation against Trump.
Comey said he does have some concerns that incoming NSA Flynn is
speaking frequently with Russian Ambassador Kislyak, Rice wrote in a
portion of the email that was only recently declassified. Comey said
that could be an issue as it relates to sharing sensitive information.
President Obama asked if Comey was saying the NSC should not pass
sensitive information related to Russia to Flynn, Rice continued.
Comey replied potentially.'
[Comey] added that he has no indication thus far that Flynn has passed
classified information to Kislyak, but he noted that the level of
communication is unusual.' The email did not explain how it would be
unusual for an incoming national security adviser to converse with
foreign leaders ahead of a new presidents inauguration. Many
observers believe the calls between Flynn and Kislyak were little more
than pretext to hide the Obama administrations spy campaign against
Trump from the newly elected presidents team and to justify a
continued inquisition against Flynn.
The newly declassified portions of the Jan. 5 Rice email confirm that
the targeting of Flynn was coordinated within the inner sanctum of the
White House and that both Obama and Biden were deeply involved in the
campaign to take down Flynn.
Documents previously released and declassified showed that the FBI
never possessed any evidence that Flynn was a secret Russian agent or
that he had broken any laws. An FBI electronic communication closing
the agencys counterintelligence investigation against him, which was
dated Jan. 4, made clear that no derogatory information about Flynn
had been obtained during the months-long investigation of Flynn.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently determined that an ambush FBI
interview of Flynn, which later formed the foundation of former Special
Counsel Robert Muellers single charge against Flynn, had no legal
basis. Contemporaneous handwritten notes from the FBIs top
counterintelligence official at the time show that the FBIs goal in
targeting Flynn in early 2017 was to prosecute him or get him fired.
DOJ is currently in the process of dismissing all charges against
Flynn, citing rank corruption and abuse of power in the FBIs campaign
against Flynn.
You can read the full email, including the newly declassified portions, here.
https://www.scribd.com/document/462170596/Declassified-Susan-Rice-E-Mail-Targeting-Michael-Flynn
--
Every American should want President Trump and his administration to
handle the coronavirus epidemic effectively and successfully. Those who
seem eager to see the president fail and to call every administration
misstep a fiasco risk letting their partisanship blind them to the
demands not only of civic responsibility but of basic decency.