A lot to unpack. Good morning. Lets start with Sidney Powell turning to the d. C. Circuit of appeals seeking the immediate removal of judge Emmet Sullivan and demanding he or his replacement dismiss the case saying sullivan has no basis to continue prosecuting flynn. The law is clear. He doesnt have authority to grant it. He cant appoint a prosecutor himself. The case is over. And his bias is so egregious he should be removed from the case. Griff as it stands until the federal Appeals Court responds he has set oral arguments for july. As you mentioned acting dni ric grenell acketting at the request of senator ron johnson more of that rice email that was already declassified. But this newly released portion, which had been marked top screeght describes jim comey cautions president obama on passing information to Michael Flynn. Here is what rice wrote. Comey said he does have some concerns that incoming is frequently frequently with Russian Ambassador kislyak. Comey said that could be an
Weaning threats we supposedly face, russia, that somehow hacked american democracy during 2016 president ial campaign. But infiltrated the government at the highest level. Honor formal naval officers like carter page were, in fact, secret stooges of Vladimir Putin and they were working towards diabolical ends with the Political Consultants like roger stone. It was all hiding in plain sight, forget mexico, saudi arabia, or many other countries. It was russia more than any other place that threatened americans sovereignty that was actually in control of foreign policy. That is the story they told tugnus. None of it was ever plausible. In fact, it was completely absurd. There was no evidence that it was true. But they kept saying it, day after tiresome day after stuck after every single cnn viewer, every pbs viewer, every subscriber to the new York Magazine with a matter of religious fate. Russia hacked our democracy. It was their mantra. M the russians exploded a massive back door into t
G general flynn was treated illegally. What they have done, what theyve done to this country can never happen again. Ed the counselor to killian conway. We had previously had bits and pieces of that email that the former National Security advisor susan rice wrote herself. The afternoon of inauguration date january 20th 2017, that we have the entire context of it in the email. She confirms that on january 5ti director james comey briefed president obama and joe biden on his thoughts on general Michael Flynn. According to his rights, he does have some concern that hes speaking frequently with Russian Ambassador kislyak and comey said that could be an issue as it relates to sharing Sensitive Information. The nsa should not pass Sensitive Information and he replied potentially. He added there is no indication that flynn has passed the level of indication. It should not be unusual that an incoming Transition Team is having conversations with officials of other governments. What you dont exp