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2020-05-08 Home Front: Politix
Obama knew details of wiretapped Flynn phone calls, surprising top DOJ official, declassified docs show
Uh huh...now HOW could that have happened?
[FoxNews] President Obama was aware of the details of then-incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn's intercepted December 2016 phone calls with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, apparently shocking then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, according to documents released Thursday as exhibits to the government's motion to dismiss the Flynn case.

Obama's unexpectedly intimate knowledge of the details of Flynn's calls raised eyebrows because of his own history with Flynn. Obama personally had warned the Trump administration against hiring Flynn, and made clear he was "not a fan," according to multiple officials. Obama fired Flynn as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014.

On January 5, 2017, Yates attended an Oval Office meeting with then-FBI Director James Comey, then-Vice President Joe Biden, then-CIA Director John Brennan, and then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, according to the newly declassified documents. They were discussing Russian election interference, along with national security adviser Susan Rice and other members of the national security council.

After the briefing, Obama asked Yates and Comey to "stay behind," and said he had "learned of the information about Flynn" and his conversation with Russia's ambassador about sanctions. Obama "specified that he did not want any additional information on the matter, but was seeking information on whether the White House should be treating Flynn any differently, given the information."

At that point, the documents say, "Yates had no idea what the President was talking about, but figured it out based on the conversation. Yates recalled Comey mentioning the Logan Act. ..."

The Logan Act is an obscure statute that has never been successfully used in a criminal prosecution; enacted in 1799 in an era before telephones, it was intended to prevent individuals from falsely claiming to represent the United States government abroad. In its motion to dismiss Flynn's case on Thursday, the DOJ noted that the law was an unserious dead letter.

Also released as an exhibit Thursday was a head-turning 2-page document outlining why the FBI opened its counterintelligence probe into Flynn in August 2016. The FBI offered only three reasons: that Flynn was "cited as an adviser to the Trump team on foreign policy issues February 2016; he has ties to various state-affiliated entities of the Russian Federation, as reported by open source information; and he traveled to Russia in December 2015, as reported by open source information."
Posted by Frank G 2020-05-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 ??
"[Zero] specified that he did not want any additional information on the matter, but was seeking information on whether the White House should be treating Flynn any differently, given the information."

WTF? So Zero "did not want additional information" even though he was "seeking additional information"??

What does that mean, in simple coherent English?

Also: what's going on with the weird fishing lure-like phrase, "treating Flynn differently" ... from January 5, with Trump's inauguration just two weeks away?

What does "treating him differently" mean here?

This comes off like a wink and a nod that Zero had no interest in Flynn per se, or in policy re sanctions, but was keen on signaling his approval of a plot to entrap Flynn and turn him against the real quarry, which was always Trump.
Posted by Lex 2020-05-08 00:55||   2020-05-08 00:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Surprising top DOJ Official

Very worrisome that we might have anyone in the DoJ that simple minded and naive. All evidence has pointed to Soetoro's full knowledge and complicity for years.

The first entitlement president shall not fail or be found guilty of malfeasance! It simply cannot be so.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-08 01:04||   2020-05-08 01:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Page wrote to Strzok in September, 2016 about prepping FBI Director James Comey on talking points for an update he was planning to give Obama that said: “potus wants to know everything we’re doing.”
Posted by Phusotle Dingle5823 2020-05-08 01:04||   2020-05-08 01:04|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ busted.

Bigger by far than Watergate.
Disgusting.
Posted by Lex 2020-05-08 01:08||   2020-05-08 01:08|| Front Page Top

#5 BTW, hat tip to whomever posted that excellent graphic. It would appear the puppet is being schooled by the shadow president.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-08 01:08||   2020-05-08 01:08|| Front Page Top

#6 What does that mean, in simple coherent English?

It means he knew that he shouldn't have been told that, that whomever told him that shouldn't have known it, and whomever authorized it shouldn't have authorized it. And that he should be acting to correct the whole situation. But that would have been against his globalist interests, so to cover as much of his a$$ as he could, he just left it at that.
Posted by gorb 2020-05-08 01:11||   2020-05-08 01:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Zero is at the center of this conspiracy. He needs to be indicted.
We simply have to re-elect Trump and get to the bottom of this. It's surreal. Our democracy's at stake.
Posted by Lex 2020-05-08 01:14||   2020-05-08 01:14|| Front Page Top

#8 He surprised others when he let on he knew about it.

Demobcrats.
Posted by newc 2020-05-08 01:28||   2020-05-08 01:28|| Front Page Top

#9 #5 - twas' me :-)
Posted by Frank G 2020-05-08 01:48||   2020-05-08 01:48|| Front Page Top

#10 He looks extremely nervous in that photo.
Posted by Lex 2020-05-08 01:55||   2020-05-08 01:55|| Front Page Top

#11 Being in a room with that psycho one should be nervous.
Posted by 3dc 2020-05-08 10:19||   2020-05-08 10:19|| Front Page Top

#12 "I never said do that, just that it might be interesting if somebody did."
Posted by swksvolFF 2020-05-08 10:51||   2020-05-08 10:51|| Front Page Top

#13 All about prepping the "Wherever he heard it, it wadn't from me" defense.
Posted by M. Murcek 2020-05-08 11:18||   2020-05-08 11:18|| Front Page Top

#14 Because Barr POS was so fantastic at investigating the largest honey pot pedophile Epstein ring, Obama IRS targeting and Vegas mass murders... Not 1 fuking thing will come of this.

No charges, no Muzzy Obammer deposition, nothing. Treason, child rape and murder, Clinton international bribery are useless information. End of story.

Fire all FBI-DOJ management, sentences for treason or surrender. I'm done with this fraud show! Barr has no shame.
Posted by Woodrow 2020-05-08 11:27||   2020-05-08 11:27|| Front Page Top

#15 Calm down Woody. Revenge is a dish best served cold. I figure you will be right if by early October nothing hits the fan. However, dealing with people who know how to play the game, I'd wait till just before the election for the maximum effect on election day. Not only to motivate your side but to also demoralize and demonize the other. Trump knows how to play the media, forcing them to cover things they don't want to. If you do it now, it will be old news by November. They'll have months to bury the bodies and move the gullible to other entertainment.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-05-08 20:41||   2020-05-08 20:41|| Front Page Top

#16 Woody's right. Nothing's going to happen, especially from an AG who believes Epstein committed suicide. Come on, Barr. GTFOH
Posted by Clem 2020-05-08 20:44||   2020-05-08 20:44|| Front Page Top

#17 With P2K. The news cycle these days is measured in nanoseconds.
Best to keep our powder dry.
Patience, gents. Nov. 3's not far off.
Posted by Lex 2020-05-08 21:01||   2020-05-08 21:01|| Front Page Top

#18 and if Durham, Barr, et al, come through? Will you be apologizing? I doubt it. Give them a chance. Miss Lindsay even got called out by Maria B the other day.

I agree with you: Show us some f*&king results
Posted by Frank G 2020-05-08 23:53||   2020-05-08 23:53|| Front Page Top

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