• Ex-Judge Says Dropping Flynn Case Amounts to ‘Gross Prosecutorial Abuse,’ Urges Sentencing

    Ex-Judge Says Dropping Flynn Case Amounts to ‘Gross Prosecutorial Abuse,’ Urges Sentencing

    The third party appointed by the federal judge presiding over the Michael Flynn case said in a Wednesday filing that the DOJ’s decision to drop its case against Flynn amounted to “clear evidence of gross prosecutorial abuse.” John Gleeson, a retired New York federal district court judge, said in an 82-page filing that the reversal …
  • DOJ Claims Flynn Was Involved in Conspiracy to Target Turkish Exile

    DOJ Claims Flynn Was Involved in Conspiracy to Target Turkish Exile

    The Justice Department said in a new court filing that it is “unsustainable” to suggest that Michael Flynn “was not a part of any conspiracy” with members of the Turkish government. The filing was drafted as part of the government’s case against Bijan Rafiekian, a former business partner of Flynn who was prosecuted by Robert …
  • DNI Ratcliffe Declassifies Transcripts of Flynn-Kislyak Conversations | National Review

    DNI Ratcliffe Declassifies Transcripts of Flynn-Kislyak Conversations | National Review

    Transcripts of conversations between former Trump advisor Michael Flynn and Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak were declassified on Friday, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe announced. The move is the latest in a series of document declassification, initiated by Ratcliffe’s predecessor Richard Grenell, pertaining to the Russia investigation. Conversations between Flynn and Kislyak in 2016 were …
  • Barr Names Outside Prosecutor to Review Obama Officials’ Unmasking of Flynn

    Barr Names Outside Prosecutor to Review Obama Officials’ Unmasking of Flynn

    Attorney General Bill Barr has appointed a federal prosecutor to probe deeper into the “unmasking” requests that Obama administration officials submitted against Trump associates, Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec confirmed Wednesday night. In an interview with Sean Hannity, Kupec said that John Bash, the U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, would oversee the …
  • Rosenstein to Testify to Senate Committee Probing Russiagate Origins

    Rosenstein to Testify to Senate Committee Probing Russiagate Origins

    Former acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will testify next week to the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of committee Republicans’ probe into the origins of the FBI’s Russia investigation. Senator Lindsey Graham, who chairs the Judiciary Committee, announced Wednesday that Rosenstein is slated to testify before lawmakers on June 3 during the first public hearing of …
  • How Russiagate Began With Obama’s Iran Deal Domestic Spying Campaign

    How Russiagate Began With Obama’s Iran Deal Domestic Spying Campaign

    Michael Flynn posed a threat to the former president’s legacy and was made to pay for it. Barack Obama warned his successor against hiring Michael Flynn. It was Nov. 10, 2016, just two days after Donald Trump upset Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States. Trump told aide Hope Hicks that …
  • Chris Wallace Bashes Kayleigh McEnany, Jonah Goldberg Calls Her “Indefensible and Grotesque”

    Chris Wallace Bashes Kayleigh McEnany, Jonah Goldberg Calls Her “Indefensible and Grotesque”

    She must be doing something right. On Friday, Kayleigh McEnany ended her latest press conference by once again doing her homework and being prepared. She laid out the case for why the media’s lack of curiosity into the Michael Flynn affair, and the corruption of the Trump-Russia investigation in general, makes no sense and reveals …
  • FBI Director Orders Internal Review of Bureau’s Handling of Flynn Investigation

    FBI Director Orders Internal Review of Bureau’s Handling of Flynn Investigation

    FBI Director Christopher Wray has ordered an internal review to assess the bureau’s handling of the investigation into former national-security adviser Michael Flynn, the FBI announced Friday. “FBI Director Christopher Wray today ordered the Bureau’s Inspection Division to conduct an after-action review of the Michael Flynn investigation,” the FBI said in a statement. The review will determine …
  • DNI Grenell Says Flynn-Kislyak Call Transcripts ‘Are Coming’

    DNI Grenell Says Flynn-Kislyak Call Transcripts ‘Are Coming’

    Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell on Friday implied that he plans to release the transcripts of December 2016 phone calls between former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. “Those are coming. It’s very important for the public to see ALL of them. For too long the public has …
  • Dem Senator Labels Federal Judge ‘Cartoon of a Fake Judge’ over Flynn Ruling

    Dem Senator Labels Federal Judge ‘Cartoon of a Fake Judge’ over Flynn Ruling

    Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.) called Judge Naomi Rao “a cartoon of a fake judge” after she ruled that the judge presiding over Michael Flynn’s case must explain why he hasn’t complied with the government’s request to drop the case. “Where you see Neomi Rao, you can expect a lot of Trumpy dirt to follow. …