.... The call summaries and transcripts show Flynn asked then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak to

10, 2018.... Flynn had asked for Kislyak not to overreact, because the incoming administration had hoped for a

The stunning decision to abandon the case, which the Justice Department pursued for two-plus years, came from political appointees handpicked by Attorney General William Barr.... She said Barr is now twisting her words as justification for dropping Flynn's criminal case.... Other officials' testimony about Flynn and parts of the court record also appear to undercut new arguments from the Justice Department about why Flynn shouldn't be prosecuted....

Washington( CNN) Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday again defended his 2017 decision to recuse himself from the Justice Department's Russia probe, saying his decision had been made in an attempt to help President Donald Trump.... On" Fox and Friends" on Friday, Trump said of Sessions," He goes in--he was so bad in his nomination proceedings.... The great people of Alabama support the President enthusiastically, and we also make our own decisions on who to send to the US Senate,"

Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser is pushing a new conspiracy theory that the Covid-19 vaccine will be placed in salad dressings. Michael Flynn, who is a a high-profile supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theory, raised the bizarre idea on a right-wing Internet show.“ Somebody sent me a thing this morning where they’re talking about putting the vaccine in salad dressing, ” said Flynn.“ Have you seen this?... I mean it’s — and I’m thinking to myself, this is the Bizarro World, right?

close Video Why did Obama team hand over NSA role to Flynn without bringing up Russia concerns to Trump?... I called for its release nearly three-and-a-half years ago.... Indeed, the following day, Comey would join other intelligence chiefs to brief then-president-elect Trump on Russia’s interference in the 2016 campaign( and we now know the FBI treated Comey’s conversation with Trump as aninvestigative mission)....

In each episode of his weekly YouTube show, Chris Cillizza will delve a little deeper into the surreal world of politics.... There's just one problem here: Rice's email proves nothing of the sort.... In fact, it proves the opposite of what Cruz, Trump and lots of other Republicans have been insisting for years was going on in the final days of the Obama administration....

The Logan Act, which was enacted in 1799, has never been used to criminalize communications during a presidential transition.In fact, no one has ever been convicted of violating the Logan Act, which outlawed negotiations by unauthorized American citizens with foreign government.... I don’t know what happened to him during the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.I can only speak to my own experiences.... Instead, they wanted to ask about the Trump election campaign and Russia.I wasn

In the President's view, he was the victim of the" biggest political crime in American history" and the Obama appointees who he claims tried to undermine his administration deserve jail time for their misdeeds.... Trump's new focus on Obama also served as a diversion from the coronavirus pandemic, as the nationwide death toll passed 80, 000 and the unemployment rate tripled to a staggering 14.7%.... " Obamagate" appears to be an extension of this underlying theory, which is part of the Preside

CNN — Here’s a look at the life of Jeff Sessions, former US attorney general and former Republican senator of Alabama.... Voted against both of President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominees, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.... 1975-1977-Assistant US Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama....