CBS’s Catherine Herridge just dropped the transcript summaries of the call between Gen. Michael Flynn and the Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak that there was all the controversy over that resulted in Flynn getting attention from the FBI and ultimately prosecuted for allegedly lying to them.
It’s even more ridiculous then you can imagine that there was any concern about this. In the words of President Donald Trump, this was a “perfect call.” It’s hard to imagine anything more innocuous.
You can read for yourself and draw your own conclusions, but it reads like a perfectly normal call of a transition team trying to set up first contacts, even Flynn telling Kislyak he should not go too far in responding to the the U.S. sanctions because we have a common enemy in the Middle East. Exactly what you would want him to say. There’s absolutely nothing in there that is at all questionable.
#FLYNN NEW: Calls with Russian ambassador declassified @RichardGrenell and sent to @SenRonJohnson @ChuckGrassley include summaries and transcripts +20 pages obtained @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/qfs92TAmZ7
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) May 29, 2020
#FLYNN NEW: Calls with Russian ambassador declassified @RichardGrenell and sent to @SenRonJohnson @ChuckGrassley by @RepRatcliffe include summaries and transcripts +20 pages obtained @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/I4fGOIBuBv
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) May 29, 2020
More from #FLYNN Kisylak summaries @cbsnews transcripts also declassified pic.twitter.com/P76F96Swz0
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) May 29, 2020
More from #FLYNN Kisylak summaries @cbsnews transcripts also declassified pic.twitter.com/O3ypL0cxBb
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) May 29, 2020
Finals pages 4 and 5 @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/NcP4eQb084
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) May 29, 2020
#FLYNN call Ambassador Kisylak 12/29/2016 5 pages declassified @RichardGrenell @RepRatcliffe according to special counsel court docs this is pivotal conversation. Flynn: “Make it reciprocal” pic.twitter.com/WAcB4o4PEa
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) May 29, 2020
There were a few other brief calls on 12/23, 12/31, 1/12 and a voicemail, they also appear to have nothing of note, about setting up contacts.
#FLYNN call Ambassador Kisylak 12/23/2016 4 pages declassified @RichardGrenell @RepRatcliffe according to special counsel court docs this is pivotal conversation. Flynn: “There are a few other countries who are going to abstain.” Obtained @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/qNHzuQfbfy
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) May 29, 2020
FLYNN “…you know, we are not going to agree on everything, you know that, but I think that we have a lot of things in common. A lot. And we have to figure out how, how to achieve those things, you know and, and be smart about it” pic.twitter.com/7dhjX5vtta
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) May 29, 2020
Final pages transcript Flynn call 1/12/2017 pic.twitter.com/qI1s7letnv
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) May 29, 2020
#FLYNN Voice Mail Ambassador Kisylak 01/18/2017 One page declassified @RichardGrenell @RepRatcliffe Kisylak VM to Flynn “I wanted to check whether you have, um, uh, answer to the idea of our two presidents speaking, uh, re-…after the inauguration” Obtained @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/LOJs2jayPM
— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) May 29, 2020
You can read everything in bigger print here.
There are zero things wrong with this Dec 29 call between Kislyak and @GenFlynn. And the tone of the conversation is clearly about expulsions, not the wider economic and political sanctions. That @Comey and the Obama admin wanted to Logan Act this is a disgrace pic.twitter.com/amBv6hgg1P
— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) May 29, 2020
Also only Kislyak appears to be actually aware the sanctions (political and economic, I.e. distinct from the expulsions) had been *announced*. Flynn seems to be anticipating them being announced. Which makes sense, given he was on holiday in the Dominican Republic
— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) May 29, 2020
There was nothing that even remotely invoked the Logan Act. There was absolutely no criminal predicate to justify the interview or position they subsequently took on Flynn. Certainly not compared to the things the Obama officials like John Kerry have done since with Iran. This just adds further that this was all a frame-up to take out Flynn, as well as tar and harm the Trump administration.
No discussion of undermining sanctions, a false claim trotted out by those on the left.
Once again, declassification blows up all the lies spread by Democrats for the last three years.
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