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Durham Investigation Targeting Media Leaks that Got Michael Flynn Fired
pjmedia.com ^ | 4/24/2020 | rick moran

Posted on 04/25/2020 9:09:56 AM PDT by bitt

Former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn was the subject of media leaks in January and February 2017 that ultimately led to his dismissal and eventually, an indictment.

The leaked information was from transcripts of Flynn's telephone calls that are considered highly classified and sensitive. Several high-ranking officials in the government leaked the information on at least two separate occasions to David Ignatius of the Washington Post, according to the New York Times.

The probe into leaks is part of a Justice Department investigation headed by prosecutor John Durham into the origins of the Russia collusion story.

Daily Caller:

The report is the first indication that Durham, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, is focusing on media leaks as part of an expansive probe into issues related to the government’s investigation into possible ties between Trump associates and the Russian government. Durham has been investigating the FBI’s handling of the Steele dossier and the CIA’s handling of intelligence regarding Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.

The story that the leakers gave Ignatius was explosive.

A column that Ignatius wrote on Jan. 12, 2017, helped stoke conspiracies of collusion between Team Trump and the Kremlin. Citing a “senior U.S. government official,” Ignatius reported that Flynn spoke in late December 2016 to Sergey Kislyak, who then served as ambassador to Russia.

Ignatius wrote that Flynn “cultivates close Russian contacts,” and questioned whether the retired lieutenant general spoke with Kislyak about sanctions that the Obama administration had placed against Russia.

That Flynn spoke to the Russian ambassador about sanctions is hardly earth-shattering news. But the insinuation that some sort of deal was in the works between the Trump campaign and the Russian government that sanctions would be lifted if Russia helped Trump win the presidency was totally false. And it took a special prosecutor..

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 20161229; 201701; 20170112; 201702; connecticut; davidignatius; durham; flynn; johndurham; kislyak; michaelflynn; mikeflynn; russia; trump
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1 posted on 04/25/2020 9:09:56 AM PDT by bitt
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...

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2 posted on 04/25/2020 9:10:18 AM PDT by bitt (Hell hath no fury like a scorned patriot.)
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To: bitt

Names?

Indictments?

Perp walks?

No?

What’s the point?


3 posted on 04/25/2020 9:11:42 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: bitt

Tick Tock BOOM BOMBSHELL

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4 posted on 04/25/2020 9:11:51 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: bitt

Seditious Leaks.


5 posted on 04/25/2020 9:12:13 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: bitt

Cool, let me know when something actually happens.


6 posted on 04/25/2020 9:13:05 AM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

This country needs a cathartic series of hangings on the commons.


7 posted on 04/25/2020 9:14:44 AM PDT by samadams2000 (Get your houses in order.)
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To: bitt
Citing a “senior U.S. government official,”...

Let's see...

Brennan

Clapper

Comey

Rice

All of the above?

8 posted on 04/25/2020 9:14:45 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: shelterguy

If we all gather in the most sincere pumpkin patch and wait, the Great Pumpkin will surely appear........


9 posted on 04/25/2020 9:15:17 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: bitt

Ignatius and Halberman are absolute agents of the Deep State and the Democrat party.


10 posted on 04/25/2020 9:15:34 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: Balding_Eagle

What’s the point?

*************

Drag it out until nobody remembers or cares.

Barr and Durham are a cheap sideshow.


11 posted on 04/25/2020 9:15:56 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: bitt

Lets see the indictments and DOJ prosecuting them! Then I will believe!


12 posted on 04/25/2020 9:16:35 AM PDT by LoveMyFreedom
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Meanwhile on Planet Earth, Roger Stone is going to prison and CPL is free.


13 posted on 04/25/2020 9:20:24 AM PDT by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: bitt
Ok, how about the jailing of people for leaking the calls between the US and Australia and Mexico. Similar timeline, could be same people for leaking Flynn's.
14 posted on 04/25/2020 9:20:54 AM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: shelterguy

Has this escalated to a Tucker bombshell yet?


15 posted on 04/25/2020 9:22:12 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Fido969

And both their intelligence and common sense are grossly lacking.

If Flynn spoke in late December 2016 to Sergey Kislyak, how in the HELL could they talk about some sort of deal between the Trump campaign and the Russian government to lift sanctions if Russia helped Trump win the presidency?

The election was already OVER. Trump was ALREADY the winner. Any “deal” Flynn made with Kislay and the Russians would be part of the incoming administration, NOT the campaign.


16 posted on 04/25/2020 9:24:21 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: bitt

Slow entities....

Durham investigation

glacial movement

thick layer of enamel paint drying

molasses in cold weather

payment down to zero of the national debt in a program to balance the budget


17 posted on 04/25/2020 9:24:48 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: bitt

If the sign of maturity is being able to wait for delayed gratification

Are mature people still allowed to be frustrated ?


18 posted on 04/25/2020 9:28:42 AM PDT by jcon40 (The other post before yours really nails it for me. IOr keep people from / PC ing in ver and alway)
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To: Theoria

As it turns out, the persons who leaked those calls where Lt Col Vindman the unassailable and Eric Ciaramella, anonymous “whistleblower” coached by Adam Schitt.

Not one of these people have to worry about legal issues.


19 posted on 04/25/2020 9:29:06 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (The prisons do not fill themselves. Get moving, Barr!)
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To: Alas Babylon!
Wouldn't it be a hoot if Susan Rice was the one! That would shine a different light on her e-mail of 11:45AM Eastern on 1/20/17!
20 posted on 04/25/2020 9:29:08 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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