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This episode covers Section II. Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation, pages 15 to 158 of Volume 2 of the "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election." This section of the report details the evidence obtained. Beginning with an overview of how Russia became an issue in the 2016 presidential campaign, and how candidate Trump responded. Included are key events that were investigated: the President’s conduct concerning the FBI investigation of Michael Flynn; the President’s reaction to public confirmation of the FBI’s Russia investigation; events leading up to and surrounding the termination of FBI Director Comey; efforts to terminate the Special Counsel; efforts to curtail the scope of the Special Counsel’s investigation; efforts to prevent disclosure of information about the June 9, 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Russians and senior campaign officials; efforts to have the Attorney General unrecuse; and conduct towards McGahn, Cohen, and other witnesses. Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation (1:12) A. The Campaign's Response to Reports About Russian Support for Trump (3:03) Press Reports Allege Links Between the Trump Campaign and Russia (4:05) The Trump Campaign Reacts to WikiLeaks's Release of Hacked Emails (5:27) The Trump Campaign Reacts to Allegations That Russia was Seeking to Aid Candidate Trump (7:55) After the Election, Trump Continues to Deny Any Contacts or Connections with Russia or That Russia Aided his Election (12:15) B. The President's Conduct Concerning the Investigation of Michael Flynn (16:44) Incoming National Security Advisor Flynn Discusses Sanctions on Russia with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak (18:07) President-Elect Trump is Briefed on the Intelligence Community’s Assessment (22:34) Flynn Makes False Statements About his Communications with Kislyak (25:08) DOJ Officials Notify the White House of Their Concerns About Flynn (28:20) McGahn has a Follow-Up Meeting About Flynn with Yates; President Trump has Dinner with FBI Director Comey (30:44) Flynn’s Resignation (35:12) The President Discusses Flynn with FBI Director Comey (38:33) The Media Raises Questions About the President’s Delay in Terminating Flynn (41:56) The President Attempts to Have K.T. McFarland Create a Witness Statement (43:21) Analysis (45:58) C. The President's Reaction to Public Confirmation of the FBI's Russia Investigation (57:21) Attorney General Sessions Recuses From the Russia Investigation (58:15) FBI Director Comey Publicly Confirms the Existence of the Russia Investigation in Testimony Before HPSCI (1:03:43) The President Asks Intelligence Community Leaders to Make Public Statements that he had No Connection to Russia (1:09:01) The President Asks Comey to "Lift the Cloud" Created by the Russia Investigation (1:14:04) Analysis (1:17:37) D. Events Leading Up To and Surrounding the Termination of FBI Director Comey (1:23:18) Comey Testifies Before the Senate Judiciary Committee and Declines to Answer Questions About Whether the President is Under Investigation (1:24:50) The President Makes the Decision to Terminate Comey (1:28:09) Analysis (1:44:04) E. The President's Efforts to Remove the Special Counsel (1:54:44) The Appointment of the Special Counsel and the President's Reaction (1:56:03) The President Asserts that the Special Counsel has Conflicts of lnterest (2:00:04) The Press Reports that the President is Being Investigated for Obstruction of Justice and the President Directs the White House Counsel to Have the Special Counsel Removed (2:05:51) Analysis (2:12:04) F. The President's Efforts to Curtail the Special Counsel Investigation (2:20:49) The President Asks Corey Lewandowski to Deliver a Message to Sessions to Curtail the Special Counsel Investigation (2:21:42) The President Follows Up with Lewandowski (2:24:31) The President Publicly Criticizes Sessions in a New York Times Interview (2:26:31) The President Orders Priebus to Demand Sessions's Resignation (2:28:05) Analysis (2:32:29) G. The President's Efforts to Prevent Disclosure of Emails About the June 9, 2016 Meeting Between Russians and Senior Campaign Officials (2:37:37) The President Learns About the Existence of Emails Concerning the June 9, 2016 Trump Tower Meeting (2:38:21) The President Directs Communications Staff Not to Publicly Disclose Information About the June 9 Meeting (2:41:03) The President Directs Trump Jr.'s Response to Press Inquiries About the June 9 Meeting (2:43:35) The Media Reports on the June 9, 2016 Meeting (2:47:47) Analysis (2:51:36) H. The President's Further Efforts to Have the Attorney General Take Over the Investigation (2:56:14) The President Again Seeks to Have Sessions Reverse his Recusal (2:56:37) Additional Efforts to Have Sessions Unrecuse or Direct Investigations Covered by his Recusal (2:59:23) Analysis (3:05:07) I. The President Orders McGahn to Deny that the President Tried to Fire the Special Counsel (3:09:23) The Press Reports that the President Tried to Fire the Special Counsel (3:10:33) The President Seeks to Have McGahn Dispute the Press Reports (3:11:57) Analysis (3:17:39) J. The President's Conduct Towards Flynn, Manafort, and Stone (3:25:23) Conduct Directed at Michael Flynn (3:26:15) Conduct Directed at Paul Manafort (3:29:08) Conduct Directed at Roger Stone (3:39:33) Analysis (3:44:28) K. The President's Conduct Involving Michael Cohen (3:54:42) Candidate Trump's Awareness of and Involvement in the Trump Tower Moscow Project (3:56:37) Cohen Determines to Adhere to a "Party Line" Distancing Candidate Trump From Russia (4:02:42) Cohen Submits False Statements to Congress Minimizing the Trump Tower Moscow Project in Accordance with the Party Line (4:04:27) The President Sends Messages of Support to Cohen (4:14:27) The President's Conduct After Cohen Began Cooperating with the Government (4:20:29) Analysis (4:30:51) L. Overarching Factual Issues (4:42:44)   Mueller Report Audio - muellerreportaudio.com Presented by Timberlane Media - patreon.com/timberlanemedia Donate anonymously - glow.fm/insider Or donate with Crypto   Music by Lee Rosevere

This Section describes the principal links between the Trump Campaign and individuals with ties to the Russian government, including some contacts with Campaign officials or associates that have been publicly reported to involve Russian contacts. The Office investigated whether those contacts constituted a third avenue of attempted Russian interference with or influence on the 2016 presidential election. In particular, the investigation examined whether these contacts involved or resulted in coordination or a conspiracy with the Trump Campaign and Russia, including with respect to Russia providing assistance to the Campaign in exchange for any sort of favorable treatment in the future. Based on the available information, the investigation did not establish such coordination. Each subsection begins with an overview of the Russian contact at issue and then describes in detail the relevant facts, which are generally presented in chronological order, beginning with the early months of the Campaign and extending through the post-election, transition period. This episode covers pages 66-173 of the "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election." IV. Russian Government Links To and Contacts With The Trump Campaign (1:13) IV.A. Campaign Period (September 2015 – November 8, 2016) (2:27) Trump Tower Moscow Project (3:55) Trump Tower Moscow Venture with the Crocus Group (2013-2014) (5:04) Communications with I.C. Expert Investment Company and Giorgi Rtskhiladze (Summer and Fall 2015) (7:30) Letter of Intent and Contacts to Russian Government (October 2015-January 2016) (11:14)  Discussions about Russia Travel by Michael Cohen or Candidate Trump (December 2015-June 2016) (22:11)  Origins of Campaign Work (33:10) Initial Russia-Related Contacts (35:45) March 31 Foreign Policy Team Meeting (40:22) George Papadopoulos Learns That Russia Has "Dirt" in the Form of Clinton Emails (41:55) Russia-Related Communications With The Campaign (46:22) Trump Campaign Knowledge of "Dirt" (51:35) Additional George Papadopoulos Contact (53:33)  George Papadopoulos  (31:59) Background (57:16) Origins of and Early Campaign Work (1:00:22) Carter Page's July 2016 Trip To Moscow (1:02:17) Later Campaign Work and Removal from the Campaign (1:07:44)  Carter Page (56:23) CNI and Dimitri Simes Connect with the Trump Campaign (1:10:57) National Interest Hosts a Foreign Policy Speech at the Mayflower Hotel (1:13:58) Jeff Sessions's Post-Speech Interactions with CNI (1:17:41) Jared Kushner's-Continuing Contacts with Simes (1:19:40) Dimitri Simes and the Center for the National Interest (1:09:51) Setting Up the June 9 Meeting (1:24:40)  The Events of June 9, 2016 (1:32:59)  Post-June 9 Events (1:38:21) June 9, 2016 Meeting at Trump Tower (1:22:31) Ambassador Kislyak's Encounters with Senator Sessions and J.D. Gordon the Week of the RNC (1:44:44) Change to Republican Party Platform (1:46:25) Events at the Republican National Convention (1:43:33) Ambassador Kislyak Invites J.D. Gordon to Breakfast at the Ambassador's Residence (1:51:40) Senator Sessions's September 2016 Meeting with Ambassador Kislyak (1:52:28) Post-Convention Contacts with Kislyak (1:51:17) Paul Manafort's Ties to Russia and Ukraine (1:59:02)  Contacts during Paul Manafort's Time with the Trump Campaign (2:04:35)  Post-Resignation Activities (2:17:33) Paul Manafort (1:55:05) IV.B. Post-Election and Transition-Period Contacts (2:23:57) Immediate Post-Election Activity (2:24:41)  Outreach from the Russian Government (2:25:13) High-Level Encouragement of Contacts through Alternative Channels (2:26:56) Background (2:30:25) Kirill Dmitriev's Post-Election Contacts With the Incoming Administration (2:32:41) Erik Prince and Kirill Dmitriev Meet in the Seychelles (2:35:52) Kirill Dmitriev's Post-Election Contact with Rick Gerson Regarding U.S. Russia Relations (2:44:10) Kirill Dmitriev's Transition-Era Outreach to the Incoming Administration (2:29:12)  Ambassador Kislyak's Meeting with Jared Kushner and Michael Flynn in Trump Tower Following the Election (2:49:32) Jared Kushner's Meeting with Sergey Gorkov (2:52:42) Petr Aven's Outreach Efforts to the Transition Team (2:57:13) Carter Page Contact with Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich (3:02:16) United Nations Vote on Israeli Settlements (3:05:03) U.S. Sanctions Against Russia (3:06:47) Contacts With and Through Michael T. Flynn (3:03:52)  Mueller Report Audio - muellerreportaudio.com Presented by Timberlane Media - patreon.com/timberlanemedia Donate anonymously - glow.fm/insider Or donate with Crypto   Music by Lee Rosevere

This Section describes the principal links between the Trump Campaign and individuals with ties to the Russian government, including some contacts with Campaign officials or associates that have been publicly reported to involve Russian contacts. The Office investigated whether those contacts constituted a third avenue of attempted Russian interference with or influence on the 2016 presidential election. In particular, the investigation examined whether these contacts involved or resulted in coordination or a conspiracy with the Trump Campaign and Russia, including with respect to Russia providing assistance to the Campaign in exchange for any sort of favorable treatment in the future. Based on the available information, the investigation did not establish such coordination. Each subsection begins with an overview of the Russian contact at issue and then describes in detail the relevant facts, which are generally presented in chronological order, beginning with the early months of the Campaign and extending through the post-election, transition period. This episode covers pages 66-173 of the "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election." IV. Russian Government Links To and Contacts With The Trump Campaign (1:13) IV.A. Campaign Period (September 2015 – November 8, 2016) (2:27) Trump Tower Moscow Project (3:55) Trump Tower Moscow Venture with the Crocus Group (2013-2014) (5:04) Communications with I.C. Expert Investment Company and Giorgi Rtskhiladze (Summer and Fall 2015) (7:30) Letter of Intent and Contacts to Russian Government (October 2015-January 2016) (11:14)  Discussions about Russia Travel by Michael Cohen or Candidate Trump (December 2015-June 2016) (22:11)  Origins of Campaign Work (33:10) Initial Russia-Related Contacts (35:45) March 31 Foreign Policy Team Meeting (40:22) George Papadopoulos Learns That Russia Has "Dirt" in the Form of Clinton Emails (41:55) Russia-Related Communications With The Campaign (46:22) Trump Campaign Knowledge of "Dirt" (51:35) Additional George Papadopoulos Contact (53:33)  George Papadopoulos  (31:59) Background (57:16) Origins of and Early Campaign Work (1:00:22) Carter Page's July 2016 Trip To Moscow (1:02:17) Later Campaign Work and Removal from the Campaign (1:07:44)  Carter Page (56:23) CNI and Dimitri Simes Connect with the Trump Campaign (1:10:57) National Interest Hosts a Foreign Policy Speech at the Mayflower Hotel (1:13:58) Jeff Sessions's Post-Speech Interactions with CNI (1:17:41) Jared Kushner's-Continuing Contacts with Simes (1:19:40) Dimitri Simes and the Center for the National Interest (1:09:51) Setting Up the June 9 Meeting (1:24:40)  The Events of June 9, 2016 (1:32:59)  Post-June 9 Events (1:38:21) June 9, 2016 Meeting at Trump Tower (1:22:31) Ambassador Kislyak's Encounters with Senator Sessions and J.D. Gordon the Week of the RNC (1:44:44) Change to Republican Party Platform (1:46:25) Events at the Republican National Convention (1:43:33) Ambassador Kislyak Invites J.D. Gordon to Breakfast at the Ambassador's Residence (1:51:40) Senator Sessions's September 2016 Meeting with Ambassador Kislyak (1:52:28) Post-Convention Contacts with Kislyak (1:51:17) Paul Manafort's Ties to Russia and Ukraine (1:59:02)  Contacts during Paul Manafort's Time with the Trump Campaign (2:04:35)  Post-Resignation Activities (2:17:33) Paul Manafort (1:55:05) IV.B. Post-Election and Transition-Period Contacts (2:23:57) Immediate Post-Election Activity (2:24:41)  Outreach from the Russian Government (2:25:13) High-Level Encouragement of Contacts through Alternative Channels (2:26:56) Background (2:30:25) Kirill Dmitriev's Post-Election Contacts With the Incoming Administration (2:32:41) Erik Prince and Kirill Dmitriev Meet in the Seychelles (2:35:52) Kirill Dmitriev's Post-Election Contact with Rick Gerson Regarding U.S. Russia Relations (2:44:10) Kirill Dmitriev's Transition-Era Outreach to the Incoming Administration (2:29:12)  Ambassador Kislyak's Meeting with Jared Kushner and Michael Flynn in Trump Tower Following the Election (2:49:32) Jared Kushner's Meeting with Sergey Gorkov (2:52:42) Petr Aven's Outreach Efforts to the Transition Team (2:57:13) Carter Page Contact with Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich (3:02:16) United Nations Vote on Israeli Settlements (3:05:03) U.S. Sanctions Against Russia (3:06:47) Contacts With and Through Michael T. Flynn (3:03:52)  Mueller Report Audio - muellerreportaudio.com Presented by Timberlane Media - patreon.com/timberlanemedia Donate anonymously - glow.fm/insider Or donate with Crypto   Music by Lee Rosevere

The Duran Quick Take: Episode 561 The Duran's Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the release of the Michael Flynn phone transcripts with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, which prove without a shadow of a doubt, that nothing improper was being discussed between Flynn and Kislyak. On the contrary, the phone transcripts reveal that Flynn was engaging in prudent diplomatic dialogue with the Russian Ambassador to solve world problem areas like the Middle East and ISIS.

The US economy is opening up, states are now opening up and confidence is now building. The people see hope, the people want to get back to their everyday lives, this will push the economy forward. We are already seeing indicators that the economy is recovering, look at real estate, look at retail, and the traffic at restaurants. We are now in a great transition, behold the power of the magic wand. The [DS]/MSM have lost the narrative, Trump has won the lockdown battle, the [DS]/MSM are trying to use masks as a symbol of fear, but this is failing, people are awake now. Grenell declassifies more docs including Flynn and Kislyak. Ratcliffe was sworn in as the DNI director. The patriots are now in position to break the [DS], truth and transparency the only way forward. 

#Trump2020 #President Trump #PeteSantilli #TRUMPTWEETS #Corona Virus, #CoronaVirusUpdate THE PETE SANTILLI SHOW Episode #1942 - Thursday - May 21, 2020 - 9AM Live Broadcast Link: https://youtu.be/Dd4YR9PA0wU    UNMASKING NUCLEAR BOMBSHELL: "Comey's FBI- Not NSA- Recorded Dec 29th Flynn/Kislyak Call” 1942-9AM Despite Wednesday’s blockbuster news about the dozens of Obama-administration officials who “unmasked” then-incoming Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn, there remains a gaping hole in the story: Where is the record showing who unmasked Flynn in connection with his fateful conversation with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak? There isn’t one. There is no such evidence in the unmasking list that acting national intelligence director Richard Grenell provided to Senators Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R., Wis.). I suspect that’s because General Flynn’s identity was not “masked” in the first place. Instead, his December 29 call with Kislyak was likely intercepted under an intelligence program not subject to the masking rules, probably by the CIA or a friendly foreign spy service acting in a nod-and-wink arrangement with our intelligence community. Intelligence Collection Under FISA “Unmasking” is a term of art for revealing in classified reports the names of Americans who have been “incidentally” monitored by our intelligence agencies. -==UNMASKING NUCLEAR BOMBSHELL: “Comey’s FBI- Not NSA- Recorded Dec 29th Flynn/Kislyak Call (Laura Ingraham’s High Level Source) – The Pete Santilli Show http://ow.ly/oTc730qI6Mt   

The Michael Flynn prosecution is the subject of the 189th episode. Our guest is Bloomberg Opinion columnist Eli Lake.In this conversation, our guest walks us through the Flynn prosecution, explains why he was charged with lying to the FBI, examines whether the interview was necessary or the lie was material to the investigation, whether Flynn knew Kislyak was being taped, how unmasking fits into all of this, whether Crossfire Hurricane was legitimate, and why the majority of the national media continues to advance the collusion narrative.

Today, a panel is assigned in Flynn’s appeal to remove Sullivan from the case and force a response to the motion to dismiss, dem lawmakers are now investigating the removal of the Department of Transportation Inspector General, Ratcliffe is confirmed as director of national intelligence, Flynn’s name was never masked in the Kislyak call report, SCOTUS grants Trump’s stay in the Mueller grand jury materials case, a pro Russian Ukrainian lawmaker released Biden phone call audio, and a new study shows that 36K lives could have been saved had Trump not delayed mitigation strategies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mornings on the Mall  Wednesday, May 20, 2020 Hosts; Vince Coglianese and Mary Walter Executive Producer: Heather Hunter Guests: Bill Dotson, Congressman Mike Kelly, Tom Homan, Newt Gingrich, Dr. Marc Siegel   5 AM HOUR 5-A -- UNVEILING OF OBAMA’S PORTRAIT DELAYED: OBAMA SHUNS UNVEILING OF PORTRAIT. NBC NEWS: White House portrait ceremony may be the latest casualty of the political divide. The traditional White House portrait unveiling may be skipped for the first time in decades amid bad blood between Trump and Obama. WASHINGTON — It's been a White House tradition for decades: A first-term president hosts a ceremony in the East Room for the unveiling of the official portrait of his immediate predecessor that will hang in the halls of the White House for posterity. Republican presidents have done it for Democratic presidents, and vice versa — even when one of them ascended to the White House by defeating or sharply criticizing the other. "We may have our differences politically," President Barack Obama said when he hosted former President George W. Bush for his portrait unveiling in 2012, "but the presidency transcends those differences." Yet this modern ritual won't be taking place between Obama and President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter. And if Trump wins a second term in November, it could be 2025 before Obama returns to the White House to see his portrait displayed among every U.S. president from George Washington to Bush. Trump is unconcerned about shunning yet another presidential custom, and he has attacked Obama to an extent no other president has done to a predecessor. Most recently he's made unfounded accusations that Obama committed an unspecified crime. Obama, for his part, has no interest in participating in the post-presidency rite of passage so long as Trump is in office, the people familiar with the matter said. It's too soon to know whether the absence of the uniquely harmonious occasion, when presidents set aside political differences, is just a reflection of a singular dynamic between two presidents whose differences have increasingly been aired in full view or whether it is symbolic of a broader, bitter political era. But it's nonetheless a telling snapshot of American politics in 2020. "You've got a president who's talking about putting the previous one in legal jeopardy, to put it nicely. We have not seen a situation like that in history," presidential historian Michael Beschloss said. "It takes antipathy of a new president for a predecessor to a new level." Katie Hill, a spokesperson for Obama, declined to comment. The White House also declined to comment. It's not often that two presidents are together in the White House; only five living men know what it's like to occupy it as chief executive. Official portrait unveilings are even rarer because the current first lady and her immediate predecessor also attend. A portrait of the former first lady is unveiled, as well. (NBC link) Obama Will Reportedly Skip His White House Presidential Portrait Ceremony As Long As Trump Is In Office. NBC’s sources said that Obama will forgo the ceremony as long as Trump is in office and is willing to potentially wait until 2025 to have his and former First Lady Michelle Obama’s portraits revealed in the East Room. The Obamas began the customary consultation process for the portraits, different from those revealed in 2018 at the National Portrait Gallery, shortly after leaving office in 2017. 5-B/C -- MNUCHIN:  EMPLOYEES WHO TURN DOWN RETURNING TO THEIR JOBS LOSE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS Mnuchin says employees who reject offer to return to work are ineligible for unemployment benefits, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned on Tuesday that individuals who reject an offer from their company to return to work after being laid off due to coronavirus are no longer considered eligible to receive federal unemployment benefits. Mnuchin said that companies receiving benefits under the Payroll Protection Program who are inviting employees who had been laid off or furloughed due to the coronavirus crisis to return to work should plan to notify state unemployment offices of their offers. If the employee, in turn, turns down the job, they would then be considered ineligible to receive expanded unemployment benefits. “If you offer a person a job..and that person does not take the job..then that person would not be allowed to get unemployment,” Mnuchin said Tuesday. Mnuchin’s comments come as Republican lawmakers have ramped up warnings that the recent boost in jobless benefits amid COVID-19 will “push unemployment higher,” as many individuals are able to collect more money through the unemployment programs than they made while on the job. Trump announces executive order aiming to make hundreds of deregulations amid coronavirus permanent. President Trump announced an executive order Tuesday that aims to make hundreds of deregulations in the age of coronavirus permanent, something that would amount to a massive overhaul of regulatory policy. "We've done far more regulation cutting than any president in history," Trump said at a Cabinet meeting ahead of signing the order. Fox News is told the executive order tells regulatory agencies to look at more than 600 regulatory actions -- mostly deregulations, but also regulations and guidance -- taken during the coronavirus pandemic and tell the White House which ones should be made permanent. "We had cases where it would take 20 years to build a highway, you had to go through various agencies to get the same permit," the president said. "If a bureaucratic rule needs to be suspended during a time of crisis to help the American people, we should ask ourselves if it makes sense to keep at all," Acting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought told Fox Business. 5-D -- U.S. Government Declassifies Susan Rice Email On Obama’s Oval Office Meeting Discussing Flynn. On Tuesday, the U.S. government declassified a suspicious email from Obama national security adviser Susan Rice dated on the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration that memorialized a January 5 meeting that Rice and other top Obama officials had in the Oval Office about incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn. The email revealed that disgraced former FBI Director James Comey allegedly suggested to then-President Barack Obama that he should “potentially” not give “sensitive information related to Russia” to Flynn because of his communications with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Comey said that he had no indication that Flynn had passed any classified information to Kislyak but claimed that “the level of communication is unusual.” Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell declassified the document and sent it to the Department of Justice. Herridge was the first to report the declassified email. One thing in the email that stuck out to top lawmakers and journalists was Rice’s insistence that everything was done “by the book,” a phrase she mentioned three times in the short email. Sources say acting DNI Richard Grenell has declassified full text of the January 20, 2017 Susan Rice "email to self." Part of the email had been released, but part remained redacted. It has been sent to DOJ; let's hope Congress gets ahold and releases it soon. (Daily Wire)  5-E -- Flynn attorney files emergency appeal to shut down Judge Sullivan's orders, boot him from case. Michael Flynn's attorney Sidney Powell on Tuesday filed an emergency writ of mandamus to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals seeking the immediate removal of Judge Emmet Sullivan from the case -- and saying that under appellate precedent set by the "Fokker Services" case, Sullivan or his replacement must dismiss the prosecution, as the Justice Department has requested. Writs of mandamus are extraordinary remedies, which are appropriate when there has been a "usurpation of judicial power" that is "clear and indisputable" -- and, Powell argued, Sullivan's behavior fits the bill. Powell pointed in particular to Sullivan's bizarre suggestion in December 2018 that Flynn had "sold out his country" and could have been prosecuted for "treason," as well as Sullivan's misstatements on the facts of the case. Powell also demanded the appellate court vacate Sullivan's order appointing an "amicus curiae," or "friend of the court," to argue in favor of preserving Flynn's guilty plea on one count of making false statements to the FBI during an unusual January 24, 2017 White House interview. Oral arguments are set for July 16. The amicus appointed by Sullivan, retired federal judge John Gleeson, has openly criticized the Trump administration's handling of Flynn's case, raising concerns that he was selected to improperly bolster Sullivan's efforts to keep the Flynn case alive even though both the government and defendant want it dismissed. (In 2013, Gleeson himself held that “the government has near-absolute power under [the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure] to extinguish a case that it has brought" -- but he has since apparently changed his opinion.) Powell sought Sullivan's immediate removal, citing his incendiary comments from the bench in December 2018, a year after Flynn's guilty plea. "If the Court grants the principal relief Petitioner seeks, there may not be much by way of further proceedings in the case, but there could be. Petitioner, the Government, and the appearance of justice will best be served by having another judge—one who has not implied that [Flynn] is a traitor—conduct any further proceedings in the case," the writ says. (Fox News link)  6 AM HOUR 6-A/B/C  --  TRUMP DEFENDS HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AGAIN & MEDIA LOSES THEIR MIND OVER THE DRUG: TRUMP DEFENDS HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE: President Trump continued to defend his decision to use hydroxychloroquine with zinc, despite numerous health experts saying "I think it's worthwhile as a line of defense, and I plan on staying on it for a little while longer.” Mr. Trump cited a study of veterans showing possible negative effects was an "enemy statement" and meant to embarrass him. TRUMP RIPS THE WIDELY CITED VET STUDY ON HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE': Donald Trump says veterans study that showed hydroxy could kill was 'false' because it was given to 'extremely sick people' who were 'READY TO DIE' and dismisses FDA warning not to take it outside of hospitals (Daily Mail link) VA SECRETARY ROBERT WILKIE DEFENDED THE DRUG AT CABINET MEETING AND DEBUNKED VA STUDY: At cabinet meeting, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie follows Trump's comments and gave an important FACT CHECK on hydroxychloroquine about the frequently cited VA study... he defends VA using the drug regularly THE VIEW FREAKS OUT ON CONGRESSMAN WHO ADMITS HE TOOK HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE WHILE HAVING CORONAVIRUS: Joy Behar freaks out when Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) reveals he took hydroxychloroquine when he had COVID-19: "Wow. I can’t believe anybody with a brain would take that stuff, but you seem like an intelligent guy... Why would you take that drug? There are terrible consequences." DAY 2 OF ATTACKS: CAVUTO DOUBLES DOWN ON ATTACKS ON HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE: 'It did no good and in some extreme cases killed them': Fox News host Neil Cavuto renews attack on Donald Trump for recommending hydroxychloroquine by citing studies that show it can be dangerous. 6-D -- 6:35 AM - INTERVIEW - BILL DOTSON - a Charles County business owner of Modern Door and previously ran for state Senate in 2018 -- previewed Wednesday's ReOpen Charles County rally and discussed why residents in Charles County are outraged with politicians for delaying the reopening of the county. Dotson explained why there is anger in the community and why they feel the commissioners made the wrong decision. Charles County says it is postponing its phased reopening until May 29. The county board of commissioners cited concerns about climbing infection rates in neighboring Prince George’s County and a lack of personal protective equipment among businesses that would reopen. ABOUT RALLY: Rally to Reopen Charles County to commence in La Plata: Reopen Charles County, a 1300+ member group will hold its second peaceful demonstration to urge the County Board of Commissioners to commence Phase 1 Recovery efforts in the community. On Wednesday, May 20, at 6:00 pm, supporters will gather at 6485 Crain Highway, La Plata to hear testimony from business owners and community members who are being negatively impacted by the extended and unnecessary Stay-at-Home Order. On May 14, the Board of Commissioners for Charles County voted to extend the most restrictive aspects of Governor Hogan’s emergency orders in the face of overwhelming testimony from the health and legal experts asserting immediate readiness to enter recovery. While the Commissioners who voted to extend the order thought they were assuaging the fears of some residents concerned about the Coronarvirus, they underestimated the number of residents who have a dire necessity to get back to a level of personal and professional normalcy. This event will be the second organized public demonstration since the Board of Commissioner's vote on May 14. The group has also organized a coordinated email and social media campaign, posting a series under the hashtag #FactsNotFear. Reopen Charles County invites those who are weary of the extended lockdown to express their displeasure in a constructive way by joining the rally on Wednesday, May 20 at 6:00 pm in La Plata. For more information, please go to reopencharlescounty.com or email reopencharlescounty@gmail.com / https://www.facebook.com/reopencharlescounty/ Two SoMD counties plan to open, while one waits - The Southern Maryland Chronicle. At a May 13, 2020 press conference, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced that effective May 15, 2020, at 5 p.m. EST the 47 day-old Stay at Home Order would expire, and Maryland would move to a “Safer at Home” Health Advisory. Calvert County says it is following Hogan’s guidance for Phase One of the reopening. Separately, it extended its local state of emergency an additional 30 days, meaning government buildings are closed to the public. St. Mary’s County Public Information Officer ALisa Casas sent out a notice that St. Mary’s County was following the Governor’s plan of reopening with no restrictions other than what was laid out in the Amended Executive Order. BUT: The Charles County Board of County Commissioners(ChBOCC) met Thursday afternoon to vote on how they would proceed. In a 3-2 vote(Collins, Stewart & Coates vs Bowling & Rucci), voted to not proceed with the Governor’s reopening plan, instead waiting two weeks (May 29, 2020) to begin the Phase One reopening. “I am committed to a regional approach to reopening our economy;” stated Commissioner President Reuben B. Collins, II, Esq. “Our community’s response has been excellent so far and I want to continue that trend by asking our residents and businesses to continue following the Stay-at-Home order while preparing for the next phase of our recovery. Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all residents remains my highest priority.” (Southern Maryland Chronicle) 6-E -- NEW JANE ROE DOCUMENTARY: Norma “Jane Roe” McCorvey’s Deathbed Confession: Evangelicals Paid Me To Say I Was Pro-Life. It’s shocking to read her admission but pro-choicers will be, and should be, angrier than pro-lifers. She worked against their cause for 20 years. In the end, her effort to undo that work consisted of one brief recorded interview. How many people who were touched by Jane Roe’s journey from legalized-abortion advocate to pro-life Christian will even see this clip?  “I was the big fish. I think it was a mutual thing. I took their money and they’d put me out in front of the cameras and tell me what to say. That’s what I’d say,” she says in “AKA Jane Roe,” which premieres Friday on FX. “It was all an act. I did it well too. I am a good actress.” In what she describes as a “deathbed confession,” a visibly ailing McCorvey restates her support for reproductive rights in colorful terms: “If a young woman wants to have an abortion, that’s no skin off my ass. That’s why they call it choice.”… The documentary includes scenes of McCorvey on election night 2016 — a few months before she died of heart failure at age 69 — expressing her support for Hillary Clinton. “I wish I knew how many abortions Donald Trump was responsible for,” McCorvey muses. “I’m sure he’s lost count, if he can count that high.” She passed away in 2017. The footage comes from an interview she did a few months before her death for a documentary that’s being released this week. [...] The Daily Beast notes that other interviews in the documentary suggest that McCorvey really did break off her relationship with her longtime girlfriend after she became an evangelical in the mid-90s, leading her girlfriend to feel “confused and hurt.” Maybe McCorvey really did become a pro-life Christian and then, at some point between the mid-90s and her death, soured on it for whatever reason and drifted back towards pro-choicers. Claiming in her deathbed interview that she had been acting the whole time would have been an efficient way at getting back at whoever on the right had wronged her. 6-F -- WOMEN ARE WEARING FAUCI-CUOMO-NEWSOM PANTIES: Coronavirus Task Force Member Dr. Anthony Fauci is known for medical expertise but now he’s going to be known as a fashion symbol. Los Angeles-based clothier Canava.co is offering a special edition “Zuma Bikini-Fauci” for women ($22/pair). The same style is available with California Governor Gavin Newsom and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. For every dollar spent on the styles, the company will match with a donation to health care workers in New York or California. LA clothing brand putting Fauci, Cuomo and Newsom's names on underwear. The designers behind an L.A.-based clothing retailer are celebrating some of the people who “impressed” them during the coronavirus pandemic — by placing their names front-and-center on some underwear. Canava, which describes itself as a “profit-for-purpose brand,” has released a line of limited-edition underpants featuring the names of Governors Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) and Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.), as well as leading immunologist and doughnut legend Dr. Anthony Fauci, the latter of whom is currently on the president’s coronavirus task force. “We are living in unlikely times, and we heard you loud and clear that you wanted to show their ‘appreciation’ with more than a thank you,” wrote Canava in its product description for Fauci bikini briefs.  The brand is also advertising Cuomo-emblazoned lower-cut undies (described as being perfect for anyone “thirsty” for the New York governor) as well as Newsom hipster briefs (for those “loving on” the California governor). In addition to showing off their affections for Fauci, Cuomo and Newsom, customers who purchase the limited-edition underwear — as well as any items from its “NYC Love” line — will also be supporting Canava’s efforts to donate to health care workers in New York and California. 7 AM HOUR 7-A - 7:05 AM - INTERVIEW - CONGRESSMAN MIKE KELLY - (R-PA) - serving as representative for Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district - discussed his coronavirus recovery and how hydroxychloroquine saved his life... and he can weigh in on his state's draconian lockdown Joy Behar freaks out when Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) reveals he took hydroxychloroquine when he had COVID-19: "Wow. I can’t believe anybody with a brain would take that stuff, but you seem like an intelligent guy... Why would you take that drug? There are terrible consequences." 7-B/C -- BIDEN NEWS:  BIDEN LEADING TRUMP +12 IN VA: A Roanoke College Poll released Tuesday shows the former vice president and Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee with a 51-39 percent lead over the GOP incumbent in the White House. WHITMER CONFIRMS VP TALKS WITH BIDEN': Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in an interview with NBC’s “3rd Hour of Today” on Tuesday that she has had a “opening conversation” with Biden about her potential as his running mate. 7-D -- 7:35 AM -- INTERVIEW - TOM HOMAN -  Former ICE Director and author of new book "Defend the Border and Save Lives: Solving Our Most Important Humanitarian and Security Crisis"   Homan spoke at the Prince William immigration rally on Tuesday Prince William's board of supervisors voted on appointments for 3 citizen members to the regional jail board at yesterday's meeting. The jail board has the sole authority over the county's 287g contract with ICE. One appointment included anti-ICE Del. Elizabeth Guzman Prince William County, VA had locked constituents out of the building. Citizens’ comments were online-only. No faith that they are actually listening to the constituents and will steamroll stacking the Jail board w/ nepotism. https://twitter.com/8_Bit_Bobby/status/1262804958040203264   Newly appointed Prince William jail board member vowed to abolish 287(g) immigration program. (Potomac Local) Virginia Delegate Elizabeth Guzman (D-31, Dale City, Fauquier) has a new seat on the Prince William County Jail Board. Guzman opposes the county’s 287(g) program and has vowed to have it abolished. As the jail board oversees the program, now she may have her chance. The program checks the legal presence of those who have been arrested and charged with a crime after they are brought to the county jail in Manassas. If the inmate is found to be in the U.S. illegally, they are transferred into the custody of federal immigration and customs officials (ICE). Guzman told the Prince William Times in 2017, when she was seeking her first term as a Richmond legislator, Prince William police stopped her while she was driving her car “at least once every two weeks because I was living in a neighborhood the police officers probably did not think I could afford,” Guzman said. “And it didn’t happen only to me. It happened to other minorities then, people from the Middle East, Muslims … anybody who didn’t look white.” Now with more than 465,000 residents, Prince William is the second-largest jurisdiction in Virginia, and more than half of the county’s population is either African American, Hispanic, Asian or some other racial/ethnic background, which is substantially higher compared to the state of Virginia and U.S., according to the county’s economic development office. Guzman went onto say in the 2017 interview that programs like 287(g) are unnecessary because jails in Virginia already check immigration status. However, Prince William County Sheriff Glendell Hill told Potomac Local News in an interview this week that he wouldn’t be able to check the immigration status of inmates without a working agreement with ICE. 7-E -- TRUMP & NORTHAM EXCHANGE BARBS: TRUMP SLAMS VA, NORTHAM CLAPS BACK ON TWITTER 8 AM HOUR 8-A -- 8:05 AM - INTERVIEW - NEWT GINGRICH – Former Speaker of the House, host of “Newt’s World” podcast and author of book “Trump Vs. China: Facing America’s Greatest Threat” TOPICS: News of the day / reopening America / China newtgingrich @newtgingrich: Governor Cuomo has made a lot of questionable decisions in combating the virus. The media should be investigating him rather than praising him.  More than 100 million people in China face new lockdown as second wave of COVID-19 cases emerge. Nearly 108 million people in China's Jilin province could be forced back into lockdown after a growing group of new coronavirus infections triggered a backslide in the nation's push to return to normal Trump Snaps On ‘Waste Of Time’ Pelosi Over Obesity Remark, Claims She Has ‘Mental Problems’ President Donald Trump told The Daily Caller’s Henry Rodgers that Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is a “waste of time,” and told other reporters that she is a “sick woman” Tuesday. “President Trump, last night Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi called you morbidly obese. I just wanted to know what you had to say in response to that?” The Caller’s Henry Rodgers asked. “Oh, I don’t respond to her, I think she’s a waste of time,” the president responded. 8-B/C -- Biden's virtual campaign speech repeatedly interrupted by geese.  8-D -- 8:35 AM - INTERVIEW - DR. MARC SIEGEL  - Professor of Medicine at NYU and  Fox News medical correspondent @DrMarcSiegel doctorsiegel.com - reacted to the uproar over President Trump taking hydroxychloroquine... the drug also saved a family member's life 8-E --  TX SALON OWNER WENT TO MICHIGAN ON MONDAY TO HELP A BARBER REBELLING AGAINST WHITMER’S LOCKDOWN  Dallas salon owner who was jailed over coronavirus rules travels to Michigan to support defiant barber. A Texas salon owner who was sent to jail for opening her business during the coronavirus outbreak called Michigan's governor a "tyrant" on Monday as she stood next to a barber whose license was suspended for cutting hair.  "Gretchen, the state of Michigan will vote you out," Shelley Luther declared, referring to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Luther traveled to Owosso, a small Michigan town, to express support for Karl Manke. The 77-year-old barber reopened his shop for more than a week before state regulators suspended his license. Luther, the owner of Salon a la Mode in Dallas, was sentenced to a week in jail for flouting public health orders intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. She was released less than 48 hours later when Gov. Greg Abbott dropped jail as a possible punishment for violations. ============================================================== Mornings on the Mall Podcast - 2020-5-20 [00:00:00] 4:59 am - Mornings on the Mall [01:00:16] 5:59 am - Mornings on the Mall [02:00:26] 6:59 am - Mornings on the Mall [03:00:36] 7:59 am - Mornings on the Mall [04:00:46] 8:59 am - Mornings on the Mall

68 – The Biden Tapes Support request 866-988-8311 info@republickeeper.com Constitution Minute The problem with Hydroxychloroquine – You need a dr right? World-Renowned Christian Advocate Ravi Zacharias Dieshttps://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/cwn/2020/may/world-renowned-christian-apologist-ravi-zacharias-dies Hebrews 4:13 - And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things arenaked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give Joe Biden’s Ukraine Problem justthenews.com The infamous story of Joe Biden’s effort to force the firing of Ukraine’s chief prosecutor in 2016 has taken a new legal twist in Kiev, just as the former vice president is sewing up the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination in America. Collins “Viktor Shokin publicly appealed to the president of Ukraine with a request to properly respond to illegal inaction in the investigation of criminal cases that are open against Joseph Biden,” Teleshetskyi said. “Let me remind you that they were discovered precisely as a result of the statement of Viktor Shokin.” In an interview, Shokin told Just the News he is confident he can unearth evidence during the proceedings that Ukraine officials were satisfied with his performance and simply acceded to firing him to avoid losing the badly needed U.S. loan guarantees. In Kiev late last month, District Court Judge S. V. Vovk ordered the country’s law enforcement services to formally list the fired prosecutor, Victor Shokin, as the victim of an alleged crime by the former U.S. vice president, according to an official English translation of the ruling obtained by Just the News. The court had previously ordered the Prosecutor General’s Office and the State Bureau of Investigations in February to investigate Shokin’s claim that he was fired in spring 2016 under pressure from Biden because he was investigating Burisma Holdings, the natural gas company where Biden’s son Hunter worked. The court ruled then that there was adequate evidence to investigate Shokin’s claim that Biden’s pressure on then-President Petro Poroshenko, including a threat to withhold $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, amounted to unlawful interference in Shokin’s work as Ukraine’s chief prosecutor. But when law enforcement agencies opened the probe they refused to name Biden as the alleged perpetrator of the crime, instead listing the potential defendant as an unnamed American. Vovk ruled that anonymous listing was improper and ordered the law enforcement agencies to formally name Biden as the accused perpetrator. Unified register of pre-trial investigations … a summary of facts that may indicate the commission of a criminal offense under Paragraph 2 of Article 343 of the Criminal procedure code of Ukraine on criminal proceedings No. 62020000000000236 dated February 24, 2020, namely: information on interference in the activities of the former Prosecutor General of Ukraine Shokin, Viktor Mykolaiovych performed by citizen of the United States of America Joseph Biden, former U.S. Vice President.” The judge added, “the order of the court may not be appealed.” The Backstory Petro Porishenko installed as president April 2014 – Biden goes to Ukraine Hunter gets a job May 2014 Porshenko Elected July/Aug 2015 – Shoking starts probing Hunter Biden/Burisma Seizing assets Shokin – patriot -resign Shokin – why resign Dec 3 2015 – John Kerry Call 2/11/16 -shares his crimes with Biden 2/18/16 Shokin resigns No majority 2/19 – Hate the idea to buy the votes 3/22 – porishenko – who do you want? 5/13/16 – Undo the Damage that Shokin did 7/16/2017 https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/07/16/rep_adam_schiff_democrats_made_mistake_to_collude_with_ukraine_against_trump.html Quiet for 2 years. Why? they handcuffed Trump https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/19/michael-flynn-full-susan-rice-email-sent-on-trumps-inauguration-day-267998 “President Obama asked if Comey was saying that the NSC should not pass sensitive information related to Russia to Flynn. Comey replied ‘potentially,’” the email reads. “He added that he has no indication thus far that Flynn has passed classified information to Kislyak, but he noted that ‘the level of communication is unusual.’” https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/323457-gop-rep-obama-running-a-shadow-government-to-undermine-trump 3/20/2019 – Yuri Lutsenko – https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/435029-as-russia-collusion-fades-ukrainian-plot-to-help-clinton-emerges Ukraine’s top prosecutor divulged in an interview aired Wednesday on Hill.TV that he has opened an investigation into whether his country’s law enforcement apparatus intentionally leaked financial records during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign about then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in an effort to sway the election in favor of Hillary Clinton. The leak of the so-called black ledger files to U.S. media prompted Manafort’s resignation from the Trump campaign and gave rise to one of the key allegations in the Russia collusion probe that has dogged Trump for the last two and a half years. Ukraine Prosecutor General Yurii Lutsenko’s probe was prompted by a Ukrainian parliamentarian's release of a tape recording purporting to quote a top law enforcement official as saying his agency leaked the Manafort financial records to help Clinton's campaign. The parliamentarian also secured a court ruling that the leak amounted to “an illegal intrusion into the American election campaign,” Lutsenko told me. Lutsenko said the tape recording is a serious enough allegation to warrant opening a probe, and one of his concerns is that the Ukrainian law enforcement agency involved had frequent contact with the Obama administration’s U.S. Embassy in Kiev at the time. “Today we will launch a criminal investigation about this and we will give legal assessment of this information,” Lutsenko told me. 8/24/2019 Schiff sends staffer to Ukraine to meet with Petro Porishenko https://lidblog.com/schiff-ukraine/ Trip was Sponsored by Atlantic Council – Burisma, Crowdstrike, Soros, Clinton, Pinchuck

#RedVestBrigade #Trump2020 #President Trump #PeteSantilli #TRUMPTWEETS #Corona Virus, #CoronaVirusUpdate THE PETE SANTILLI SHOW Episode #1927 - Tuesday - May 12, 2020 - 9AM Live Broadcast Link: https://youtu.be/RiSNs7sJfqA    #ObamaGate Goes Straight To Top - Grenell Declass Exposes Obama Officials In Flynn Leaks- 1927-9A Acting DNI Richard Grenell declassified the list of Obama officials involved in the unmasking of General Mike Flynn in his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Grenell was seen delivering a satchel of documents to the DOJ last week and according to ABC, he also discussed the list of Obama officials involved in unmasking Flynn. The names of the officials who were involved in unmasking General Flynn in his calls to Kislyak have not been released to the public yet. #ObamaGate Goes Straight To Top – Grenell Declass Exposes Obama Officials In Flynn Leaks – The Pete Santilli Show http://ow.ly/f3XK30qFkZH  

Lt. General Michael Flynn was the National Security Advisor to the incoming President. Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak wanted answers as to what the new administration was going to do regarding the new sanctions that President Obama had placed on Russia. Flynn indicates to Kislyak that he will look into it. Up to this point, nothing unusual. It is customary for top administrative officials from the new administration to meet with officials from other countries. The fine line is that they cannot indicate that they represent the U.S. Government, officially that is, or they risk being charged with the Logan Act. This is where things start to get a little bit dicey. Lt. General Michael Flynn had initially pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI on Jan. 24, 2017. Why did Flynn plead guilty, if he was indeed innocent? The questions are many - the answers are few - until now.  They were looking for a narrative. A narrative that they would press and spin again and again in the national media. There was never any evidence because there was never any Russian Collusion. Some would argue there was never to be Russian Collusion; the collusion was to be the DoJ, President Obama and the media elites. President Trump tweeted the following: Yesterday was a BIG day for Justice in the USA. Congratulations to General Flynn, and many others. I do believe there is MUCH more to come! Dirty Cops and Crooked Politicians do not go well together! DRAIN THE SWAMP! How deep did the corruption go in the FBI? Is it just the 7th floor? We often hear that the men and women in the ranks of the FBI are fair, and equally balanced - it is just the upper echelon of the FBI. Joining Malcolm to talk Obama Comey Media Collusion is, Lt. Joseph Pangaro, retired police lieutenant, Director of School Security and host of Chasing Justice.

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This episode of The Mueller Report: A Reading brings us a bit closer to the end of Volume I of the Special Counsel's report, continuing to cover Section IV of that volume, Russian Government Links to and Contacts with the Trump Campaign. This narrations will continue with part A, the Campaign Period (September 2015—November 8, 2016) with the narration covering sections 5, 6, and 7. Section 5, June 9, 2016 Meeting at Trump Tower, discusses the now infamous Trump Tower meeting between members of the Trump campaign and Russian representatives. Section 6, Events at the Republican National Convention, covers the campaign presence at the RNC in July 2016, and their involvement with the party's platform change regarding the U.S. policy toward Russia and Ukraine. Lastly, Section 7, Post-Convention contacts with Kislyak, outline the contact between Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak and members of the Trump campaign following the RNC. If you are interested in downloading a copy of the report, please visit the podcast website: www.papertrailmedia.co/podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-mueller-report/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-mueller-report/support

Volume II of  the "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election,"addresses the President's actions towards the FBI's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election and related matters, and his actions towards the Special Counsel's investigation. This volume consists of four parts. Section I provides an overview of obstruction-of-justice principles and summarizes certain investigatory and evidentiary considerations. Section II sets forth the factual results of our obstruction investigation and analyzes the evidence. Section III addresses statutory and constitutional defenses. Section IV states the conclusion. Introduction to Volume 2 (1:24) Executive Summary to Volume II (6:37) Background Legal and Evidentiary Principles (27:13) Legal Framework of Obstruction of Justice (27:18) Investigative and Evidentiary Considerations (34:06) The Campaign's Response to Reports About Russian Support for Trump (41:01) Press Reports Allege Links Between the Trump Campaign and Russia (42:03) The Trump Campaign Reacts to WikiLeaks's Release of Hacked Emails (43:24) The Trump Campaign Reacts to Allegations That Russia was Seeking to Aid Candidate Trump (45:52) After the Election, Trump Continues to Deny Any Contacts or Connections with Russia or That Russia Aided his Election (50:11) Incoming National Security Advisor Flynn Discusses Sanctions on Russia with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak (55:58) President-Elect Trump is Briefed on the Intelligence Community's Assessment of Russian Interference in the Election and Congress Opens Election Interference Investigations (1:00:23) Flynn Makes False Statements About his Communications with Kislyak to Incoming Administration Officials, the Media, and the FBI (1:03:01) DOJ Officials Notify the White House of Their Concerns About Flynn (1:06:11) McGahn has a Follow-Up Meeting About Flynn with Yates; President Trump has Dinner with FBI Director Comey (1:08:34) Flynn's Resignation (1:13:02) The President Discusses Flynn with FBI Director Comey (1:16:21) The Media Raises Questions About the President's Delay in Terminating Flynn (1:19:43) The President Attempts to Have K.T. McFarland Create a Witness Statement Denying that he Directed Flynn's Discussions with Kislyak (1:21:07) The President's Conduct Concerning the Investigation of Michael Flynn Evidence (54:37) Attorney General Sessions Recuses From the Russia Investigation (1:35:54) FBI Director Comey Publicly Confirms the Existence of the Russia Investigation in Testimony Before HPSCI (1:41:19)  The President Asks Intelligence Community Leaders to Make Public Statements that he had No Connection to Russia (1:46:35) The President Asks Comey to "Lift the Cloud" Created by the Russia Investigation (1:51:35) The President's Reaction to Public Confirmation of the FBI's Russia Investigation (1:35:01) Comey Testifies Before the Senate Judiciary Committee and Declines to Answer Questions About Whether the President is Under Investigation (2:02:16) The President Makes the Decision to Terminate Comey (2:05:32) Events Leading Up To and Surrounding the Termination of FBI Director Comey (2:00:44) The Appointment of the Special Counsel and the President's Reaction (2:32:55) The President Asserts that the Special Counsel has Conflicts of Interest (2:36:52) The Press Reports that the President is Being Investigated for Obstruction of Justice and the President Directs the White House Counsel to Have the Special Counsel Removed (2:42:36) The President's Efforts to Remove the Special Counsel (2:31:37) The President Asks Corey Lewandowski to Deliver a Message to Sessions to Curtail the Special Counsel Investigation (2:58:18) The President Follows Up with Lewandowski (3:01:06) The President Publicly Criticizes Sessions in a New York Times Interview (3:03:09) The President Orders Priebus to Demand Sessions's Resignation (3:04:42) The President's Efforts to Curtail the Special Counsel Investigation (2:57:27) The President Learns About the Existence of Emails Concerning the June 9, 2016 Trump Tower Meeting (3:14:57) The President Directs Communications Staff Not to Publicly Disclose Information About the June 9 Meeting (3:17:38) The President Directs Trump Jr.'s Response to Press Inquiries About the June 9 Meeting (3:20:10) The Media Reports on the June 9, 2016 Meeting (3:24:22) The President's Efforts to Prevent Disclosure of Emails About the June 9, 2016 Meeting Between Russians and Senior Campaign Officials (3:14:14) The President Again Seeks to Have Sessions Reverse his Recusal (3:33:10) Additional Efforts to Have Sessions Unrecuse or Direct Investigations Covered by his Recusal (3:35:55) The President's Further Efforts to Have the Attorney General Take Over the Investigation (3:32:47) The Press Reports that the President Tried to Fire the Special Counsel (3:47:07) The President Seeks to Have McGahn Dispute the Press Reports (3:48:29) The President Orders McGahn to Deny that the President Tried to Fire the Special Counsel (3:45:57) Conduct Directed at Michael Flynn (4:02:52) Conduct Directed at Paul Manafort (4:05:46) [Redacted - Harm to Ongoing Matter] (4:16:14) The President's Conduct Towards Flynn, Manafort, [Redacted - Harm to Ongoing Matter] (4:01:54) Candidate Trump's Awareness of and Involvement in the Trump Tower Moscow Project (4:26:40) Cohen Determines to Adhere to a "Party Line" Distancing Candidate Trump From Russia (4:32:45) Cohen Submits False Statements to Congress Minimizing the Trump Tower Moscow Project in Accordance with the Party Line (4:34:31) The President Sends Messages of Support to Cohen (4:44:30) The President's Conduct After Cohen Began Cooperating with the Government (4:50:33) The President's Conduct Involving Michael Cohen (4:24:47) Overarching Factual Issues (5:12:31) Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation (39:12) Statutory Defenses to the Application of Obstruction-Of-Justice Provisions to the Conduct Under Investigation (5:21:09) The Text of Section 1512(c)(2) Prohibits a Broad Range of Obstructive Acts (5:23:07) Judicial Decisions Support a Broad Reading of Section 1512(c)(2) (5:26:26) The Legislative History of Section 1512(c)(2) Does Not Justify Narrowing Its Text (5:30:39) General Principles of Statutory Construction Do Not Suggest That Section 1512(c)(2) is Inapplicable to the Conduct in this Investigation (5:33:57) Other Obstruction Statutes Might Apply to the Conduct in this Investigation (5:38:10) The Requirement of a Clear Statement to Apply Statutes to Presidential Conduct Does Not Limit the Obstruction Statutes (5:41:28) Separation-of-Powers Principles Support the Conclusion that Congress May Validly Prohibit Corrupt Obstructive Acts Carried Out Through the President's Official Powers (5:47:01) Ascertaining Whether the President Violated the Obstruction Statutes Would Not Chill his Performance of his Article II Duties (6:01:33) Constitutional Defenses to Applying Obstruction-Of-Justice Statutes to Presidential Conduct (5:39:40) Legal Defenses to the Application of Obstruction-of-Justice Statutes to the President (5:18:58) Conclusion (6:08:19) Government Unfiltered operates on the "value for value" model. 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It’s December 29, 2016. The Obama administration announces that it’s imposing sanctions on Russia, as punishment for election interference. Michael Flynn has been tapped to become Trump’s national security advisor when the new administration takes office in January, but it’s still the transition period. Flynn is taking a few days vacation at the beach, when he sees the news. He grabs his phone and texts the transition team at Mar a Lago. He writes “Tit for tat with Russia not good” and says that the Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak is reaching out to him today. Flynn calls Kislyak and asks that Russia not escalate in response to the sanctions. Apparently, it works. The next day, in a surprise move, Putin says that Russia won’t retaliate. Trump tweets, “Great move on delay (by V. Putin). I always knew he was very smart.” In the sixth episode, we tell the stories of Russian policy outreach to the Trump campaign, a story that begins during the campaign and accelerates after Trump unexpectedly wins the presidency in November 2016. The story of the Russian efforts to reset relations with the incoming administration begins with a policy speech Trump delivers at a hotel in Washington D.C.; it runs through a resort at a remote island in the Indian Ocean; it runs through the U.N. Security Council, Mar a Lago and the Dominican Republic, and it ends with the president’s national security adviser resigning in disgrace.

Volume I of  the "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election,"describes the factual results of the Special Counsel's investigation of Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election and its interactions with the Trump Campaign. Section I describes the scope of the investigation. Sections II and III describe the principal ways Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. Section IV describes links between the Russian government and individuals associated with the Trump Campaign. Section V sets forth the Special Counsel's charging decisions. Introduction to Volume 1 (1:51) Executive Summary to Volume 1 (8:06) The Special Counsel's Investigation (28:27) Structure of the Internet Research Agency (40:27) Funding and Oversight from Concord and Prigozhin (41:10) The IRA Ramps Up U.S. Operations As Early As 2014 (42:16) U.S. Operations Through IRA-Controlled Social Media Accounts (43:23) U.S. Operations Through Facebook (45:43) U.S. Operations Through Twitter (49:01) U.S. Operations Involving Political Rallies (51:48) Targeting and Recruitment of U.S. Persons (53:52) Interactions and Contacts with the Trump Campaign (55:31) The IRA Targets U.S. Elections (42:11) Russian "Active Measures" Social Media Campaign (37:31) Russian Hacking and Dumping Operations (59:02) GRU Hacking Directed at the Clinton Campaign (1:00:37) GRU Units Target the Clinton Campaign (1:00:42) Intrusions into the DCCC and DNC Networks (1:03:30) Dissemination of the Hacked Materials (1:08:26) DCLeaks (1:08:47) Guccifer 2.0 (1:11:13) Use of WikiLeaks (1:15:30) Additional GRU Cyber Operations (1:25:18) Summer and Fall 2016 Operations Targeting Democrat-Linked Victims (1:25:39) Intrusions Targeting the Administration of U.S. Elections (1:27:33) Trump Campaign and the Dissemination of Hacked Materials (1:30:56) [Redacted - Harm to Ongoing Matter] (1:31:12) Other Potential Campaign Interest in Russian Hacked Materials (1:39:31) Russian Government Links To And Contacts With The Trump Campaign (1:50:22) Campaign Period (September 2015-November 8, 2016) (1:51:32) Trump Tower Moscow Project (1:53:14) George Papadopoulos (2:20:42) Carter Page (2:44:49) Dimitri Simes and the Center for the National Interest (2:57:59) June 9, 2016 Meeting at Trump Tower  (3:10:25) Events at the Republican National Convention (3:31:12) Post-Convention Contacts with Kislyak (3:38:52) Paul Manafort (3:42:35) Post-Election and Transition-Period Contacts (4:11:23) Immediate Post-Election Activity (4:12:04) Kirill Dmitriev's Transition-Era Outreach to the Incoming Administration(4:16:34) Ambassador Kislyak's Meeting with Jared Kushner and Michael Flynn in Trump Tower Following the Election (4:36:33) Jared Kushner's Meeting with Sergey Gorkov (4:39:45) Petr Aven's Outreach Efforts to the Transition Team (4:44:12) Carter Page Contact with Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich (4:49:14) Contacts With and Through Michael T. Flynn (4:50:52) Prosecution and Declination Decisions (5:01:31) Russian "Active Measures" Social Media Campaign (5:03:08) Russian Hacking and Dumping Operations (5:05:55) Section 1030 Computer-Intrusion Conspiracy (5:06:00) Potential Section 1030 Violation By [Redacted - Personal Privacy] (5:08:06) Russian Government Outreach and Contacts (5:08:01) Potential Coordination: Conspiracy and Collusion (5:10:52) Potential Coordination: Foreign Agent Statutes (FARA and 18 U.S.C. § 951) (5:13:37) Campaign Finance (5:18:48) False Statements and Obstruction of the Investigation (5:33:02) Government Unfiltered operates on the "value for value" model. We create the show and you decide what it's worth. You can return that value by supporting the show at governmentunfiltered.com or by going to glow.fm/insider to donate on either a one-time or recurring basis.

It's December 29, 2016. The Obama administration announces that it's imposing sanctions on Russia, as punishment for election interference. Michael Flynn has been tapped to become Trump's national security advisor when the new administration takes office in January, but it's still the transition period. Flynn is taking a few days vacation at the beach, when he sees the news. He grabs his phone and texts the transition team at Mar a Lago. He writes “Tit for tat with Russia not good” and says that the Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak is reaching out to him today. Flynn calls Kislyak and asks that Russia not escalate in response to the sanctions. Apparently, it works. The next day, in a surprise move, Putin says that Russia won't retaliate. Trump tweets, “Great move on delay (by V. Putin). I always knew he was very smart.” Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

“The FBI and Congress are examining a campaign event during which Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions and Jared Kushner were in a small gathering with Russian ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak and other diplomats at Washington’s Mayflower Hotel”, multiple U.S. officials told NBC News. “Five current and former U.S. officials said they are aware of classified intelligence suggesting there was some sort of private encounter between Trump and his aides and the Russian envoy, despite a heated denial from Sessions, who has already come under fire for failing to disclose two separate contacts with Kislyak. Kushner also denied through a spokesman that he met privately with Kislyak that day. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/did-trump-kushner-sessions-have-undisclosed-meeting-russian-n767096 In the summer of 2016, Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort took a meeting at Trump Tower with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer who promised to turn over dirt on Hillary Clinton. The meeting, along with the subsequent attempts to conceal its true purpose, is extensively covered in the redacted Mueller report. Here’s what the special counsel has to say about it: Trump didn’t know about the meeting before it happened. According to his own statements to the special counsel, Trump didn’t know about the meeting until months after it happened. Mueller’s team also “found no documentary evidence showing that he was made aware of the meeting — or its Russian connection — before it occurred.” Michael Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer, told Mueller’s team that he thought that wasn’t true. But his belief “that Trump Jr. had previously discussed the meeting with his father,” was weighed against the fact that he “was not involved in any such conversation.” http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/04/what-mueller-found-out-about-the-trump-tower-meeting.html This an an audio narration of the Mueller Report Summary of Volume 1. Download the android app for the full report audiol from play.google.com/store/apps/de... or visit MuellerReportAudioBook.com for a web player.

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On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Bruce Fein, a constitutional law scholar and a former assistant deputy Attorney General of the United States, and Dan Kovalik, a human rights and labor lawyer who is the author of the book “The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela: How the US is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil.”The Justice Department is refusing to comply with a federal judge’s order to release transcripts of recorded conversations between former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak. Federal prosecutors also refused to release an unredacted portion of the Mueller report that focused on Flynn. That puts the Department of Justice in contempt of court. Monday’s regular segment Technology Rules with Chris Garaffa is a weekly guide on how monopoly corporations and the national surveillance state are threatening cherished freedoms, civil rights and civil liberties. Web developer and technologist Chris Garaffa joins the show. President Trump arrived in London this morning on his first official visit to the UK. He met at Buckingham Palace with Queen Elizabeth, but he also took the time to call the mayor of London “a stone cold loser.” Meanwhile, former British parliamentarian George Galloway, a frequent guest of this show, was fired over the weekend from his own radio show in the UK on the Talk Radio network after being accused of anti-semitism. When did even the most vague criticism of Israel become anti-Semitism? Brian and John speak with George Galloway, a legendary anti-war activist and a former parliamentarian. Tensions between former Vice President Joe Biden and progressive Democrats were on full display over the weekend as the party’s presidential front-runner skipped the California Democratic Party Convention and was criticized for his establishment views. Other party moderates like former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper and former Maryland Congressman John Delaney were roundly booed for warning attendees not to move too far to the left. But much of the media has lept to Biden’s defense. Jacqueline Luqman, the editor-in-chief of Luqman Nation, which livestreams every week on Facebook and Youtube, and a journalist with The Real News Network, joins the show. Newly released documents from the Snowden archives reveals that Israel relied heavily on intelligence from NSA in its 2006 war in Lebanon and made repeated requests for locational information on Hezbollah operatives to target them for assassination. That Israeli pressure led to the creation of a new intelligence-sharing framework between the US and Israel. Bill Binney, a former NSA technical director who became a legendary national security whistleblower, joins Brian and John. In a surprise announcement yesterday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the US was prepared to negotiate with Iran with no preconditions. The statement is the second softening of Iran policy in the past week, with President Trump saying that he was ready to talk to Iran’s leaders and was not seeking regime change. This put him in direct conflict with his own National Security Advisor, John Bolton, who has long sought just that. Ambassador Peter Ford, the former UK Ambassador to Syria, joins the show.Monday’s segment “Education for Liberation with Bill Ayers” is where Bill helps us look at the state of education across the country. What’s happening in our schools, colleges, and universities, and what impact does it have on the world around us? Bill Ayers, an activist, educator and the author of the book “Demand the Impossible: A Radical Manifesto,” joins Brian and John.

This podcast covers page 66 of the "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election," which provides an introduction to the eight subsections ahead focusing on the principal links between the Trump Campaign and individuals with ties to the Russian government. Due to the length of each of these subsections, they will each be getting their own podcast episode: 1) Trump Tower Moscow Project, 2) George Papadopoulos, 3) Carter Page, 4) Dimitri Simes and the Center for the National Interest, 5) June 9, 2016 Meeting at Trump Tower, 6) Events at the Republication National Convention, 7) Post-Convention Contacts with Kislyak, and 8) Paul Manafort. Mueller Report Audio - muellerreportaudio.com Presented by Timberlane Media Support via PayPal: donate@timberlanemedia.com Donate with Crypto Music by Lee Rosevere

Part 7 of 8 from Section IV: Russian Government Links To And Contacts With The Trump Campaign. This subsection of Volume 1, pages 127-129, briefly covers encounters with Russian Ambassador Kislyak and members of the Trump team after the Republican National Convention. Post-Convention Contacts with Kislyak (0:11) Ambassador Kislyak Invites J.D. Gordon to Breakfast at the Ambassador's Residence (0:31) Senator Sessions's September 2016 Meeting with Ambassador Kislyak (1:19) Mueller Report Audio - muellerreportaudio.com Presented by Timberlane Media  Support via PayPal: donate@timberlanemedia.com Donate with Crypto Music by Lee Rosevere

Part 2 of 12 from Section II. Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation. This subsection of Volume 2, from pages 24-48, offers evidence surrounding Michael Flynn's false statements about his conversations with the Russian Ambassador and the resulting FBI investigation. It provides details on President Trump's interactions with FBI Director Comey when Comey said the President asked for his loyalty. The President's Conduct Concerning the Investigation of Michael Flynn Evidence (0:08) Incoming National Security Advisor Flynn Discusses Sanctions on Russia with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak (1:28) President-Elect Trump is Briefed on the Intelligence Community's Assessment of Russian Interference in the Election and Congress Opens Election Interference Investigations (5:54) Flynn Makes False Statements About his Communications with Kislyak to Incoming Administration Officials, the Media, and the FBI (8:31) DOJ Officials Notify the White House of Their Concerns About Flynn (11:41) McGahn has a Follow-Up Meeting About Flynn with Yates; President Trump has Dinner with FBI Director Comey (14:04) Flynn's Resignation (18:32) The President Discusses Flynn with FBI Director Comey (21:52) The Media Raises Questions About the President's Delay in Terminating Flynn (25:14) The President Attempts to Have K.T. McFarland Create a Witness Statement Denying that he Directed Flynn's Discussions with Kislyak (26:38)  Analysis (29:16) Obstructive act (29:25) Nexus to a proceeding (33:32) Intent (34:50) Mueller Report Audio - muellerreportaudio.com Presented by Timberlane Media Support via PayPal: donate@timberlanemedia.com Donate with Crypto Music by Lee Rosevere

Neste primeiro episódio do podcast "Chutando a Escada", Filipe Mendonça e Geraldo Zahran conversam sobre as investigações em andamento nos Estados Unidos que podem dificultar o governo de Donald Trump. The post Trump investigado: Flynn, Comey, Kislyak & Cia appeared first on Chutando a Escada.

Neste primeiro episódio do podcast "Chutando a Escada", Filipe Mendonça e Geraldo Zahran conversam sobre as investigações em andamento nos Estados Unidos que podem dificultar o governo de Donald Trump. The post Trump investigado: Flynn, Comey, Kislyak & Cia appeared first on Chutando a Escada.

Nathan, Mike, and Mahler tackle Poopootov cocktails, glaciers, Macron, investor visas, blasphemy, Mogadishu, cholera, Black Mamba, Yates, the FBI, Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, a showboat, Kislyak, an "idiot," calling the Department of Justice at 202-353-1555, 13 White Republicans, methane, the travel alert, and more.

Who is Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador at the heart of a massive global controversy? Sergey Kislyak - Russia's convivial Ambassador to Washington - has been in the eye of a media storm since it emerged that members of the Trump administration had undisclosed meetings with him in the run up to the 2016 US election. Kislyak is a career diplomat, having spent 35 years working for the Soviet and Russian governments. He has previously kept a low profile, favouring lavish dinners over media appearances to get his message across. But the recent controversy over the Trump administration's relationship with Russia has forced him into the spotlight. Mark Coles speaks to people who have worked with him and followed his career to get under his skin and find out where his career might go now that he's become such a controversial figure. Producer: Ben Crighton.

SPONSORED BY CLEAR WATER POOL 972-816-7208 TOPIC OF THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Did Russia help Donald Trump become the 45 President of the U.S.  US President Donald Trump's Russia problems seem to be getting worse by the week -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions has become the latest senior Trump official to be found within a murky web of ties and contacts to Russia. While some of Trump's Russia issues are mere nuisances, others could lead to more serious political -- and perhaps even legal -- consequences for the administration, experts say. The revelation was a blow for Trump, who just two weeks earlier encountered the exact same problem with his top security adviser, Michael Flynn, who resigned amid revelations he misled then-Vice President-elect Mike Pence about the nature of his own calls with Kislyak.  

SPONSORED BY CLEAR WATER POOL 972-816-7208TOPIC OF THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Did Russia help Donald Trump become the 45 President of the U.S. US President Donald Trump's Russia problems seem to be getting worse by the week -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions has become the latest senior Trump official to be found within a murky web of ties and contacts to Russia.While some of Trump's Russia issues are mere nuisances, others could lead to more serious political -- and perhaps even legal -- consequences for the administration, experts say. The revelation was a blow for Trump, who just two weeks earlier encountered the exact same problem with his top security adviser, Michael Flynn, who resigned amid revelations he misled then-Vice President-elect Mike Pence about the nature of his own calls with Kislyak. 

Sergei Kislyak, ambassadeur russe aux Etats-Unis est le personnage principal des nouvelles révélations sur le rôle de la Russie auprès de Donald Trump et ses conseillers. 

The Trump-Russia leaks turn from a drip to a stream as the print media and The Resistance continue to apply pressure. Democrats meeting with Kislyak is not morally equivalent to Sessions perjuring himself about meeting with the Russian spy recruiter.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is under fire for his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States, while the Trump administration tries to deflect attention on Russia investigations. Is it time to appoint a special prosecutor to look into President Trump’s potential links to Russia? And the U.S. carries out new airstrikes in Yemen while questions linger over a recent raid against Al Qaeda.

His Excellency Sergey I. Kislyak became ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States in September 2008, having previously served as Russia’s deputy minister of foreign affairs since 2003. Prior to serving in this senior foreign policy position in Moscow, Ambassador Kislyak served as ambassador to Belgium and simultaneously as Russia’s permanent representative to NATO in Brussels. He has also held various postings in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including director of the Department of Security Affairs and Disarmament, director and deputy director of the Department of International Scientific and Technical Cooperation, and deputy director of the Department of International Organizations. In addition, he served in the United States before as first secretary and counselor at the Embassy of the Soviet Union in Washington and second secretary at the USSR’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.

Dr. William Potter, director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies talks with the ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States, Ambassador Sergei Kislyak, about U.S.-Russian relations, including prospects for nuclear arms control, NATO expansion, and the Iranian nuclear program.