home. it is horrifying. we will have a lot more on that story tomorrow and the tape. it is a metaphor for what is happening, said to tell you in a lot of places. that is it for tonight. have a happy evening in spite of it all. ♪ >> sean: welcome to this "hannity" history special, unmasking the plan case. tonight we will review the years long persecution of lieutenant general michael flynn. while the media mob was busy obsessing about russia, russia, ukraine, ukraine, impeachment, impeachment we took a different course on this program. our ensemble cast determined to uncover the real government abuse of power and corruption. we got it right, they got it wrong. we start three years ago in 2017 when we first sounded the alarm

about unmasking, leaking raw intelligence and surveillance. take a look. >> general flynn is a wonderful man. i think he's been treated very, very unfairly by the media. as i call it, the fake media. and i think it is really a sad thing he was treated so badly. i think in addition to that from intelligence, papers are being leaked, things are being leaked, criminal action has been going on for a long time before me. but now it is really going on. and people are trying to cover up for a terrible loss under hillary clinton. i think it is very, very unfair what is happening to general flynn the way he was treated in the documents and papers that were illegally and i stress illegally leaked. very, very unfair.

>> sean: all right, thursday at the white house talking about mike flynn's resignation and the leaks from intelligence agencies. prior to the press conference early this morning, trump tweeted "the real scandal is the classified information is illegally given out by intelligence, like candy, very un-american." joining us from house intelligence chairman devin nunes is with us. congressman, good to see you again. isn't it a crime, in fact to leak this information? isn't it a violation of the espionage act among other things? >> there could have been multiple crimes committed, sean, for sure leaking classified information is punishable by law. this needs to be looked into by the appropriate agencies. in fact, our committee will request agencies look into this to try to bring these perpetrators accountable and hold them accountable under the law. >> sean: i want to go back and

this was a little notice piece in "the new york times." the waning days of the administration. and actually said the obama administration expanded the power of the national security agency to share globally intercepted personal communications with the government 16 other intelligence agencies before applying privacy protections. does that mean the list of potential leakers is that much bigger or not? >> well, if that is the case, we were never notified of that the house intelligence committee. what i will say, sean, it is not just about what leaked, the transcripts that leaked on general flynn. it is also about the transcripts donald trump talking to the mexican president, talking to the australian prime minister, those also leaked. so this is a state here falling apart and totally unacceptable for anyone within government to be doing this. malcolm i think most of this is probably for people in the

administration, but there still could be some people that have burrowed in and providing classified information to the media. >> sean: it is clearly a violation of law, is that not congressman? isn't this the type of thing where if you have robed intelligence people, and they are intercepting from illegally intercepting phone calls of americans, that is illegal. in other words, if, in fact, they wanted to get the intel or for example hack into the phone in this particular case, general flynn, wouldn't they have to get a court subpoena to do so? >> that is correct. i'm not aware that they did that. so my guess is the intelligence agencies did not do this. when i'm assuming is that this was picked up as they were tracking and if that is the case, that would have to go to the highest levels of the obama administration to get approval to unmask who that person is,

and in this case that was general flynn. and if you look at these leaks, sean, it looks like these original leaks, leaks that the media had at the beginning of january. >> sean: that would mean -- the attorney general, would you recommend the attorney general convene a grand jury to get to the bottom of this? >> well, look, the first thing that would have to happen is the fbi needs to do a full investigation of this and try to track down the leaker. >> sean: former cia director john brennan testified on public till today as part of the investigation into whether russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election. this comes as a new, explosive report by circuit news, john solomon and sara carter details how obama intelligence agency violated americans privacy for years and then secretly disclosed this at a closed-door hearing just days before

president donald trump was elected. and today during his congressional testimony, brennan had this to say about whether or not he personally requested to have americans names unmasked. watch this. >> we are talking about prohibitions that you place on yourself with respect to identifying u.s. persons as part of the surveillance programs, right? >> that's correct. >> and you just cited some of the very important reasons that we do that. and i would assume that there is a process. a protocol under which the intelligence community goes through if they seek to unmask a use u.s. persons. >> that is correct. >> have you ever requested a u.s. persons to be unmasked? >> sean: the breaking news from circa, let's start with you sarah, this breaking news report and a lot more to come tomorrow as i understand it. >> yes, sean. what we know is this.

we just broke the story yesterday with the cia, the largest consumer of unmasking americans of any agency that we know right now. we can't give you exact numbers because those are classified, but we know the majority of unmasking of americans occurred with the cia. what is even more interesting about that is that under the cia's own purview, since 1947, they were charter is not to spy on americans. so the question is, why are they doing this? what are they looking at and what purposes? what john and i are also breaking is that we know that the nsa under obama violated the privacy protection when they were searching actually the databases at the nsa. so nobody knew this until we were able to get our hands on these documents, john and i. these are from the fisa courts.

what happened is obama last fall, his administration actually admitted to the court that they had been in violation of these rules. and they were actually chastised by the courts. severely chastised, saying they were, you know, violating the fourth amendment rights of americans. and i think these are two very serious issues. >> sean: all right, i want you to propose this, john, if you may come if you can for the audience, the increase in surveillance that you saw in the this election cycle, this is march 2015, the presidential cycle, the recent one started. what you saw in terms of surveillance, unmasking the prince will make the percentage of increase and i think i got it wrong, 600 by over 350%. and connected to what sarah explained to the audience. >> you said a couple of weeks ago that it felt like we were peeling back and onion. that is exactly what we done. obama loosened the rules to

allow espionage community to look at american data. then we reported they look at donald trump's associates and unmask intelligence report. they reported they unmasked members of congress. then we reported that a number of unmasking tripled, 300% increase under barack obama after he change the rules. tonight for the first time, we can say confidently there has been a finding that some of the espionage, spying on americans, actually violated the law appear the court concluded it violated the fourth amendment protection against illegal search and seizure appearance will be gone from something at the beginning susan rice defended herself that all of this is a legal and governed by tight rules to now yes, we violated those rules. and they disclose that days before trump was elected president. there is a reason to go to the court that late in the election season and we will have to find out why they did it. >> sean: i want to ask you both because this is so important. a dramatic increase in surveillance, unmasking and intelligence leaking has occurred.

we have john brennan today admitting a unmasking occurred. i guess with the american people really need to know and sara i will throw this to you. we need to know with this government under the guise they have been using national security, use the weaponry of our intelligence agencies to spy, unmask, political opponents in an election cycle. political opposition and a political cycle and how deep does it go? in other words, how high up does it go? does that make sense? >> yeah, it does make sense, sean. there is enough evidence that we've been able to present through our numerous stories and our investigation to suggest that somebody needs to look into this. now, remember all of these documents are highly classified. so if anybody was to leak to us, let's say a report collected like a tax cut or fisa report that they actually saw her, then we don't know what they were looking at. we don't know.

we have our suspicions. and based on what people have said that these reports basically had nothing to do with russia or russia collusion but appeared to be very strange onto reports. we know some of them were regarding the president and other people in his campaign. and so, looking at that on its face, and of suspicion to believe there is a possibility that this could have been used for political espionage. intelligence. >> coming up, we will review all the gross misconduct in the case of general flynn as comey, mccabe laid a perjury trap, ambush and then bragged about it. don't go away. this special history ed mission of "hannity" continues. -- edition of "tucker carlson tonight" stomach "hannity" continues.

so what's going on? i'm a talking dog.

the other issue. oh... i'm scratching like crazy. you've got some allergic itch with skin inflammation. apoquel can work on that itch in as little as 4 hours, whether it's a new or chronic problem. and apoquel's treated over 7 million dogs. nice. and... the talking dog thing? is it bothering you? no... itching like a dog is bothering me. until dogs can speak for themselves, you have to. when allergic itch is a problem, ask for apoquel. apoquel is for the control of itch associated with allergic dermatitis and the control of atopic dermatitis in dogs. do not use apoquel in dogs less than 12 months old or those with serious infections. apoquel may increase the chance of developing serious infections and may cause existing parasitic skin infestations or pre-existing cancers to worsen. do not use in breeding, pregnant, or lactating dogs. most common side effects are vomiting and diarrhea. feeling better? i'm speechless. thanks for the apoquel. awww. that's what friends are for. ask your veterinarian for apoquel. next to you, apoquel is a dog's best friend.

♪ >> this is trace gallagher. in washington, quick action in the michael flynn kays. the court has given presiding judge's whole event until june 1st to respond to a petition by flynn's attorney to have the charges against the former national security advisor thrown out. the case against flynn was a key element in robert mueller's colluding investigation. , but the justice department wants the case dismissed. authorities say it may take days to fully assess flood damage at a toxic site in michigan. the floodwaters damage and forced the evacuation of 11,000 people from the midland area. one lake is nearly empty after a

nearly 100-year-old dam failed. michigan is hopeful president trump will sign a federal emergency declaration. i'm trace gallagher, now back to "hannity." ♪ >> sean: welcome back to the special edition of "hannity." on january 20, 2017 in an email to herself on the way out the door we now know susan rice claimed james comey was handling all of the investigation by the book because barack obama said to do everything by the book. of course, we all know nothing could be further from the truth, in fact, a few months later march 2017, it was already clear to all of us that flynn was set up. the media got it wrong. we got it right. >> u.s. intelligence agencies routinely monitor foreign agencies, that is their job. protections known as minimization procedures have been put in place to assure that american citizens are not caught up in that surveillance. in other words, they would have no constitutional rights. and that their identities and

rights are protected. this, of course, was not the case with lieutenant general flynn peer the transcript was created and given to intelligence officials who then leaked the details to the press, which by the way, is a fr according to the espionage act. >> sean: now the evidence has been laid bare for all to see. nothing, absolutely nothing was done by the book. you were right back in march 2017 and beyond. take a look. >> it is the moment we have now been anticipating a long time on their show. equal justice, keep equal application of the laws. lieutenant general flynn was a war hero and serve this country honorably and with distinction. with multiple tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan and put his arms away for freedom of life. 33 years of total service. he was unfairly and unjustly targeted deep state bureaucrats that clearly with all of the evidence now to prove it, wanted to take them down. we have newly unsealed documents

that prove that corrupt agents from jim comey's fbi were discussing strategies on how to set general flynn up on what we call "a perjury trap." according to one handwritten note an unnamed agent said, what is the goal, truth, admission or to get him to lie? >> to get him to like him is tht our goal? so we can prosecute him or get him fired! is that the fbi's role? at this, in an email peter strzok and his lover lisa page discussed how to casually slip an end add admission about lying under oath to scent a stronger perjury trap. these agents were preparing for an interview that ultimately did take place on january 24, 2017. dave four of the trump administration. truth truth be told, a illegal abuse of corrupt ambush. remember during a phone call,

deputy fbi director mccabe recommended flynn, you don't need an attorney present during the interview. that would have been miranda rights violation. four days after president trump's inauguration, peter strzok, one other agent they visited the white house and they were they are to interrogate plan. they were sent in by james comey himself. james comey fracking saying he sent the agents to grill flynn four days into the administration and he wanted to exploit the chaos inside the transitioning white house. something he would never do in the bush or obama administration or get away with. ultimately, that perjury trap was not a success. agents saw no indication at all that the national security advisor was lying. they didn't believe he was lying. they said they did not believe he was lying! the fbi turned the screws anyway. they threaten to lock flynn up for years. he eventually went bankrupt. he had to sell his home. they threatened to prosecute his son! they ultimately forced him to

plead guilty, get this, guilty plea, making him a felon for the rest of his life where they were going to prosecute his son! they didn't think he lied, but then they forced him to life, coerced him into making statements, why? to protect his son. now, frankly, what great father wouldn't do that? well, either you signed this or we will put your sent away for the rest of his life. where do i sign? flynn was set up. it was a perjury trap all along. now the fbi collusion narrative, they knew it was a hoax. no information regarding that. they were hell-bent on punishing anyone and everyone inside the trump administration. by the way, mr. comey, i have been warning you, you have the right to remain silent. i suggest you use it. do not listen to me. jim, tick tock. keep in mind we have been right every step of the way. the media mob, what have they been doing?

they have lied, advanced hoax after hoax, conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory from a state run so-called news channels, oh, the socialist paper record of the united states. the new york toilet paper times. take a look. >> this is week one of the trump presidency. in the name of james comey book, "higher loyalty" wouldn't that be the united states constitution the rule of law equal justice under the law? does that sound like justice for you? where is someone trying to trap general flynn? from day one. >> page after page after page of evidence, corrupt agents like mccabe, peter strzok, comey and others conspiring to set lieutenant general flynn up and ruin his life. by the way, this is exhibit a of a corrupt bureaucracy that is a threat to everything we hold dear. our republic is now and i'm not

overstating this. we are facing a clear and present danger. america is at a tipping point. we have a very important election in 188 days. now to the credit of the attorney general united states bill barr, keeping these little crumbs here, there and everywhere and if you listen to what he is saying, oh, the president was spied on, canada spied on and other statements, this is not about writing a paper, meaning the durham investigation but this is about justice. it is all happening because the attorney general believes in the rule of law. by the way, have an fbi pan here and i have a cia pin here. why? for the 99% that do a great job and protect us every day. we must restore confidence in our law enforcement agency. premier agency in the world. the premier intelligence agency in the world. for the sake of our

constitution. for the sake of the 99% of people who bravely serve these institutions and protect us. thanks to the president and his attorney general bill barr, this deep state recognition is going on right before our eyes. it is sad to see, but at least people believe in the law. this is not how we should be treating a 33 year devoted veteran who loves his country and his son. this is not the last shoe to drop. >> right after the break, we will take it back to the day the doj announced it was dropping all charges against general flynn and later, my message for ed sullivan. that message straight ahead. ♪ we believe at newday usa we have a noble purpose.

we want to be known as america's mortgage company for veterans and active-duty service people. some of them are giving their lives right now, today, for the freedoms that we have here in this country. so for us, at newday to help those people at this point in time. it's a labor of love, it's a noble service, and that's what we're all about.

that actually makes you feel better, introducing tommie copper's shoulder centric support shirt, their biggest breakthrough yet. advanced engineering promotes healthy posture and relief for achy shoulders and back. visit tommiecopper.com to see the entire line of wearable wellness compression.

they have you covered from head to toe. - tommie supports my back and my life. - [narrator] go to tommiecopper.com right now and save 25%. life hurts, feel better. confident financial plans, calming financial plans, complete financial plans. they're all possible with a cfp® professional. find yours at letsmakeaplan.org.

they're all possible with a cfp® professional. to ewhether you'reting these uncaring for your. family at home or those at work, principal is by your side. we're working hard to answer your questions. like helping you understand what the recently passed economic package can mean for you. we're more than a financial company. we're a "together we can get through anything" company. now, more than ever. ♪

>> sean: now after a mountain of newly uncovered evidence showed that general flynn did nothing wrong, the doj agreed to drop its case. vindicated but despite the deep state, sadly continues to say, watch this. >> breaking tonight the department of justice and attorney general barr rightly drops all charges against lieutenant general michael flynn. that means soon nearly four year nightmare and ordeal will be over and only if the presiding federal judge edward sullivan agrees with the doj's motion. flynn was, we have told you for years and is an innocent man. he is an honorable man purity 33 year veteran who served this country with distinction but because of his support for president trump, he, like the president, and many other people around the president, they were subjected to years of total by a corrupt group of dirty cops

to quote joseph digenova. the first time he set on the show, dirty cops. all my families and law enforcement. that is not how we believe cops act and you know what it was only 1%. what happened to general flynn is just a tip of the iceberg. first, we have to address the foundation of this great republic. what is it, our constitution, liberty, justice, equal justice under the law, equal application of the laws. people who abuse power, who are corrupt my powers of tools misused, people with agendas, in this case what was an attempt at stopping donald trump from being president, and then undoing an election. in other words, they didn't like the choice of view, we the people, so they did everything in their power come a lot of corrupt things, illegal things, to take donald trump down. they tried ever since he was elected and even before he was elected appeared shortly after the doj's announcement, lieutenant general flynn he tweeted out this video of

his grandson. it reminds us that there are good people and that there is hope and that sometimes with good people in power, justice can and will prevail. > the united states of ameri. one nation under god. the visible with liberty and justice for all. [applause] >> sean: maybe you can teach joe biden how to say things, i don't know, because he got it right. good job. general flynn's grandson understands the core american principle better than some of these corrupt, bad actors who tried to persecute his grandfather. let's take a look at how we got here. let's start in early january, 2017 before president trump was sworn into office, the fbi determined flynn had done nothing wrong, nothing. in fact, cross fire, comey's

crossfire hurricane no evidence of collusion from anyone associated with donald trump, thanks to a recent document discovery, we learned by januaro derogatory material on flynn in the fbi's files. zero in the defense until agency's files. zero derogatory materials as it relates to material in the cia files. and we know that by january 4, 2017, the case against flynn was supposed to be closed beer that is until the fbi leadership on the infamous seventh floor got involved. that same date peter strzok said don't close out the case and then comes jim comey. a few weeks later, the trump administration, peter strzok asking "what is our goal, truth, admission, or to get general flynn to live? so then we can prosecute him and get him fired or get him fired?" those words should never come

out of anybody in the fbi ever! the goal should be justice and truth only peer that is not a question that he should have ever asked. the fact that he asked it and got answers is scary. that quote quite literally is the definition of a perjury trap. jim comey's fbi come all the means to an end. january 24th, mr. hyer loyalties hooper patriot himself jim comey directed his agents to ambush, general flynn at the white house and as he bragged about to take advantage of the chaos in the white house so we a administration and push aside all due process which would be going through the white house general counsel. in other words, comey comey disreputable right-hand man mccabe, you don't need a lawyer. that was a lie too. it was all set up. and comey sent them in.

idiotic, pompous that he bragged about, he bragged about the whole trick on camera. think about this. does this sound like a guy that has a higher loyalty to truth, honor, law enforcement, the constitution of the united states? because to me, he is the dirty cop that joe digenova warned us about. >> you look at the white house now and start to imagine to go fbi agents. how does that happen? >> i sent them. [laughter] something that i probably wouldn't have done or gotten away with in a more organized investigation, more organized administration. in the george w bush or the obama administration. both of those administrations there was process. so the fbi wanted to send agents into the white house itself to interview a senior official, you would work through the white house counsel and there would be discussions, approvals and it would be there.

i thought it is early enough, let's just send a couple of guys over. >> sean: you think that is funny, jim? really? a 33 year veteran of the country, jim, really? you don't need a lawyer? you are sending him in, setting him up and doing things to him you wouldn't do to anybody else? wow, using the logan act 1799 a law that nobody has been prosecuted under ever! to squeeze lieutenant general flynn. nobody ever found guilty of violating that obscure law since 1799. get this the agents who conducted the ambush, they didn't think that flynn was lying. we don't have the original 302 notes that peter strzok and lisa page talk about seemingly altering later on. because in search of a crime, you have people like peter strzok and paige doing the biddy of comey and mccabe and made significant revisions to 302 and in other words they change the interview notes and set them up again.

by the way, they invented a perjury trap to say you don't need a lawyer. what is our goal, we want him to lie or set them up for perjury so we get prosecuted? all the while, comey, rod rosenstein and others premeditated fraud on the fisa court. you have heard a lot of that from me over the years. despite hillary's bought and paid for dossier, even new york toilet paper times figured out it was likely russian disinformation from the beginning. yeah, she paid for russian interference. and they used it as the basis, the bulk of information on the fisa warrant applications. oh, by the way we learned a lot in the papers and we will get to that. and by the way, take away carter page's civil liberties and constitutional rights. in june 2017 well into the trump administration, mccabe, rosenstein signed off on the fisa foreign renewal. they knew months earlier it was

useless. they had debunked it and they knew it wasn't true. they knew the sub source after three interviews had said, steel, that is not accurate. august 2nd, 2017 acting ag rod rosenstein providing robert mueller with a letter detailing the scope of the investigation. that scope consisted of a few dozen faceless charges and a few allegations totally unrelated to collusion! the accusations against general flynn had previously been debunked by the fbi in early january. premeditated fraud on a fisa court. they were warned before october 2016 fisa application. we have in these papers, andrew mccabe admitting, i don't know -- he actually said i don't know if any of it is true. then he also said, without it, they would have never gotten this piece fisa application approved. guys like adam schiff had been hiding from we the people this time we found out today.

the mueller probe was always a political witch hunt, a hoax, a conspiracy against donald trump. this was an attempted coup to undo a duly elected president and take him down. and lie about it the whole way. that is why they turned the screws on flynn. i'm looking at the tweets by idiots like nadler today. the fbi didn't think he was lying but they threaten to put his son in jail after bankrupt and after he had to sell his house and he had no more money left at that point to pay the legal fees and they said they would lock up the guys son, where do i sign? like the great soldier he was, he dove onto the sword to protect his family. that is not lying. that is prosecutorial misconduct. that is abuse of power! that is corruption at the highest levels! today, the president referred to it as treason. take a look. >> he was targeted by the obama administration, and he was targeted in order to try to take

down the president. and what they have done is a disgrace. i hope a lot of people will pay a big price because they are dishonest, crooked people. they are scum and i say it a lot. they are humans gone. this should have never happen in this country. the obama administration justice department is a disgrace and they got caught. they got caught. very dishonest people, but much more than this, treason, it is treason. >> sean: what they did to general plan, papadopoulos, paul manafort, roger stone all a means to the and based on pony bought and paid for russian lights and they knew they were russian lies. they didn't care that they were on day 33 year veteran's life or his family's life, these bad actors, they wanted to undo your election, yours meaning we, the american people at all cost. naturally the mob and the media, they were cheering it on wrongly every step of the way. this is just the tip of the

iceberg. let's take a look. >> did flynn go rogue by the way when he spoke to russia? well. >> that would be a bigger scandal than almost anything we have ever seen in any other presidential administration. >> breaking news, abc news ryan ross is reporting michael flynn promised to the mueller team and is prepared to testify that as a candidate donald trump directed him to make contact with the russians! yes! [applause] >> the fact that michael flynn's guilty plea today and this makes this a historic day in d.c. >> the fact is michael flynn betrayed his country. >> michael flynn betrayed the nation. >> sean: michael flynn did nothing wrong! where are they apologies? where does he go to get his good name back? where does he go to get his house back? how does he get four years of his life back? because those idiots in the media mob, they have been lying,

smearing, this merging character assassinating everybody and anybody just in their psychotic rage against donald trump, like they are doing right now, like they do every day. washington compost, new york toilet paper times, fake news cnn, conspiracy tv msnbc carried the water for all the lies, conspiracy theories, every hoax, every bad actor, they published every deceptive light and leaks and lie to purposely mislead the american people every second, every minute, every hour of every day to bludgeon the president. you, we the people elected. not only is it a disservice to the country, they too must be held accountable. this is dangerous what they have done here! they got awfully close to succeeding on a mountain of allies that they perpetrated because they are too lazy and they are too corrupt to search for real truth. all of those so called news outlets missed the biggest abuse of power, corruption story they

had ever had in their lifetime. and they peddled conspiracy theories in the end. we on this program, we were searching for truth and justice. we went on our own path with our ensemble team. after a long wait, finally this is the beginning. justice is coming. senator grassley said the durham investigation into the investigators will likely result in prosecutions. jim comey, tick-tock, i hope you are worried tonight. your corruption has been laid bare for all to see. you, it will say that our friend joe digenova who may be on this program is my family and my mom was a prison guard. my dad was a probation officer. i had cousins who are called spirit there were two guys in my family who made it to the fbi. it was a reference for them unlike any other family member. anyway, tonight, comey sees himself as an american hero. he is so delusional on twitter, complaining about the doj seeking the truth and dropping its case against flynn. the doj has lost its way, but

career people police day. america needs you and the country is wanting honest competent people. the deep stators asking them to stick around to make a return. i don't think anyone on earth will be taking any advice from the disgraced, fired fbi director. soon, if there is justice, equal justice, equal application, well, jim i warned you a long time ago you have the right to remain silent and i suggest you use it. ♪ >> up next the coverage of clearly biased judge presiding in the case against lieutenant general michael flynn. stay with us has a special history each edition of continues. ♪ hi. uh, can you tell me how to get to i-70, please? o-okay, are you -- ah, yes. thank you. switch to progressive and you can save hundreds.

you know, like the sign says.

♪ >> lie from america's headquarters come i'm trace gallagher. a cooperative agreement with industry for personal protective equipment. u.s. officials are invoking a rarely used section of the defense production act. the provision allows the sharing of competitive information without violating antitrust regulations. the federal emergency management agency talked about the agreement today with private sector representatives. while the number of americans applying for unemployment benefits has risen to 39 million, almost 2.5 million applications filed last week

alone. that is ten times the number before the coronavirus pandemic. although weekly applications have been slowing for seven, straight weeks, still, when you look at numbers combined, the job market collapse remains unprecedented in its speed. if news breaks out, we will break in. i'm trace gallagher in los angeles. now back to sean hannity. ♪ >> sean: all right, welcome back to the special edition of "hannity." the do g agreed to drop the case against general flynn but the very same judge who once accused general plan of treason, judge emmet sullivan is clearly looking for ways to keep flynn's persecution alive. a sad travesty of justice. take a look. >> in the case of general flynn, a federal judge is now taking a clearly political stand and instead of signing off on the doj's request to drop all charges, we have judge emmet sullivan a retired judge to argue against the government's

motion. both sides when it dismissed based on the new evidence but not judge sullivan. no doubt so live and we have seen his bias. keep in mind he once insinuated a war hero 33-year-old veteran, general flynn guilty and open treason. he accused of betraying his country. a disgusting, unforgivable comment by judge sullivan and by the way, mr. sullivan, what part of general flynn being ambushed and set up by mccabe and call comey don't you understand? what part of prosecutors threatening his son if you don't do what they want, what part of that don't you get? what part of legal bills forcing flynn to go bankrupt do you not understand and selling a home? the doj wants all charges dropped with all the new evidence exposed on the evidence for two weeks and both sides want to rightly end the case. judge sullivan, q also said there was no brady material withheld. you were wrong again, judge. you botch this from day one and

you had a bias of day one. your reek of ignorance and political bias. so judge sullivan, you and you alone from this day forward are responsible for continuing what has been a travesty of justice that destroyed four years of an american hero's life. it is time for a new venue and a new judge and someone unlike you that doesn't have political bias. here in al news contributor sara carter, fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett. sara march 2017 i said to you, i said to john so limited, don't stop keep peeling the onion's there's a lot more to this. we have learned an awful lot since then. >> we have, sean, and we also learned how expensive it was and how frightening. i think you were so right in your opening monologue to point out how this has trampled the fourth amendment of our constitution. unreasonable search and seizure. you have to ask yourself this one question when you look at the list of obama officials beyond john brennan,

james clapper, for example mike neufeld with the u.s. treasury, he was working intelligence on iran. when he asked for unmasking on michael flynn, you have to ask yourself, okay, what was he looking for? what was he trying to find? when you think of samantha power, the leak to "the washington post," and the fact they had told david in nations they were looking at a logan act violation and it went sideways from that and rebuild highly classified information which was very legitimate and he was allowed to have. michael flynn with ambassador russian. you have to ask yourself how long had the obama officials been doing this? and that needs to be the biggest part of the concern for john durham. that is exactly what he will be looking at. how extensive were the the unmaskings? we only know this by sheer accident and by sheer coincidence that we were able to find this out. had president trump not won the election, we would never be the wiser and this is how that

administration and those people within that administration would have operated. i'm sure there's a lot more people that were unmasked other than general michael flynn. >> sean: oh, this is just the tip of the iceberg. gregg jarrett, let's talk about the legality in play here in the judge. >> judge emmet sullivan, as i wrote in a column today, he is either taking leave or he is exhibiting outrageous political bias. i think it is a bit of both. we learned late last week through suddenly released documents that this, flynn was a victim of false accusations in a wrongful prosecution by unprincipled, overzealous prosecutors from bob mueller's office. and, you know the department of justice finally came to their senses and said wait a minute. this case should have never been prosecuted. it was fraudulent to begin with

and we will drop the charges. so live and doesn't want to do that. he has invited people with an agenda, former watergate prosecutors to come into the courtroom and tell them what to think and how to rule, which is ridiculous. and now, he has appointed a retired judge to come in there and invent a new crime with a charge for michael flynn, perjury for trying to withdraw his guilty plea. this is a clown show. sullivan is the head clown. he should recuse himself and frankly, he has no business being on a federal bench. >> sean: we will continue to follow it. there is a lot of legal issues. great work both of you. meet me in "the new york times" and the pulitzers considering you guys are right and not them. they were wrong. they got pulitzers for a host. ♪ >> more of this special edition of "hannity" after

the break. ♪

♪ >> sean: unfortunately, that's all the time we have left this evening for this special history edition of hannity, we hope you set your dvr. if you can preorder your copy of my brand-new book, in just 166 days, this election, this nation, this great democratic republic is hanging in the balance. live free or die, america and the world on the brink. i hope you take a look at it, a

definitive case against what the radical socialist democrats and their associates in the media mob want for the country. in the meantime, let not your heart be troubled, laura ingraham is next. ♪ >> laura: i'm laura ingraham, in this is a "the ingraham angle" live washington tonight. why houses of worship now find themselves continuous targets of blue state governors. a baltimore pastor tore up a cease and desist letter mid-sermon wednesday night and he's going to join us exclusively to tell us why. also tonight, why the restarting of sports at both the professional and the scholastic level is so important for our national psyche to reopen the country. one of the world's best orthopedic