steele used that tip from michael sussman to claim there was a secret communication between the 2016mp campaign and a russian bank that had ties to russian president putin. there's also rising speculation that recently unearthed evidence will prove that lieutenant general michael flynn was set up, even framed by the corrupt fbi agents who withheld exculpatory material. and joining us tonight is general flynn's attorney, sidney powell. she's also a former federal prosecutor, author of the new book "conviction machine: standing up to federal prosecutorial abuse," available everywhere, we recommend it highly. sidney, great to have you with us. straightforwardly, did the government and, most specifically, the fbi officials and justice department officials under the obama administration, did they frame general flynn? >> yes, sir, they did. there's no doubt about it. august 15, strzok and page texted each other about the insurance policy they discussed in mccabe's office. the very next day they opened the, quote, investigation, end quote, on general flynn. and the day after that as we just