the kislyak-flynn call was on december 29th, 2016. comey starts talking about it with senior white house officials almost right away. sally yates does not -- the attorney general of the united states does not find out about this until january 5th. she is sitting there. this would be the conversation to susan rice wrote the memo about, she is sitting there and president obama is talking to comey about the flynn-kislyak cause and what they are going to do. sally yates hasn'tat even been told about this. they are talking about the logan act and sally yates doesn't know what they are talking about. i mean, first, jim comey played every body in the incoming and outgoing administration like a fiddle and he particularly played sally yates, and i think there were many reasons for it. >> laura: you move forward a few days later to the interview with flynn. and sally yates' involvement in that, did you know about it? that she directed? how did that stem from that january 5th conversation? sol, all those questions remain. >> keep in mind that sh

the dates of those requests lineup most closely with the kislyak transcript.could be that was exactly what he was looking for. we spend time on this program talking about susan rice's by the book memo which she wrote literally as president trump was being inaugurated, it was one of the last emails she wrote saying everything had been done by the book but you make a very interesting observation about what else she said in that email in your column. she wrote "from a national security perspective, however, president obama says he wants to be sure that as we engage with the incoming team, we are mindful to ascertain if there's any reason we cannot share information fully as it relates to russia. "so she was saying president obama wants to make sure we can be open with them about our discussions with russia. >> as you say, this memo is written on january 20th, it's talking about the meeting on january 5th, but there's clearly a plan not to share information with the new president. that to me is an acknowledgment that there is a deep state somewhere that has this i

kislyak response "we have conveyed it." flynn says "depending on what actions they take over the current issue of the cyber stuff, you know, they are going to dismiss a number of russians out of the country. i understand all that and i understand that you know the information they have in all of that but i would ask russia if not to do anything because i know if you have some sort of action to only make it reciprocal. make it reciprocal. do not make it go any further than you have to because i do not want to get us instant that has to escalate on a tit for tat. do you follow me, ambassador? kislyak response "i understand what you're saying but you might appreciate the sentiments reading right now in moscow." this all comes as michael flynn's fate hangs in the balance. the attorney general has asked to drop the separate criminal case against flynn. a judge has not yet agreed and it still playing out in the courts. we are still to digesting these transcripts. it's about 25 pages. all of them are posted on foxnews.com. bret. >

on moscow was on january 12th the washington post reported flynn's multiple calls to kislyak and asked to discuss sanctions with the russian ambassador. january 13th officials for the incoming trump administration denied flynn discussed sanctions. january 15th mike pence went on the sunday shows with the same denial. >> i talked to generals and yesterday in the conversations that took place at that time were not in any way related to new us sanctions against russia or the expulsion of diplomats. >> reporter: and we 20 fourth agents met with flynn in the white house to question kislyak calls, something james comey says should have gone to the white house counsel office. >> i probably wouldn't have done or gotten away with it in a more organized investigation or administration. the george w. bush administration for example or obama administration and it is early enough, let's and a couple guys over. >> flynn depleted guilty to lying to the fbi about discussing russian sanctions in those calls. it is important to remember he was fired by donald trump for lying to mike pence about the call

he also adds he has no indication thus far that flynn has past classified information to kislyak." senator brown johnson out of the republicans are questioning why the email was classified as top-secret in the first place. take a listen. >> i have to admit, the first thought when i read that classified email was, "why in the world was that ever declassified?" this needs to be dug into further. we need to do further investigation. >> familiar with the classification practices, they say it reveals that russian investor sergey kislyak was under surveillance by the obama administration. a fact the u.s. intelligence community always keeps under wraps in the interest of national security. we are learning the reason susan rice wrote this email to herself and emailed it to herself was because the white house counsel's office at that time asked her to do so. we dug in, we've looked at this. fox news confirms this is actually the case. the white house counsel at that time, eggleston, and all the editorial question for us becomes wide of the white house counsel office direct susan rice to doc

within hours, reporters were yelling about flynn and kislyak in the white house briefing room and that the beginning of it all. three full years of hysterics over russia followed from there. lost in the noise and the gesticulating for several vital questions. how exactly did "the washington post" know who mike flynn was talking to on the phone? where did the details of his conversation come from? in the logan act of 1799? who came up with that? these are not small questions. government agencies clearly had been spying on the incoming national security advisor. that is unethical and it's scary, it's a terrible precedent. leaking details of those calls for political effect is a straightforward felony. during the obama administration, several government employees went to prison for leaking. we interviewed one of them on the show repeatedly. in the case of mike flynn, no one has ever been punished, and we still don't know who did it, but tonight we are getting warmer. earlier today, senators ron johnson and chuck grassley released a list they received from ric grenell, the acting director

why were they making them back mid-december with kislyak? what was going on that prompted the unmasking requests? the earlier unmasking requests came from samantha power herself, november 20th 2016, that was ten days after trump named polin as national security advisor. why do some many early unmasking requests? answers to questions like that are still outstanding. and perhaps john durham will uncover those answers. we have our own theory. in the meantime, what is clear in the effort to unmask flynn was done in an act, or i should say acts of pure political calculation and malice. and then leaked to the price for those same reasons. americans better start asking for accountability and start themselves getting a little curious about how many of these same folks would find themselves once again serving the public interests in the biden administration? joining me now is alan dershowitz, harvard law professor emeritus and author of "guilt by accusation." also with me is john eastman, senior fellow of the claremont institute and constitutional sc

and finally, the release of those flame-kislyak phone calls. 's transcripts were, indeed, dropped late today. we will be joined by k.t. mcfarland, work our way through them, find out what was in these phone calls that triggered spying in bill barr's words, trump campaign. and why? we are going to take a look at what they say, i think he'll be quite interested. but first tonight, a story that make america weep. as we brace for another nightfall in minneapolis, where a mandatory curfew is about to go into effect. the former police officer who was captured on video pinning a handcuffed george floyd to the ground, tonight, is behind bars. >> i can't breathe. please. please. >> martha: please let me stand. that was all george floyd was asking that officer to do. please, just let me stand while i'm handcuffed. how is it possible that their child then, after all of the red flags that we now know about from other crime scenes, was allowed to keep layer wearing the badge of the city of minneapolis. we will talk about that tonight. then, there is this la

said that there was no evidence that michael flynn had shared anything classified with ambassador kislyaker words, flynn had done nothing wrong. but comey didn't care. he said that he had concerns, utterly subjective concerns at the incoming national security adviser of the united states was speaking to the ambassador of ar major power. that was "unusual" according to jim clement jim comey. in other words, a man who was never elected to anything decided that he can withhold information from the new democratically elected government.at he could deny them access to intelligence with no evidence whatsoever of actual crimes. how is that for subvertinger democracy? this new document confirms what has been obvious for a very long time. the entire russia collusion story was, perhaps history's largest example of political projection. the trump campaign never sabotaged democracy. they were the result of democracy. a guy running a reality show on nbc in 20 minutes later he is the president. that's democracy. jim comey and the obama administration had no respect for democracy. they were threatened b

rice writing some concerns speaking frequently with russian ambassador kislyak, comey said that could be an issue as relates to sharing sensitive information. president obama asks that the nsc should not pass information related to russia to flynn, rice added comey replied he had no indication he would have the information to the app ambassador. as you can imagine donald trump reacting the latest development. >> reporter: what the democrats did in a dirty cops, the dirty cops, they were crooked, bad people. they broke the law. what they have done to general flynn should never happen. what they have done to the presidency, what they have done to this country can never be about to happen again to our country. >> reporter: the to declassify the latest action by rick brunel who rejected the notion that this is in any way political. >> that is what they are shooting for. information that is not politicized by politicians in any way on any side of the aisle. >> reporter: a statement says, quote, now discussion of law enforcement matters or investigations took place despite accusations to th

push against it with flynn calling and lobbying the russian ambassador to the united states, sergey kislyakhe also recalled kislyak several times at the end of december as the obama administration put new sanctions on moscow. on january 12, "the washington post" reported multiple calls with kislyak and asked if he discussed distinctions with the russian and basilar. january 13, officials for the upcoming trump administration denied flynn discussed distinctions. january 15th, vice president-elect mike pence went on the sunday shows with the same denial. >> i talked to general flynn yesterday, and the conversations that took place at that time were not in any way related to new u.s. sanctions. against russia or the expulsion of diplomats. speak on january 24th, fbi agents met with flynn in the white house to question him about the calls. something james comey says should have gone through the white house counsel office. >> i probably would not have done or gotten away with in a more organized investigation. a more organized administration in the george w. bush administration for example or th

sergey kislyak. a senior intelligence official telling fox news that key documents offer "a very significant understanding of how intelligence was manipulated to support and launch the russian investigation. we are told it was widespread and reporting. and mr. grenell would soon be taking a senior role in the trump reelection campaign. refuted by both grenell and the campaign on twitter as "fake news." also tonight, former vice president and presented nominee joe biden has changed his twitter avatar. it is a photo of him wearing a mask. that from the visit to the cemetery yesterday, which was hillary by some, because as you know, biden has been quarantined for two months, and standing outside during that ceremony, but what made it noteworthy was the fact that the president retweeted brit hume's comment which said this might help explain why trump does not like to wear a mask in public. so there is that. and finally i want to share this with you, responding to senator chuck grassley, the republican fr

rice wrote this comey said he has concerns about speaking frequently with russian ambassador kislyak, comey said that is an issue related to sensitive information, president obama asked if he was saying the nsc should not pass information related to russia to flynn, rices comey replied potentially. at the white house donald trump had this reaction. >> what the democrats did, dirty cops, they were crooked bad people. they broke the law. what they have done to general flynn should never happen. what they've done to the presidency in this country can never be allowed to happen again to our country. rob: the move complying with a request from senator ron johnson projected the notion that this was in any way political. >> that is what they are shooting for. information that is not politicized by politicians on any side of the aisle. >> reporter: a representative issued a statement saying ambassador rice did not alter the way she briefed michael flynn on russia as a result of the response. in the flynn case sydney powers asking a federal appeals court to order judge sullivan to immediately

and newly declassified transcript of calls between michael flynn and then russian ambassador sergey kislyak, not the only thing declassified. will the dni release the documents and if so when. welcome to fox news at night. we begin with reports on what is next for those flynn calls. >> it was highly anticipated and to hear some to let it could shake the foundations of the flynn case and the russia probe. we are talking about if the director of national intelligence john radcliffe decides to make the files public amid a major trove of documents declassified by richard grenell for the transcript of that december of 2016 phone call between national security adviser michael flynn and former russian ambassador to the us sergey kislyak. a senior intelligence official saying key documents offer, quote, a very significant understanding of how intelligence was manipulated to support the launch of the russia investigation. we are told there was widespread and false reporting, that mister grenell would take a senior role in the trump reelection campaign. reports refuted by grenell in the campaign on t

by saying he had learned of the information about flynn quote unquote, c and his conversation with kislyak sanctions obama spes fid he didn't want additional information on matter but seeking informs whether white house treating flynn any differently girch the information. people haveou said that means kp information from flynn.he ty say that means, treat the information differently. yes. exactly what they did. i'll be right back. they will, but with accident forgiveness allstate won't raise your rates just because of an accident, even if it's your fault. cut! sonny. was that good? line! the desert never lies. isn't that what i said? no you were talking about allstate and insurance. i just... when i... let's try again. everybody back to one. accident forgiveness from allstate. click or call for a quote today. accident forgiveness from allstate. if you have a garden you know, weeds are low down little scoundrels. draw the line with roundup. the sure shot wand extends with a protective shield to target weeds precisely and kill them right down to the root. roundup brand. trusted for over 40 y

flynn -- plan to question michael flynn over those conversations he had with the russian ambassador, kislyak thought you asked me whether or not i had anything to do with him being prosecuted, i'm sorry. i was aware that there was, that they had asked for an investigation, but that's all i know about it and i don't think anything else. lou: all he knows about it, and he doesn't think anything else. well, it turns out there's quite a lot of something else. indeed, his request for the unmasking of general flynn. if the request of the -- the request of the obama chief of staff dennis mcdonough made on january 5th, that's the same date that president obama and vice president biden were meeting with justice department's sally yates, national security adviser susan rice, the director of national intelligence, james clapper, fbi director james comey and cia director john brennan, as i said, in the oval office. it was after that meeting that yates was asked about general flynn's contacts with the russian ambassador by president obama himself. i -- a request so shocking to yates that she was, quote,

kislyak, i want the original 302.strzok and pientka try to set up mike flynn, there are the initial 302 notes of that interview, and then it was changed by peter strzok. i want to see the kislyak-flynn conversation, the original 302, and then i wanted to see the one written and amended by peter strzok. we have asked to get access to that as well from christopher wray, the 3020s, we've also asked to make sure we get a chance to interview mr. by credibility ca at some time. hopefully, we'll be able to get that information. pientka. lou: congressman, great to have you with us. very quickly, we're out of time, but does the vote fail or pass on the fisa reauthorization tonight? >> i think it's going to lose. the vast majority of of us republicans are going to oppose it, and i think it's going to be tough. the other interesting thing i think there are 70 some democrats, lou, who aren't even showing up. they're mailing in to vote. they're phoning it in to a colleague via proxy, so it'll be interesting to see how it all shake

between former trump national security adviser michael flynn and former russian ambassador sergey kislyak. judicial watch's tom fitton is with us tonight. he will be with us for an extended period tonight. we'll be discussing, among other things, what the two men said in those calls now released to congress and to the public. the other top story of this evening, the local politicians in the city of minneapolis who are finally, finally reacting to the outrage of a citizen murdered and caught on video and a local political community that did nothing for days. murder and manslaughter charges today filed against fired police officer derek chauvin for the memorial day death of george floyd. we take all of this up here this evening, what turned into three days of violent demonstrations, looting and arson that ultimately, ultimately seemed necessary to convince the mayor of minneapolis who tried to blame everyone but himself for the, for the days of violence and the local district attorney who initially said there wasn't enough evidence when so clearly to all of america there certainly was clear

is now in the process of declassifying exactly what was said on this phone calls between flynn and kislyak, and all sides are calling for it. in moments, we talk to trey gowdy, house oversight committee chairman when many of these issues were being probed by congress, but we began with bloomberg columnist eli lake, great story, very interesting, cogent read on what happened to michael flynn. having dug into this, why do you surmise, in the end, they went after flynn? that they felt he was sort of a vulnerable person or pegged to take out the jingo tower of this campaign. >> some have speculated that mike flynn was the only person in trump's inner circle that would have the experience and the intelligence community to know about the fbi's investigation into trump-russia collusion. and to be able to sort of get to the bottom of it, and would have the authority as national security advisor to do just that. but i also think that there was a sense that donald trump, as well as michael flynn, were too willing to pursue a recess, if you will, with russia, after russia's interference in the 2016 e

and kislyak knows that we all know it?> flynn knows it flynn gets unmasked and that's gets "the washington post" david ignatius. anything wrong so far? >> nothing wrongs. this is the thing, brian. this is what drives you crazy about president obama pontificating about the rule of law. one of the last official acts that obama did was to pardon an saln terrorist to spring him from federal prison. so in obama's world it's okay to obstruct the fast and furious investigation in which an american agent died because of the way the justice department and its agencies ran that investigation. it's okay to obstruct the irs abuse of americans who were trying to marshall themselves together for purposes of the election in 2012 against obama. and you spring a convicted terrorist but tough press ahead with the case against a decorated american combat veteran against whom they don't have a case. brian: amazing. andy, let me roll in where president obama said friday on his alumni call that it leaked to yahoo. listen. >> that's the kind of

kiss lee 5: kislyak.ng obama administration levelled sanctions on the russian government for their interference in the 2016 election and the question was it appeared to the justice department, the obama justice department that essentially was michael flynn back channeling with the russians and signalling hey, don't worry about those sanctions because the russians never put out a statement and didn't do a -- and that's what raised alarm bells. didn't do sort of oh, you're sanctioning us, we'll sanction you. that didn't happen. so that's where all of this came about on what that was about. we have pete williams with us now. so, pete, i read your report here. the amazing thing is the justice department saying even if he did lie to the fbi, it doesn't matter. so walk us through how this works and what is missing here. he plead and cooperated. what about the cooperation? >> well, that part is broken out. that is michael flynn is seeking to withdraw his guilt plea. that motion -- >> hang on there, pete williams

then saying, you know, he had concerns because of the number of contacts that flynn was having with kislyak was the number of communications that they viewed as being unusual. now, there was no evidence at the time -- and memorialized at the time in this email -- that they had thought michael flynn had shared any classified information with the russian ambassador, but it was something that they were concerned about. but in the end, they didn't restrict any flow of information from the obama administration to the incoming administration, you know, as susan rice detailed, that she did provide with him numerous debriefings over a 12-hour period, john. >> kara scannell, greg bower, appreciate the fact-check there, the insights, if you will, but this conversation will continue. i'm sure we'll be at it again. thank you both very much. >>> just as students in south korea head back to class today, dozens of schools now telling students, wait a minute, stay home. l delivery ♪ (vo)for just $100 a month. switch to sprint and get four lines of unlimited plus we're throwing in four samsung galaxy phones

brian: she wants all the kislyak/flynn documents out. all the transcripts out. i would like to see that, too. all states are officially on the road toward fully reopening in this country. connecticut the final state to ease restrictions. they are allowed to outdoor dine. retailers can get back in business today. those are some major leaps. ainsley: delaware and kentucky also easing restrictions on shopping in their states as new jersey allows in person, car, motorcycle and bike sales to resume. steve: great. ainsley: that's your state, steve. signs executive order blocking red tape for our economic recovery. listen. >> i'm also instructing agencies to use the emergency authorities to speed up regulation cuts or new rules that will create jobs and prosperity and get rid of unnecessary rules and regulations. steve: meanwhile, relief is also on the way for america's food supply. the president approved a $19 billion package which includes direct payment to farmers who have been so impacted by the coronavirus and before that, of course, they were impacted by the trad

release or not to release the transcripts of the phone calls between general flynn and ambassador kislyak. kt mcfarland was there at the time in the west wing and she will be here tonight. also tonight the president of purdue university mitch daniel. on why he says that he would be failing in his duty as the campus president if he did not reopen this fall. we begin tonight with white house trade advisor peter navarro who joins us from the white house. great to have you with us. given what you are seeing, do you believe that the bottom has been reached? >> without question. remember that we stopped the car, we put the brakes on and did that to save lives. we did learned a lot through that experience and this economy is blossoming back up, and we think you will see the next few months a lot of good things happening. my focus is on making sure a lot of the new jobs that get creative are the ones in manufacturing because those are the ones that ultimately propel us through this crisis. >> martha: i do want to talk to about that because it's something that is so much on the minds of americans

comey, they had the flynn transcript of the call with kislyak.echelon of the white house, obama's inner circle on it and obama himself knew from what susan rice and sally yates said. to they were all discussing flynn -- so they were all discussing flynn in particular and then, of course, the steele dossier because comey went from that meeting to the trump tower the next day to brief the president only on the salacious aspects of the dossier to exploit it all with cnn and buzzfeed and start running with the entire dossier hoax. lou: which worked because buzzfeed then became the first media outlet to publish the dossier in perfect, in perfect complicity with the obama add administration's -- administration's efforts to subvert and to try to overthrow the trump administration. don't you think? >> yes. and then it was only a few days after that at the passing or after the passing of the baton ceremony that clapper calls david ignatius and tells him to pull the trigger, write the story or whatever triggering the logan act bologna against general flynn

in the memo, and furthermore, she wishes that all the transcripts of the overheard conversation, kislyak flynn can be released implying there was release a special stuff in there. if it is, i will believe it when i see it. it's been with the press has treated this like a nonstory and in fact criticize this channel for even covering it. i wonder in the next administration or two administrations down the road, if the director of the fbi or cia or the head of national intelligence working independently and against the administration. does that seem like a story to them, do you think? >> of course it would. and this is a story. look we've been criticized at fox news for covering this story. new revelations in the flynn case and of course, we have a motion today filed to have the judge removed from the case and so on. this is a big story. and the irregularities in the handling of the whole russian investigation was a big story. and the journals don't want to hear about the irregularities because they bought the whole package. they went along and pursued this and engaged in this headlong pursu

what he was contacting kislyak about was to basically say don't do anything.was under mining the position of the u.s. government which should be speaking with one voice. >> happens all the time. one administration trying to make up for what the last one was doing. having a better relationship. and by the way these people lie all the time. that's why people are so fed up and picked an agent for the cause like the president to be disruptive. people lie in politics. it's in the always a crime. >> i purr back this happens all the time. it maybe incoming administrations have a different position than the previous. they will typically coordinate with the administration in power. in order to make sure that everything is on up and up. typically not having secret conversations and fot lying to federal investigators acting in the interest of the united states about it. let's remember he was acting as a foreign agent for turkey. that's something else that he pleaded guilty to. that is by the way a crime to be an undisclosed foreign agent and when you take on a position o

fox news that rice's email was top-secret because it revealed that russian investor kitambassador kislyak -- ambassr rice to document that office mike meeting. and previous administrations tell us this type of request is certainly unusual but it is not unprecedented. >> bret: jillian, thank you. secretary of state mike pompeo is adamantly denying that he recommended firing the state departments independent watchdog in retaliation for investigations into pompeo's conduct. the state department correspondent rich edson has been looking at this and has latest honey. >> good evening. secretary of state mike pompeo denies try to derail investigations by having president trump fire the state department inspector general steve linick. instead, pompeo says he should have tried to push steve linick out even earlier. >> there are claims that this was for retaliation for some investigation that the inspector general's office here was engaged in. patently false. no sense of what investigations were taking place inside of the inspector general's office. >> pompeo acknowledges one exception. earlier thi

everyone in that meeting knows that flynn and kislyak are talking.at what exactly the conversation is about. this suggests that one week later, this leaked to "the washington post," and that the crime. >> tucker: i'm a bit confused by what we learned yesterday. the susan rice email to herself minutes before inaugurationn in january 2017, we've seen that for a while but we didn't see that one redacted paragraph in which she quotes jim comey saying he may withhold information from the incoming administration. why did we not see that until yesterday, do we know? >> because it suggests and tells you basically that they were listening in on that call and let michael flynn was on the other side of it, and that they were concerned about passing secret information to the incoming national security advisor. >> tucker: it's unbelievable. >> it's pretty unprecedented. i think we have more to learn, tucker, and i think we are going to learn more in the coming weeks as we get more of these little bits and pieces but in the meantime, michael flynn and his case is

same memo reflects, general flynn does know this, they had transcripts of his conversations with kislyak. they didn't need to talk to him about those at all. they knew exactly what he had said. elizabeth: you know, by the way, michael flynn shared a video of the american flag. he tweeted out a video of the flag waving in the wind shortly after this news broke. the notes also show fbi officials, by the notes appear to have the initials of william free step, the head of fbi county intelligence division and deputy director andrew mccabe. among caib called flynn said you will meet with peter strzok and another fbi official. that peter strzok and lisa page were debating when to apprise michael flynn of so-called miranda rights under 10. what was your reaction when you saw that in the document? >> i was expecting that also because i already knew from prior disclosures they had decided not to even mention a section 1001 violation to him, much less warn him of his legal rights to remain silent. full miranda warnings were not contemplated given miranda warnings. the most they were considering doi

so what he was contacting kislyak about was to basically say don't do anything.it was undermining the position of the u.s. government, should be speaking with one voice. >> it happens all the time, asha, one administration trying to make up for what the last one was doing, have a better relationship, have a new relationship. and by the way, these people lie all the time. that's why people are so fed up and picked an agent for the cause like the president to be disruptive. people lie in politics. it's not always a crime. >> well, i'd push back, chris, that this happens all the time. it may very well be that incoming administrations have a different position than the previous one, but they will typically coordinate with the administration that's in power in order to, you know, make sure that everything is on the up and up. they're typically not having secret conversations, and they're definitely not lying to federal investigators who are acting in the interests of the united states about it. but let's also remember that he was acting as a foreign agent for turkey.

plans to question michael flynn over those conversations he had with the russian ambassador kiss kislyak. >> i thought you asked me if there is anything to do with him beinghe prosecuted. that's all i know about it. >> sean: that's all i know? joe is lying. because joel unmasked flynn himself and biden might want to start thinking about getting his story straight,st if he's capab. in an interview withvi maria bartiromo, it's a good interview on the fox business channel, take a look a look. >> they went after general flynn. they wanted him to lie about me, make up a story. with few exceptions, nobody did that. i watch k.t. mcfarland the otheran day. i watched where she was, knock, knock, fbi. they are the fbi, okay. this was all obama. this was all biden. these people were corrupt. the whole thing was corrupt. and we caught them. we caught them. and what you saw just now, i watched biden yesterday, could barely speak. he was on "good morning america." said he didn't know anything aboutt it. gets released right after he said that, gets released that he was one of the unmaskers meaning he k

transition between general michael flynn and the former russian ambassador to the united states, sergei kislyak. these are transcripts that led eventually to flynn having that interview with the fbi at which the fbi said he lied and now we have information that suggests that the fbi was out to get him. so now there's petition by the doj to vacate the guilty plea that michael flynn entered. it's up to john ratcliffe to facilitate the release of those. we don't know if he will do it or not. the last time we saw declassification, which was the members of the obama administration who asked for the unmasking of general flynn's name. how that happened is ric grenell sent those names to republican senators that facilitated the release to the public. kayleigh mcenanyhas more. >> i haven't spoken with him. this president has released -- not the president but this president has overseen the american people a lot of information they're entitled to see. one of the things the president asked for, the 302s. the summaries of the interview with michael flynn. >> in the absence of the 302s, would you encourage

wiretalk abouted conversations between -- wire tapessed conversations between michael flynn and sergey kislyakt could implicate former president obama and the deep state and radical dem' efforts to bring down president trump. former president obama's knowledge and his role and in his administration's investigations of the trump campaign have long been a central curiosity. they are now quickly becoming large questions. and today president trump said this about his predecessor. >> there's more to come, from what i understand, and they're going to be far greater than what you've seen so far, and what you've seen so far is incredible especially as it relates to president obama. if anyone thinks that he and sleepy joe biden didn't know what was going on, they have another thing coming. lou: president trump teeing up possibly what could be the release of even more documents that would shed light on the doj, fbi and and perhaps other members of the conspiracy to overthrow president trump. two sources tell fox that anytime between now and early next week the acting director of intelligence, richard gr

nor did they need to know whether flynn had spoken with ambassador kislyak, they knew for a fact he hadbecause they were listening at the time, they had a word for word transcript of the call. in other words, brennan van greco was lying in his filing. this is not only of importance to you and donald trump, people who work for him or those who voted. this is important to every american, because things fall apart quickly when high-level officials do things like this for political reasons. look around. do you know anybody who trust the government anymore? there is a reason for that. and it is not good. it is things like this. and by the way, such as democrats you should blame for the corrosion of our public life. the vast majority of the russia collusion, in fact the testimony we just heard occurred during the first two years of this administration. who ran the government then? at the times republicans controlled both houses of congress and committee by definition. they had the power to expose this hoax and to shut it down, but they did not. we can only speculate as to why they did not, in

he does have some concerns that incoming nsa flynn is speaking frequently with russian ambassador kislyak. he said that could be an issue as it relates to sharing sensitive information. president obama asked if he was saying that the nfc should not have sensitive information that's related to russia onto flynn. jim comey replied potentially. he added that he has no indication thus far that he has passed classified information, but noted that the level of communication is unusual. all of that documented by susan rice in an email she wrote to herself right around the time that president trump was to be inaugurated on 2017. so joining me now, senator ron johnson, governmental affairs committee senator, good to see you this evening. what do you see in that email, what troubles you when that part that was just released today? >> the first thought when i read that declassified email was why in the world was that ever classified? my next thought really went to the point you were making here, we did not witness what america has become so famous for, a peaceful, cooperative, well wishing transitio