On 10 July, the White House said in a statement that the president commuted the sentence of his former campaign advisor Roger Stone, who was was found guilty of seven counts of obstructing justice and other charges in relation to a so-called ‘Russiagate’ probe and sentenced to 40 months in prison, a term he would have been serving since 14 July. On 17 August, Donald Trump said he would pardon a “very, very important” person the next day, but not ex-National Security Agency employee Edward Snowden or former national security adviser Michael Flynn. “Doing a pardon tomorrow on someone who is very, […]
Flynn case
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Acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell has announced he’s working to declassify transcripts of phone calls between former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Russian ambassador to the UN Sergey Kislyak. Grenell revealed his plans in an exchange on Twitter with Democratic lawmaker Eric Swalwell, related to a request from House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff for transcripts of the calls between Flynn and Kislyak. Schiff, also a Democrat, requested the transcripts as well as records related to 39 “unmasking” requests Obama administration officials made for intelligence reports mentioning Flynn, after the list was declassified and released 13th May. “Those […]