pamelagellerreport--2020-05-09--HIGH TREASON: Obama, Biden Oval Office Meeting On January 5 Was Key To Entire Anti-Trump Operation

Information released in the Justice Department ’ s motion to dismiss the case it brought against Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn confirms the significance of a January 5 , 2017 , meeting at the Obama White House .
It was at this meeting that Obama gave guidance to key officials who would be tasked with protecting his administration ’ s utilization of secretly funded Clinton campaign research , which alleged Trump was involved in a treasonous plot to collude with Russia , from being discovered or stopped by the incoming administration .
“ President Obama said he wants to be sure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incoming team , we are mindful to ascertain if there is any reason that we can not share information fully as it relates to Russia , ” National Security Advisor Susan Rice wrote in an unusual email to herself about the meeting that was also attended by Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates , FBI Director James Comey , and Vice President Joe Biden .
A clearer picture is emerging of the drastic steps that were taken to accomplish Obama ’ s goal in the following weeks and months .
Shortly thereafter , high-level @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a supposed Russia-Trump conspiracy theory , the incoming National Security Advisor was ambushed , and the incoming Attorney General was forced to recuse himself from oversight of investigations of President Trump .
At each major point in the operation , explosive media leaks were a key strategy in the operation to take down Trump .
Not only was information on Russia not fully shared with the incoming Trump team , as Obama directs , the leaks and ambushes made the transition chaotic , scared quality individuals away from working in the administration , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ materially damaged national security .
When Comey was finally fired on May 9 , in part for his duplicitousness regarding his handling of the Russia collusion theory , he orchestrated the launch of a Special Counsel probe that continued his efforts for another two years .
That probe ended with Mueller finding no evidence of any American colluding with Russia to steal the 2016 election , much less Trump or anyone connected to him .
An analysis of the timeline from early 2017 shows a clear pattern of behavior from the federal officials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign .
It also shows how essential media leaks were to their strategy to sideline key law enforcement and intelligence officials and cripple the ability of the incoming Trump administration to run the country .
Here ’ s a timeline of the key moments and news articles of the efforts , per Obama ’ s direction , to prevent the Trump administration from learning about the FBI ’ s operation against it .
January 4 : Following the closure of a pretextually dubious and politically motivated FBI investigation of Flynn at the beginning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FBI scrambled to reopen a case against Flynn , the man who in his role as National Security Advisor would have to review their Russia collusion investigation .
FBI officials openly discussed their concern about briefing the veteran intelligence official on what they had done to the Trump campaign and transition team and what they were planning to do to the incoming Trump administration .
Flynn had to be dealt with .
The FBI ’ s top counterintelligence official would later memorialize discussions about the FBI ’ s attempts to “ get [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ needed , they determined , when they discovered they had failed to close the previous investigation .
They found this mistake “ amazing ” and “ serendipitously good ” and said “ our utter incompetence actually helps us.
” Even more noteworthy were texts from FBI ’ s # 2 counterintelligence official Peter Strzok to FBI lawyer Lisa Page noting that the “ 7th floor , ” a reference to Comey and his deputy director Andrew McCabe , was running the show .
January 5 : Yates , Comey , CIA Director John @ @ @ @ @ @ @ James Clapper briefed Obama on Russia-related matters in the Oval Office .
Biden and Rice also attended .
After the Obama briefing , the intelligence chiefs who would be leaving at the end of the term were dismissed and Yates and Comey , who would continue in the Trump administration , were asked to stay .
Not only did Obama give his guidance about how to perpetuate the Russia collusion theory investigations , he also talked about Flynn ’ s conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak , according to both Comey and Yates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Yates all said that they did not brief Obama about these phone calls .
Clapper testified he did not brief Obama on the calls , Yates learned about the calls from Obama himself during that meeting , and Comey also testified he didn ’ t brief Obama about the calls , even though the intelligence was an FBI product .
Rice , who publicly lied but later admitted under oath to her widespread use of unmasked intelligence at the end of the Obama administration , likely briefed Obama on the calls and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Comey mentions the Logan Act at this meeting .
It was this meeting that Rice memorialized in a bizarre inauguration-day email to herself that claimed Obama told the gathered to do everything “ by the book.
” But Rice also noted in her email that the key point of discussion in that meeting was whether and how to withhold national security information , likely including details of the investigation into Trump himself , from the incoming Trump national security team .
January 6 : An ostensibly similar briefing about Russian interference efforts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President-elect Trump .
After that briefing , Comey privately briefed Trump on the most salacious and absurd “ pee tape ” allegation in the Christopher Steele dossier , a document the FBI had already used to obtain a warrant to spy on Trump campaign affiliate Carter Page .
Comey told Trump he was telling him because CNN was looking for any reason it could find to publish a story about Russia having compromising information on him , and he wanted to warn Trump about it .
He did not mention the dossier was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ product of a secretly funded operation by the Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee .
January 10 : In an amazing coincidence , CNN found the excuse to publish the Russia claims after a high-level Obama intelligence operative leaked that Comey had briefed Trump about the dossier .
This selective leak , which was credulously accepted by CNN reporters Evan Perez , Jim Sciutto , Jake Tapper and Carl Bernstein , may have been the most important step in the operation to harm the incoming Trump administration .
The leak of the briefing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ridiculous dossier full of allegations the FBI knew to be false that multiple news organizations had previously refused to report on for lack of substantiation , and created a cloud of suspicion over Trump ’ s campaign and administration by insinuating he was being blackmailed by Russia .
January 12 : The next part of the strategy was the explosive leak to David Ignatius of the Washington Post to legitimize the use against Flynn of the Logan Act , a likely unconstitutional 1799 law prohibiting private individuals , not public incoming national security @ @ @ @ @ @ @ foreign governments .
Ignatius accepted the leak from the Obama official .
He wrote that Flynn had called Kislyak .
“ What did Flynn say , and did it undercut the U.S. sanctions ?
The Logan Act ( though never enforced ) bars U.S. citizens from correspondence intending to influence a foreign government about ‘ disputes ’ with the United States .
Was its spirit violated ?
” Flynn ’ s routine and appropriate phone call became fodder for a developing grand conspiracy theory of Russia collusion .
In discussions with investigators , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Comey conspicuously cite this Ignatius column as somehow meaningful in the approach they would take with Flynn .
“ Nothing , to my mind , happens until the 13th of January , when David Ignatius publishes a column that contains a reference to communication Michael Flynn had with the Russians .
That was on the 13th of January , ” Comey said of the column that ran online on January 12 .
In fact , quite a bit had happened at the FBI prior to that leak , with much conversation about how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And the leak-fueled Ignatius column would later be used by FBI officials to justify an illegal ambush interview of Flynn in the White House .
January 23 : Another important criminal leak was given to Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller of the Washington Post , also based on criminal leaks .
Their article , headlined “ FBI reviewed Flynn ’ s calls with Russian ambassador but found nothing illicit , ” was intended to make Flynn feel safe and put him at ease about the FBI stance on those calls the day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an interview .
The article was used to publicize false information when it said , “ Although Flynn ’ s contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak were listened to , Flynn himself is not the active target of an investigation , U.S. officials said.
” In fact , emails prior to this date confirm Flynn was their prime target .
This article was later cited by McCabe as the reason why they were justified in concealing from Flynn the real purpose of their interview .
Flynn later asked McCabe if he knew how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had been made public and whether it had been leaked .
Any potential response from McCabe to Flynn has been redacted from his own notes about the conversation .
January 24 : Comey later admitted he broke every protocol to send agents to interview Flynn and try to catch him in a lie .
FBI officials strategized how to keep Flynn from knowing he was a target of the investigation or asking for an attorney to represent him in the interview .
The January 23 Washington Post article , which falsely stated that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was key to that strategy .
Though the interviewing agents said they could detect no “ tells ” indicating he lied , and he carefully phrased everything in the interview , he later was induced to plead guilty to lying in this interview .
Ostensibly because White House officials downplayed the Kislyak phone calls , presumably in light of what Flynn had told them about the calls , Yates would go to the White House the next day and insinuate Flynn should probably be fired .
February 9 : The strategy to get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so another leak was deployed to Greg Miller , Adam Entous and Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post .
That article , headline “ National security adviser Flynn discussed sanctions with Russian ambassador , despite denials , officials say , ” was sourced to people who happened to share senior FBI leadership ’ s views on the Logan Act .
This article was also based on criminal leaks of top secret information of phone call intercepts and laid out the FBI ’ s case for why Flynn ’ s contacts with a foreign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that such phone calls are routine , not to mention Flynn ’ s case that improved relations with Russia in a world where China , North Korea , and Iran were posing increasing threats , never made it into these articles for context .
February 13 : The operation finally succeeded in getting Flynn fired and rendering him unable to review the operations against the Trump campaign , Trump transition team , and Trump administration .
March 1 : Flynn was the first obstacle who had to be overcome .
Attorney General Jeff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ loyalist with a strong Department of Justice background would also need to be briefed on the anti-Trump efforts unless he could be sidelined .
Comey admitted that early in Sessions ’ tenure , he deliberately hid Russia-related information from Sessions because , “ it made little sense to report it to Attorney General Sessions , who we expected would likely recuse himself from involvement in Russia-related investigations.
” To secure that recusal , yet another leak was deployed to the Washington Post ’ s Adam Entous , Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a secret Russian agent and was dramatically spun as “ Sessions Spoke Twice To Russian Envoy : Revelation contradicts his testimony at confirmation hearing.
” One meeting was in passing and the other was in his function as a United States Senator , but the hysteria was such that the Post authors could get away with suggesting Sessions was too compromised to oversee the Department of Justice ’ s counterintelligence operations involving Russia .
It is perhaps worth noting that the Special Counsel idea was pushed in this article .
March 2 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the FBI ’ s anti-Trump operation , providing no meaningful oversight to an operation that would be spun into a Special Counsel by mid-May .
With the removal of Trump ’ s National Security Advisor and his Attorney General , there was no longer any chance of Trump loyalists discovering what Obama holdovers at the FBI were actually doing to get Trump thrown out of office .
After Trump fired Comey for managerial incompetence on May 9 , deceptively edited and misleading leaks to the New York Times ordered by Comey himself were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ run exclusively by left-wing anti-Trump partisans who continued the operation without any meaningful oversight for another two years .
This stunning operation was not just a typical battle between political foes , nor merely an example of media bias against political enemies .
Instead , this entire operation was a deliberate and direct attack on the foundation of American governance .
In light of the newly declassified documents released in recent days , it is clear that understanding what happened in that January 5 Oval Office meeting is essential to understanding the full @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against the Trump administration .
It is long past time for lawmakers in Congress who are actually interested in oversight of the federal government and the media to demand answers about what really happened in that meeting from every single participant , including Obama and Biden .

By Mollie Hemingway 8, 2020
Information released in the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the case it brought against Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn confirms the significance of a January 5, 2017, meeting at the Obama White House. It was at this meeting that Obama gave guidance to key officials who would be tasked with protecting his administration’s utilization of secretly funded Clinton campaign research, which alleged Trump was involved in a treasonous plot to collude with Russia, from being discovered or stopped by the incoming administration.
“President Obama said he wants to be sure that, as we engage with the incoming team, we are mindful to ascertain if there is any reason that we cannot share information fully as it relates to Russia,” National Security Advisor Susan Rice wrote in an unusual email to herself about the meeting that was also attended by Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, FBI Director James Comey, and Vice President Joe Biden.
A clearer picture is emerging of the drastic steps that were taken to accomplish Obama’s goal in the following weeks and months. Shortly thereafter, high-level operatives began intensely leaking selective information supporting a supposed Russia-Trump conspiracy theory, the incoming National Security Advisor was ambushed, and the incoming Attorney General was forced to recuse himself from oversight of investigations of President Trump. At each major point in the operation, explosive media leaks were a key strategy in the operation to take down Trump.
Not only was information on Russia not fully shared with the incoming Trump team, as Obama directs, the leaks and ambushes made the transition chaotic, scared quality individuals away from working in the administration, made effective governance almost impossible, and materially damaged national security. When Comey was finally fired on May 9, in part for his duplicitousness regarding his handling of the Russia collusion theory, he orchestrated the launch of a Special Counsel probe that continued his efforts for another two years. That probe ended with Mueller finding no evidence of any American colluding with Russia to steal the 2016 election, much less Trump or anyone connected to him.
An analysis of the timeline from early 2017 shows a clear pattern of behavior from the federal officials running the collusion operation against the Trump campaign. It also shows how essential media leaks were to their strategy to sideline key law enforcement and intelligence officials and cripple the ability of the incoming Trump administration to run the country.
Here’s a timeline of the key moments and news articles of the efforts, per Obama’s direction, to prevent the Trump administration from learning about the FBI’s operation against it.
January 4: Following the closure of a pretextually dubious and politically motivated FBI investigation of Flynn at the beginning of January, the leadership of the FBI scrambled to reopen a case against Flynn, the man who in his role as National Security Advisor would have to review their Russia collusion investigation. FBI officials openly discussed their concern about briefing the veteran intelligence official on what they had done to the Trump campaign and transition team and what they were planning to do to the incoming Trump administration. Flynn had to be dealt with. The FBI’s top counterintelligence official would later memorialize discussions about the FBI’s attempts to “get [Flynn] fired.” No reopening was needed, they determined, when they discovered they had failed to close the previous investigation. They found this mistake “amazing” and “serendipitously good” and said “our utter incompetence actually helps us.” Even more noteworthy were texts from FBI’s #2 counterintelligence official Peter Strzok to FBI lawyer Lisa Page noting that the “7th floor,” a reference to Comey and his deputy director Andrew McCabe, was running the show.
January 5: Yates, Comey, CIA Director John Brennan, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper briefed Obama on Russia-related matters in the Oval Office. Biden and Rice also attended. After the Obama briefing, the intelligence chiefs who would be leaving at the end of the term were dismissed and Yates and Comey, who would continue in the Trump administration, were asked to stay. Not only did Obama give his guidance about how to perpetuate the Russia collusion theory investigations, he also talked about Flynn’s conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, according to both Comey and Yates. Interestingly, Clapper, Comey, and Yates all said that they did not brief Obama about these phone calls. Clapper testified he did not brief Obama on the calls, Yates learned about the calls from Obama himself during that meeting, and Comey also testified he didn’t brief Obama about the calls, even though the intelligence was an FBI product. Rice, who publicly lied but later admitted under oath to her widespread use of unmasked intelligence at the end of the Obama administration, likely briefed Obama on the calls and would have had access to the intelligence. Comey mentions the Logan Act at this meeting.
It was this meeting that Rice memorialized in a bizarre inauguration-day email to herself that claimed Obama told the gathered to do everything “by the book.” But Rice also noted in her email that the key point of discussion in that meeting was whether and how to withhold national security information, likely including details of the investigation into Trump himself, from the incoming Trump national security team.
January 6: An ostensibly similar briefing about Russian interference efforts during the 2016 campaign was given to President-elect Trump. After that briefing, Comey privately briefed Trump on the most salacious and absurd “pee tape” allegation in the Christopher Steele dossier, a document the FBI had already used to obtain a warrant to spy on Trump campaign affiliate Carter Page. Comey told Trump he was telling him because CNN was looking for any reason it could find to publish a story about Russia having compromising information on him, and he wanted to warn Trump about it. He did not mention the dossier was completely unverified or that it was the product of a secretly funded operation by the Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee.
January 10: In an amazing coincidence, CNN found the excuse to publish the Russia claims after a high-level Obama intelligence operative leaked that Comey had briefed Trump about the dossier. This selective leak, which was credulously accepted by CNN reporters Evan Perez, Jim Sciutto, Jake Tapper and Carl Bernstein, may have been the most important step in the operation to harm the incoming Trump administration. The leak of the briefing of Trump was used to legitimize a ridiculous dossier full of allegations the FBI knew to be false that multiple news organizations had previously refused to report on for lack of substantiation, and created a cloud of suspicion over Trump’s campaign and administration by insinuating he was being blackmailed by Russia.
January 12: The next part of the strategy was the explosive leak to David Ignatius of the Washington Post to legitimize the use against Flynn of the Logan Act, a likely unconstitutional 1799 law prohibiting private individuals, not public incoming national security advisors, from discussing foreign policy with foreign governments. Ignatius accepted the leak from the Obama official. He wrote that Flynn had called Kislyak. “What did Flynn say, and did it undercut the U.S. sanctions? The Logan Act (though never enforced) bars U.S. citizens from correspondence intending to influence a foreign government about ‘disputes’ with the United States. Was its spirit violated?” Flynn’s routine and appropriate phone call became fodder for a developing grand conspiracy theory of Russia collusion. In discussions with investigators, both DOJ’s Mary McCord and Comey conspicuously cite this Ignatius column as somehow meaningful in the approach they would take with Flynn. “Nothing, to my mind, happens until the 13th of January, when David Ignatius publishes a column that contains a reference to communication Michael Flynn had with the Russians. That was on the 13th of January,” Comey said of the column that ran online on January 12. In fact, quite a bit had happened at the FBI prior to that leak, with much conversation about how to utilize the Logan Act against Flynn. And the leak-fueled Ignatius column would later be used by FBI officials to justify an illegal ambush interview of Flynn in the White House.
January 23: Another important criminal leak was given to Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller of the Washington Post, also based on criminal leaks. Their article, headlined “FBI reviewed Flynn’s calls with Russian ambassador but found nothing illicit,” was intended to make Flynn feel safe and put him at ease about the FBI stance on those calls the day before they planned to ambush him in an interview. The article was used to publicize false information when it said, “Although Flynn’s contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak were listened to, Flynn himself is not the active target of an investigation, U.S. officials said.” In fact, emails prior to this date confirm Flynn was their prime target. This article was later cited by McCabe as the reason why they were justified in concealing from Flynn the real purpose of their interview. Flynn later asked McCabe if he knew how all the information about his phone calls had been made public and whether it had been leaked. Any potential response from McCabe to Flynn has been redacted from his own notes about the conversation.
January 24: Comey later admitted he broke every protocol to send agents to interview Flynn and try to catch him in a lie. FBI officials strategized how to keep Flynn from knowing he was a target of the investigation or asking for an attorney to represent him in the interview. The January 23 Washington Post article, which falsely stated that Flynn was not an FBI target, was key to that strategy. Though the interviewing agents said they could detect no “tells” indicating he lied, and he carefully phrased everything in the interview, he later was induced to plead guilty to lying in this interview. Ostensibly because White House officials downplayed the Kislyak phone calls, presumably in light of what Flynn had told them about the calls, Yates would go to the White House the next day and insinuate Flynn should probably be fired.
February 9: The strategy to get Flynn fired didn’t immediately work so another leak was deployed to Greg Miller, Adam Entous and Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post. That article, headline “National security adviser Flynn discussed sanctions with Russian ambassador, despite denials, officials say,” was sourced to people who happened to share senior FBI leadership’s views on the Logan Act. This article was also based on criminal leaks of top secret information of phone call intercepts and laid out the FBI’s case for why Flynn’s contacts with a foreign adversary were a problem. The fact that such phone calls are routine, not to mention Flynn’s case that improved relations with Russia in a world where China, North Korea, and Iran were posing increasing threats, never made it into these articles for context.
February 13: The operation finally succeeded in getting Flynn fired and rendering him unable to review the operations against the Trump campaign, Trump transition team, and Trump administration.
March 1: Flynn was the first obstacle who had to be overcome. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was the next. The Trump loyalist with a strong Department of Justice background would also need to be briefed on the anti-Trump efforts unless he could be sidelined. Comey admitted that early in Sessions’ tenure, he deliberately hid Russia-related information from Sessions because, “it made little sense to report it to Attorney General Sessions, who we expected would likely recuse himself from involvement in Russia-related investigations.” To secure that recusal, yet another leak was deployed to the Washington Post’s Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller. The leak was intended to tar Sessions as a secret Russian agent and was dramatically spun as “Sessions Spoke Twice To Russian Envoy: Revelation contradicts his testimony at confirmation hearing.” One meeting was in passing and the other was in his function as a United States Senator, but the hysteria was such that the Post authors could get away with suggesting Sessions was too compromised to oversee the Department of Justice’s counterintelligence operations involving Russia. It is perhaps worth noting that the Special Counsel idea was pushed in this article.
March 2: Sessions recused himself from oversight of the FBI’s anti-Trump operation, providing no meaningful oversight to an operation that would be spun into a Special Counsel by mid-May. With the removal of Trump’s National Security Advisor and his Attorney General, there was no longer any chance of Trump loyalists discovering what Obama holdovers at the FBI were actually doing to get Trump thrown out of office. After Trump fired Comey for managerial incompetence on May 9, deceptively edited and misleading leaks to the New York Times ordered by Comey himself were used to gin up a Special Counsel run exclusively by left-wing anti-Trump partisans who continued the operation without any meaningful oversight for another two years.
This stunning operation was not just a typical battle between political foes, nor merely an example of media bias against political enemies. Instead, this entire operation was a deliberate and direct attack on the foundation of American governance. In light of the newly declassified documents released in recent days, it is clear that understanding what happened in that January 5 Oval Office meeting is essential to understanding the full scope and breadth of the corrupt operation against the Trump administration. It is long past time for lawmakers in Congress who are actually interested in oversight of the federal government and the media to demand answers about what really happened in that meeting from every single participant, including Obama and Biden.


pamelagellerreport--2020-05-09--President Trump: Barack Obama and Joe Biden Will Be Implicated in Russia Hoax

Yes , they will be implicated , but will they be prosecuted ?
Donald Trump : Barack Obama and Joe Biden Will Be Implicated in Russia Hoax President Donald Trump said in an interview on Friday that former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden will soon be implicated in the Russia collusion investigation .
“ 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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump said while speaking with Fox & Friends about Obama ’ s role in the Russia “ hoax.
” “ I believe he and Biden…Sleepy Joe was involved in this also , very much , and other people around President Obama were totally involved , ” Trump said .
Trump reacted to the news after House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff ( D-CA ) released 57 interview transcripts on Thursday from the committee ’ s probe to see if the Trump campaign colluded with Russia .
The documents show that former United States @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she was surprised when Obama told her in an Oval Office meeting about the call that Trump ’ s campaign adviser , Michael Flynn , had with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak .
Asked in the interview if Trump would directly confront Obama or Biden , the president said he would rather have the truth come out in documents .
“ I ’ d rather have it come out in papers .
Why would I call them up ?
” Trump asked .
“ They tried to take down the President of the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former Senate staffer Tara Reade ’ s allegations of sexual assault against Biden .
“ I don ’ t know if it ’ s false or not .
Joe ’ s going to have to be able to prove whatever he has to prove , or she has to prove it , but that ’ s a battle he has to fight , ” Trump said .
Trump recalled that he had been falsely accused of sexual harassment many times .
“ Maybe it is a false accusation .
Frankly , I hope @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he said .

Yes, they will be implicated, but will they be prosecuted?
Donald Trump: Barack Obama and Joe Biden Will Be Implicated in Russia Hoax
President Donald Trump said in an interview on Friday that former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden will soon be implicated in the Russia collusion investigation.
“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,” Trump said while speaking with Fox & Friends about Obama’s role in the Russia “hoax.”
“I believe he and Biden…Sleepy Joe was involved in this also, very much, and other people around President Obama were totally involved,” Trump said.
Trump reacted to the news after House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) released 57 interview transcripts on Thursday from the committee’s probe to see if the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.
The documents show that former United States Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates testified that she was surprised when Obama told her in an Oval Office meeting about the call that Trump’s campaign adviser, Michael Flynn, had with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
Asked in the interview if Trump would directly confront Obama or Biden, the president said he would rather have the truth come out in documents.
“I’d rather have it come out in papers. Why would I call them up?” Trump asked. “They tried to take down the President of the United States.”
The president also reacted to former Senate staffer Tara Reade’s allegations of sexual assault against Biden.
“I don’t know if it’s false or not. Joe’s going to have to be able to prove whatever he has to prove, or she has to prove it, but that’s a battle he has to fight,” Trump said.
Trump recalled that he had been falsely accused of sexual harassment many times.
“Maybe it is a false accusation. Frankly, I hope it is for his sake,” he said.


pamelagellerreport--2020-05-09--Study: Coronavirus Shutdowns Leading To 75,000 ‘Deaths Of Despair’

150,000 could die .
As long as the Democrat media complex can classify these deaths as “ corona-related , ” they ’ ll pull the kill switch .
Study : Coronavirus Shutdowns Could Lead To 75,000 ‘ Deaths Of Despair ’ Government-mandated shutdowns over the coronavirus pandemic could lead to as many as 75,000 deaths , a new study shows .
The study published Friday by Well Being Trust ( WBT ) found that the pandemic could cause an additional 75,000 “ deaths of despair , ” including deaths from suicide and drug overdoses .
The study identified the cause @ @ @ @ @ @ @ failure paired with massive unemployment , mandated social isolation for months and possible residual isolation for years , and uncertainty caused by the sudden emergence of a novel , previously unknown microbe.
” ( RELATED : FLASHBACK : Fauci Say Coronavirus ‘ Not A Major Threat ’ To The U.S. ) Benjamin Miller , WBT ’ s chief strategy officer warned that the country can not continue to ignore the collateral damage being caused by the coronavirus .
“ Undeniably policymakers must place a large focus on mitigating the effects of COVID .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ignore the collateral damage—specifically our nation ’ s mental health—we will not come out of this stronger , ” Miller wrote .
“ If we work to put in place healthy community conditions , good healthcare coverage , and inclusive policies , we can improve mental health and well-being .
With all the other COVID-related investments , it ’ s time for the federal government to fully support a framework for excellence in mental health and well-being and invest in mental health now.
” The study found that 27,644 people will die from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scenario , while over 150,000 could die under the worst case scenario .
The study identified the country ’ s skyrocketing unemployment rate as a leading factor contributing to these deaths , writing that “ Unemployment is an undeniable risk factor for suicide and drug misuse as well as decrease in overall health status.
” The U.S. unemployment rate currently sits at nearly 15 % , its highest rate since the Great Depression .
Most of the U.S. economy has been closed since March , although some states have recently reopened in an @ @ @ @ @ @ @

150,000 could die. As long as the Democrat media complex can classify these deaths as “corona-related,” they’ll pull the kill switch.
Study: Coronavirus Shutdowns Could Lead To 75,000 ‘Deaths Of Despair’
By William Davis, Daily Caller, May 8, 2020:
Government-mandated shutdowns over the coronavirus pandemic could lead to as many as 75,000 deaths, a new study shows.
The study published Friday by Well Being Trust (WBT) found that the pandemic could cause an additional 75,000 “deaths of despair,” including deaths from suicide and drug overdoses. The study identified the cause of these deaths as “unprecedented economic failure paired with massive unemployment, mandated social isolation for months and possible residual isolation for years, and uncertainty caused by the sudden emergence of a novel, previously unknown microbe.” (RELATED: FLASHBACK: Fauci Say Coronavirus ‘Not A Major Threat’ To The U.S.)
Benjamin Miller, WBT’s chief strategy officer warned that the country cannot continue to ignore the collateral damage being caused by the coronavirus.
“Undeniably policymakers must place a large focus on mitigating the effects of COVID. However, if the country continues to ignore the collateral damage—specifically our nation’s mental health—we will not come out of this stronger,” Miller wrote. “If we work to put in place healthy community conditions, good healthcare coverage, and inclusive policies, we can improve mental health and well-being. With all the other COVID-related investments, it’s time for the federal government to fully support a framework for excellence in mental health and well-being and invest in mental health now.”
Coronavirus pandemic may lead to 75,000 "deaths of despair" from suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, study says https://t.co/AgJugL7FCR pic.twitter.com/JQ3gsG35Wh — CBS News (@CBSNews) May 8, 2020
The study found that 27,644 people will die from deaths of despair under the best case scenario, while over 150,000 could die under the worst case scenario. The study identified the country’s skyrocketing unemployment rate as a leading factor contributing to these deaths, writing that “Unemployment is an undeniable risk factor for suicide and drug misuse as well as decrease in overall health status.” The U.S. unemployment rate currently sits at nearly 15%, its highest rate since the Great Depression. Most of the U.S. economy has been closed since March, although some states have recently reopened in an attempt to stave off economic catastrophe.


pamelagellerreport--2020-05-09--Iran Regime Pledges Annual ‘Quds Day’ Urging Israel’s Destruction Will Go Ahead, Despite Coronavirus

Look how dangerous Iran is even with the biting economic sanctions that President Trump is leveling against it .
Now imagine how dangerous this terror regime would be if Joe Biden is elected POTUS , and begins to shower them with your hard earned money .
To make matters even worse , is that Joe Biden would certainly re-enter Obama ’ s radical JCPOA , which will pave the way for this genocidal regime to have nukes .
Run from the Democrat Party , America !
Iran Regime Pledges Annual ‘ Quds Day ’ Urging Israel ’ s Destruction Will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regime ’ s annual day of rallies and demonstrations calling for the destruction of the State of Israel will go ahead this year despite the coronavirus pandemic .
According to Press TV — the Iranian regime ’ s English-language propaganda arm — “ pro-Palestinian groups in London and elsewhere across Britain plan to replace street rallies with online events to commemorate the International Quds Day as a deadly coronavirus pandemic has restricted mass gatherings across the globe.
” n Iran itself , meanwhile , officials have indicated that physical demonstrations and rallies will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Quds ” ( Jerusalem ) Day was launched as an annual event in 1979 by Iran ’ s Islamist leader , Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini , on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan — which falls this year on May 22 .
Mass rallies urging Israel ’ s violent destruction are typically held in Tehran and other Iranian cities , with pro-Iranian groups in London , Berlin , Vienna and other international cities holding demonstrations that display the flag of the Iranian-backed Lebanese terrorist group , Hezbollah — now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the British , German and other European governments .
In Iran itself , regime officials have not entirely abandoned plans for physical demonstrations this year , despite the devastating impact of coronavirus across the country .
Official statistics have registered nearly 6,500 deaths out of more than 100,000 cases of Covid-19 , but the real figure is believed to be much higher than Iran ’ s leaders are willing to concede ; in just one of Iran ’ s 30 provinces , Khuzestan , doctors told an Iranian opposition news outlet on Thursday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ approaching 4,000 and still rising .

Look how dangerous Iran is even with the biting economic sanctions that President Trump is leveling against it. Now imagine how dangerous this terror regime would be if Joe Biden is elected POTUS, and begins to shower them with your hard earned money. To make matters even worse, is that Joe Biden would certainly re-enter Obama’s radical JCPOA, which will pave the way for this genocidal regime to have nukes. Run from the Democrat Party, America!
Iran Regime Pledges Annual ‘Quds Day’ Urging Israel’s Destruction Will Go Ahead, Despite Coronavirus By Algemeiner, May 8, 2020 The Iranian regime’s annual day of rallies and demonstrations calling for the destruction of the State of Israel will go ahead this year despite the coronavirus pandemic. According to Press TV — the Iranian regime’s English-language propaganda arm — “pro-Palestinian groups in London and elsewhere across Britain plan to replace street rallies with online events to commemorate the International Quds Day as a deadly coronavirus pandemic has restricted mass gatherings across the globe.” n Iran itself, meanwhile, officials have indicated that physical demonstrations and rallies will be encouraged to proceed wherever possible. “Quds” (Jerusalem) Day was launched as an annual event in 1979 by Iran’s Islamist leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan — which falls this year on May 22. Mass rallies urging Israel’s violent destruction are typically held in Tehran and other Iranian cities, with pro-Iranian groups in London, Berlin, Vienna and other international cities holding demonstrations that display the flag of the Iranian-backed Lebanese terrorist group, Hezbollah — now the subject of a comprehensive ban by the British, German and other European governments. In Iran itself, regime officials have not entirely abandoned plans for physical demonstrations this year, despite the devastating impact of coronavirus across the country. Official statistics have registered nearly 6,500 deaths out of more than 100,000 cases of Covid-19, but the real figure is believed to be much higher than Iran’s leaders are willing to concede; in just one of Iran’s 30 provinces, Khuzestan, doctors told an Iranian opposition news outlet on Thursday that the total number of cases was approaching 4,000 and still rising.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-05-09--Diner owner begs Gov. Cuomo to reopen upstate NY: ‘There is no reason why we can’t open up now’

Our future is destroyed .
People must rise up and take back our lives .
1/3 Stop listening to enemedia .
Go directly to the data .
Median Corona death age – 82 years .
Majority of deaths are in nursing homes , congregate homes , assisted living , Most vulnerable – elderly with co-morbidiites Lower fatality rate than seasonal flu .
Not a threat to children 2/3 Young people mostly asymptomatic .
Models were all wildly inaccurate .
Fresh air and sun are not dangerous .
– hiding at home is .
It lowers your immune system .
Diner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ upstate NY : ‘ There is no reason why we can ’ t open up now ’ Restaurants will not be able to survive for much longer under the devastating economic impact of coronavirus shutdown orders , Crazy Otto ’ s Empire Diner owner Scott Tranter said Saturday Appearing on “ Fox & Friends Weekend ” with host Griff Jenkins , Tranter said that the current number of cases in Herkimer would allow for a reopening .
“ This has been absolutely devastating .
We in Herkimer here are not downplaying the coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have a daughter-in-law on the front lines [ and ] a sister-in-law in Massachusetts .
It ’ s real , but not like that up here , ” he stated .
“ We have had basically — not to minimize this — three deaths .
19 people have it .
No hospitalizations.
” “ [ It ’ s been ] devastating economically to businesses that have closed [ and ] are never going to reopen .
We had 22 employees that we had to lay off .
We just got the [ Paycheck @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of them back last week , ” Tranter explained .
“ If you look at the statistics , if you look at the data , there ’ s no reason why we can ’ t open up now , ” he remarked .
“ And , that ’ s my message to the governor.
” “ They keep changing the goal post .
They keep changing the dates .
They keep moving it forward and now [ for ] restaurants basically they are saying Phase 3 or Phase 4 .
And , you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the businesses will — especially the mom and pop organizations — will not be able to hold out until July , ” he Tranter pleaded .
Tranter told Jenkins he has over around $ 160,000 and counting thus far .
“ And , if you look at the actual statistics and the PPP loans and the eight weeks that you have to use the money , bringing the employees back , I will have to lay off the majority of the employees again , okay , come June .
Because we still will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ And , there is no way that you can keep a business running and your capital investment and everything .
If the money is not there , the money is not there , ” Tranter pointed out .
“ And so , you are setting yourself up for the double whammy because while you are trying to hold your employee ’ s hand , you know it ’ s going to run out , ” he concluded .
“ We need to have the choice and have people come in , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eat.
” New York Democratic Gov .
Andrew Cuomo outlined a set of criteria this week that each region must meet before Phase 1 of its opening plan can begin .
The soonest any region could start reopening is May 15 , as the state ’ s stay-at home orders expire on that date .
Yet some regions are being held up solely because they lack the testing levels Cuomo is seeking , leaving residents guessing how long it will take to meet that threshold .
“ I get the emotion — everybody @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Me , first and foremost .
Everyone .
On every level – personally , economically , ” Cuomo said during his daily press briefing Friday .
“ But… we are now in control and we have the virus on the run because we have been smart and because we have been disciplined.
” New York State remains the epicenter of the virus with over 330,000 confirmed cases and over 26,000 deaths .
However , New York City lays claim to over half of those cases and has now reported over 21,000 deaths @

Our future is destroyed. People must rise up and take back our lives.
1/3 Stop listening to enemedia. Go directly to the data. Median Corona death age – 82 years. Majority of deaths are in nursing homes, congregate homes, assisted living, Most vulnerable – elderly with co-morbidiites Lower fatality rate than seasonal flu. Not a threat to children
2/3 Young people mostly asymptomatic. Models were all wildly inaccurate. Fresh air and sun are not dangerous. – hiding at home is. It lowers your immune system.
Diner owner urges Gov. Cuomo to reopen upstate NY: ‘There is no reason why we can’t open up now’
Restaurants will not be able to survive for much longer under the devastating economic impact of coronavirus shutdown orders, Crazy Otto’s Empire Diner owner Scott Tranter said Saturday
Appearing on “Fox & Friends Weekend” with host Griff Jenkins, Tranter said that the current number of cases in Herkimer would allow for a reopening.
“This has been absolutely devastating. We in Herkimer here are not downplaying the coronavirus. It’s real. I have a daughter-in-law on the front lines [and] a sister-in-law in Massachusetts. It’s real, but not like that up here,” he stated. “We have had basically — not to minimize this — three deaths. 19 people have it. No hospitalizations.”
“[It’s been] devastating economically to businesses that have closed [and] are never going to reopen. We had 22 employees that we had to lay off. We just got the [Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)] brought…15 of them back last week,” Tranter explained.
“If you look at the statistics, if you look at the data, there’s no reason why we can’t open up now,” he remarked. “And, that’s my message to the governor.”
“They keep changing the goal post. They keep changing the dates. They keep moving it forward and now [for] restaurants basically they are saying Phase 3 or Phase 4. And, you are talking July. And, all the businesses will — especially the mom and pop organizations — will not be able to hold out until July,” he Tranter pleaded.
Tranter told Jenkins he has over around $160,000 and counting thus far.
“And, if you look at the actual statistics and the PPP loans and the eight weeks that you have to use the money, bringing the employees back, I will have to lay off the majority of the employees again, okay, come June. Because we still will not be open,” he added.
“And, there is no way that you can keep a business running and your capital investment and everything. If the money is not there, the money is not there,” Tranter pointed out.
“And so, you are setting yourself up for the double whammy because while you are trying to hold your employee’s hand, you know it’s going to run out,” he concluded. “We need to have the choice and have people come in, you know, to our restaurant to eat.”
New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlined a set of criteria this week that each region must meet before Phase 1 of its opening plan can begin. The soonest any region could start reopening is May 15, as the state’s stay-at home orders expire on that date. Yet some regions are being held up solely because they lack the testing levels Cuomo is seeking, leaving residents guessing how long it will take to meet that threshold.
“I get the emotion — everybody would like to see everything reopen tomorrow. Me, first and foremost. Everyone. On every level – personally, economically,” Cuomo said during his daily press briefing Friday. “But… we are now in control and we have the virus on the run because we have been smart and because we have been disciplined.”
New York State remains the epicenter of the virus with over 330,000 confirmed cases and over 26,000 deaths. However, New York City lays claim to over half of those cases and has now reported over 21,000 deaths.


pamelagellerreport--2020-05-09--WSJ: The Vindication of Michael Flynn

WSJ: The Vindication of Michael Flynn

For readers who think this couldn ’ t happen in America .
Justice drops its prosecution with new evidence about the FBI .
The Justice Department dropped its case against Michael Flynn on Thursday , “ with prejudice , ” in a legal filing that should echo far beyond this tragedy of justice delayed .
The latest evidence further undermines the credibility of James Comey ’ s FBI , special counsel Robert Mueller , and the entire “ Russia collusion ” investigation .
The retired Army general had initially pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI on Jan. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interviewed him at the White House shortly after he took over as Donald Trump ’ s national security adviser .
But he later reversed his plea as new information emerged that the FBI may have tried to entrap him .
The documents filed on Thursday in federal court vindicate the general ’ s reversal .
Justice said the FBI ’ s interview of Mr. Flynn was “ untethered to , and unjustified by , the FBI ’ s counterintelligence investigation into Mr. Flynn , ” and that the interview was not “ conducted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recommend the filing for readers who think this couldn ’ t happen in America .
The filing recounts how the FBI had concluded in late 2016 that there was no evidence that Mr. Flynn had colluded with Russia .
But the FBI kept the investigation open after it received a transcript of Mr. Flynn ’ s conversation with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. Mr. Comey and his loyalists then set up Mr. Flynn in an interview despite having no legal basis .
The documents show that Mr. Comey told his deputies not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the visit and not to tell the White House about his conversation with the ambassador .
They also show that Mr. Comey worked around senior Justice officials , including Acting Attorney General Sally Yates , who thought the White House should be informed .
As he did with Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Hillary Clinton ’ s emails , Mr. Comey acted as if he was a law unto himself .
At the time the agents admitted they did not think Mr. Flynn was lying to them .
But as the Justice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ purpose , whether Mr. Flynn was lying was immaterial .
He should never have been prosecuted .
Yet Mr. Mueller , who knew all this soon after becoming special counsel , pursued Mr. Flynn , threatening him and his son with ruin until he got the guilty plea .
The prosecutor on the case , Brandon Van Grack , was part of Mr. Mueller ’ s team and consistently denied there was relevant material the government had not turned over to the defense .
But surely the lack of a legal predicate for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Grack told the court Thursday he is withdrawing from the case , but an investigation is warranted to see if he lied to the court .
Mr. Mueller ’ s reputation also stands self-besmirched , and the entire Russia collusion probe looks even more illegitimate and political .
All of this came to light after Attorney General Bill Barr assigned another U.S. Attorney , Jeffrey Jensen , to look at the Flynn case anew .
The partisan press will portray this as a political decision done to please Mr. Trump .
But Mr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the FBI .
He is not someone who would seek to damage those institutions for political purposes .
Mr. Jensen put it this way in a statement Thursday : “ Through the course of my review of General Flynn ’ s case , I concluded the proper and just course was to dismiss the case .
I briefed Attorney General Barr on my findings , advised him on these conclusions and he agreed.
” Messrs. Jensen and Barr deserve credit for a brave decision that will not be popular with some prosecutors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But as the filing notes , the cause of justice is paramount , even after a guilty plea has been made , if the evidence demands a reversal .
There is still much we don ’ t know , and many Russia-related documents we still do not have , and we hope Mr. Barr will continue to make them public as he cleans up after one of the most shameful episodes in FBI and Justice Department history .
For now , at least Michael Flynn can get his life and reputation back @

For readers who think this couldn’t happen in America.
The Vindication of Michael Flynn
Justice drops its prosecution with new evidence about the FBI.
By: Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, May 8, 2020:
The Justice Department dropped its case against Michael Flynn on Thursday, “with prejudice,” in a legal filing that should echo far beyond this tragedy of justice delayed. The latest evidence further undermines the credibility of James Comey’s FBI, special counsel Robert Mueller, and the entire “Russia collusion” investigation.
The retired Army general had initially pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI on Jan. 24, 2017, when two agents interviewed him at the White House shortly after he took over as Donald Trump’s national security adviser. But he later reversed his plea as new information emerged that the FBI may have tried to entrap him.
The documents filed on Thursday in federal court vindicate the general’s reversal. Justice said the FBI’s interview of Mr. Flynn was “untethered to, and unjustified by, the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into Mr. Flynn,” and that the interview was not “conducted with a legitimate investigative basis.”
We recommend the filing for readers who think this couldn’t happen in America. The filing recounts how the FBI had concluded in late 2016 that there was no evidence that Mr. Flynn had colluded with Russia. But the FBI kept the investigation open after it received a transcript of Mr. Flynn’s conversation with the Russian ambassador to the U.S.
Mr. Comey and his loyalists then set up Mr. Flynn in an interview despite having no legal basis. The documents show that Mr. Comey told his deputies not to inform the White House general counsel of the visit and not to tell the White House about his conversation with the ambassador. They also show that Mr. Comey worked around senior Justice officials, including Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, who thought the White House should be informed. As he did with Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Hillary Clinton’s emails, Mr. Comey acted as if he was a law unto himself.
At the time the agents admitted they did not think Mr. Flynn was lying to them. But as the Justice filing notes, without a legitimate investigative purpose, whether Mr. Flynn was lying was immaterial. He should never have been prosecuted.
Yet Mr. Mueller, who knew all this soon after becoming special counsel, pursued Mr. Flynn, threatening him and his son with ruin until he got the guilty plea. The prosecutor on the case, Brandon Van Grack, was part of Mr. Mueller’s team and consistently denied there was relevant material the government had not turned over to the defense.
But surely the lack of a legal predicate for the interview was exculpatory. Mr. Van Grack told the court Thursday he is withdrawing from the case, but an investigation is warranted to see if he lied to the court. Mr. Mueller’s reputation also stands self-besmirched, and the entire Russia collusion probe looks even more illegitimate and political.
All of this came to light after Attorney General Bill Barr assigned another U.S. Attorney, Jeffrey Jensen, to look at the Flynn case anew. The partisan press will portray this as a political decision done to please Mr. Trump. But Mr. Jensen is a long-time veteran of Justice and the FBI. He is not someone who would seek to damage those institutions for political purposes.
Mr. Jensen put it this way in a statement Thursday: “Through the course of my review of General Flynn’s case, I concluded the proper and just course was to dismiss the case. I briefed Attorney General Barr on my findings, advised him on these conclusions and he agreed.”
Messrs. Jensen and Barr deserve credit for a brave decision that will not be popular with some prosecutors and certainly not with the Democratic media. But as the filing notes, the cause of justice is paramount, even after a guilty plea has been made, if the evidence demands a reversal.
There is still much we don’t know, and many Russia-related documents we still do not have, and we hope Mr. Barr will continue to make them public as he cleans up after one of the most shameful episodes in FBI and Justice Department history. For now, at least Michael Flynn can get his life and reputation back.