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April 30, 2020

Sessions tells Tucker he wanted to fire Comey as FBI director: 'I felt that he should not continue'

Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday that he knew from the start of the Trump administration that then-FBI Director James Comey needed to be replaced.

April 30, 2020

Trump says he would 'certainly consider' bringing Flynn back into his administration

President Trump said Thursday he would “certainly consider” bringing retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn back into his administration, adding he believes his former national security adviser will be “fully exonerated” in light of new evidence. 

April 30, 2020

Pence says he’s now ‘inclined’ to believe Flynn didn’t intentionally mislead him about Russian ambassador

Vice President Mike Pence told reporters Thursday he is “inclined, more than ever” to believe that former national security adviser Mike Flynn unintentionally misled him in early 2017 about his contacts with the Russian ambassador before President Trump took office. 

April 30, 2020

Bret Baier says Biden must address sex assault allegations: 'It's like a snowball going down a hill'

"Special Report" anchor and managing editor Bret Baier said Thursday that presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has "got to address" sexual assault allegations against him by former Senate aide Tara Reade.

April 30, 2020

Flynn bombshell stirs speculation over possible dismissal, pardon

Bombshell documents showing FBI officials discussed whether they wanted to interview Michael Flynn in order to “get him to lie” have the potential to unravel the Justice Department’s case against the former national security adviser entirely, former federal prosecutors and legal analysts told Fox News on Thursday.

April 30, 2020

Chaffetz blasts FBI treatment of Flynn as 'so blatantly wrong, it's disgusting'

Former House Oversight Committee Chairman and Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz reacted with outrage Thursday after the release of FBI documents that showed bureau officials questioned whether their "goal" was to induce then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn "to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired" when Flynn was interviewed as part of the Russia investigation in January 2017.

April 30, 2020

Grassley demands Barr 'intervene' in Flynn case, says there should be 'consequences' for FBI, DOJ misconduct

Sen. Chuck Grassley went on a rare Twitter tirade on Thursday, blasting the Justice Department and the FBI for their handling of the case against former White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, and urging Attorney General Barr to intervene.

April 30, 2020

Trump says FBI 'tormented' Flynn, stays mum on pardon possibility

President Trump vigorously defended his former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Thursday after the disclosure of explosive new FBI documents in the case, but stopped short of saying he will pardon him.

April 30, 2020

Rand Paul calls on Trump to pardon Flynn in wake of unsealed FBI files

Sen. Rand Paul, R.-Ky., called on President Trump to pardon former national security adviser Michael Flynn after internal FBI documents released Wednesday showed FBI officials in 2017 discussing if they should try "to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired."

April 30, 2020

Gregg Jarrett: Targeting Michael Flynn — here's how the FBI entrapped and prosecuted an innocent man

If there was ever any question about the dishonesty and corruption that poisoned the case against Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, newly released documents erase all doubt.