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May 14, 2020

Brennan, who sought to 'unmask' Flynn, claims release of names is ‘abominable abuse of authority’

Former CIA director John Brennan, one of the Obama-era officials who sought to “unmask” Michael Flynn during the presidential transition period, claimed Thursday the release of the names was an “abominable abuse of authority.” 

May 14, 2020

Ken Starr reacts to Michael Flynn unmasking list: 'Why did Vice President Biden need to unmask?'

Former Whitewater independent counsel and Fox News contributor Ken Starr told "Your World with Neil Cavuto" Thursday that the recently disclosed list of top Obama administration officials who requested the "unmasking" of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn raises "very serious questions."

May 14, 2020

Charles Lipson on repealing the Logan Act: 'Get it off the books before it can be used for mischief again'

Professor Charles Lipson makes a case for why the Logan Act should be repealed, citing the most recent abuse of the law used by the FBI and DOJ against General Michael Flynn.

May 14, 2020

Lawyer appointed by judge in Flynn case once said government has 'near-absolute power' to 'extinguish a case'

Former prosecutor and federal judge John Gleeson, who was appointed by Judge Emmet Sullivan to submit a brief opposing the Justice Department's (DOJ's) motion to dismiss former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s case, recently went public defending Sullivan’s decision not to sign off on dropping the case -- but his own judicial history undermines that position.

May 14, 2020

Public health versus public safety: Confusion looms as sex offenders are released from incarceration across the country

Ever since the novel coronavirus took hold across the country – of which prisons and jails are far from immune – earlier this year, authorities have released tens of thousands of inmates both in the pretrial phase and those already convicted. Among them have been a significant number of sex offenders, triggering steep concern over whether some officials are diminishing public safety under the fragile lens of public health.

May 14, 2020

Andy McCarthy predicts Flynn would only take Trump pardon 'as a last resort'

Former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy told "Outnumbered Overtime" Thursday that President Trump should not pardon former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn because Flynn doesn't want a pardon.

May 14, 2020

Trey Gowdy shocked at Flynn case: 'Never seen anything like this' in my legal career

In his 20 years serving in the criminal justice system, former House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy said Thursday that he had never seen such blatantly biased action like that of former Trump national security adviser Gen. Michael Flynn's presiding Judge Emmet Sullivan.

May 14, 2020

FBI seizes Sen. Richard Burr’s cellphone after serving search warrant

Federal agents on Wednesday served a search warrant to Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., at his Washington-area home as part of the government’s investigation into his stock sales that were made early during the coronavirus outbreak.

May 14, 2020

Rand Paul: Flynn unmasking was 'devastating abuse of power' by Biden, Obama officials

Top Obama-era officials' unmasking of former Trump national security adviser Gen. Michael Flynn was "a devastating abuse of power," Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul accused Thursday. 

May 14, 2020

Obama officials' actions on Flynn unmasking were the 'worst thing since Watergate': former DOJ spokesman

Although Democrats and the liberal media argue that the "unmasking" process happens "all the time," former Trump national security adviser Gen. Michael Flynn's case was "very different," former Department of Justice (DOJ) spokesman Ian Prior asserted Thursday.