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::*“A TON more out. . . We’re discussing whether, now that this is out, we can use it as a pretext to go interview some people,” Strzok texted. “In the next two weeks, there were ‘many meetings’ between Strzok and McCabe to discuss ‘whether to interview National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and if so, what interview strategies to use.’”

::*“A TON more out. . . We’re discussing whether, now that this is out, we can use it as a pretext to go interview some people,” Strzok texted. “In the next two weeks, there were ‘many meetings’ between Strzok and McCabe to discuss ‘whether to interview National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and if so, what interview strategies to use.’”

::*an unclassified letter written by the United Kingdom’s National Security Advisor, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, was hand delivered on Jan. 12, 2017 to the incoming national security team in New York, Powell wrote, noting that “[p]rotocol dictates that it was also provided to the then active national security advisor—[[Susan Rice]].  This was two weeks before the pretextual interview of Mr. Flynn, and it eviscerates the credibility of Christopher Steele whose false and unverified assertions mention Mr. Flynn and were used by the FBI to obtain illegal FISA warrants that likely reached the communications of Mr. Flynn,” the filing says.  Van Grack  “knows about this letter, and he questioned people about it,” it continues.

::*an unclassified letter written by the United Kingdom’s National Security Advisor, Sir Mark Lyall Grant, was hand delivered on Jan. 12, 2017 to the incoming national security team in New York, Powell wrote, noting that “[p]rotocol dictates that it was also provided to the then active national security advisor—[[Susan Rice]].  This was two weeks before the pretextual interview of Mr. Flynn, and it eviscerates the credibility of Christopher Steele whose false and unverified assertions mention Mr. Flynn and were used by the FBI to obtain illegal FISA warrants that likely reached the communications of Mr. Flynn,” the filing says.  Van Grack  “knows about this letter, and he questioned people about it,” it continues.

::*On Jan. 12, 2017, ''Washington Post'' columnist David Ignatius wrote that “According to a senior U.S. government official, Flynn phoned Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak several times on Dec. 29, the day the Obama administration announced the expulsion of 35 Russian officials as well as other measures in retaliation for the hacking.”

::*On Jan. 12, 2017, ''Washington Post'' columnist David Ignatius wrote that “According to a senior U.S. government official, Flynn phoned Russian Ambassador [[Sergey Kislyak]] several times on Dec. 29, the day the Obama administration announced the expulsion of 35 Russian officials as well as other measures in retaliation for the hacking.”

::*Pentagon official James Baker (DOD) "is believed to be the person who illegally leaked the transcript of Mr. Flynn’s calls to Ignatius,” Powell wrote. “The defense has requested the phone records of James Clapper to confirm his contacts with ''Washington Post'' reporter Ignatius—especially on January 10, 2017, when Clapper told Ignatius in words to the effect of ‘take the kill shot on Flynn.'”

::*Pentagon official James Baker (DOD) "is believed to be the person who illegally leaked the transcript of Mr. Flynn’s calls to Ignatius,” Powell wrote. “The defense has requested the phone records of James Clapper to confirm his contacts with ''Washington Post'' reporter Ignatius—especially on January 10, 2017, when Clapper told Ignatius in words to the effect of ‘take the kill shot on Flynn.'”

::*[[Stefan Halper]] organized a February 2014 event at his college that Flynn attended while Halper was being paid by the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment. That event would later become the source of unfounded rumors that Flynn and a Cambridge academic, Svetlana Lokhova, had improper contacts.  “Flynn has requested the records of Col. [[James Baker (DOD)]] because he was Halper’s ‘handler’ in the Office of Net Assessment in the Pentagon, and ONA Director Baker regularly lunched with ''Washington Post'' Reporter David Ignatius.".  She added that prosecutors have refused to allow Flynn’s defense team to see transcripts of the calls, even though media had them.

::*[[Stefan Halper]] organized a February 2014 event at his college that Flynn attended while Halper was being paid by the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment. That event would later become the source of unfounded rumors that Flynn and a Cambridge academic, Svetlana Lokhova, had improper contacts.  “Flynn has requested the records of Col. [[James Baker (DOD)]] because he was Halper’s ‘handler’ in the Office of Net Assessment in the Pentagon, and ONA Director Baker regularly lunched with ''Washington Post'' Reporter David Ignatius.".  She added that prosecutors have refused to allow Flynn’s defense team to see transcripts of the calls, even though media had them.