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The media leak of the Flynn conversation with Kislyak was critical because the DOJ/FBI were pushing a political narrative. This was not about legality ''per se'', this effort was about establishing the framework for an illegal preexisting investigation, based on a false premise, that would protect the [[DOJ]] and FBI. The investigation they needed to continue evolved into the [[Mueller special counsel]]. This was all insurance.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/23/the-obama-use-of-fisa-702-as-a-domestic-political-surveillance-program/</ref>
The media leak of the Flynn conversation with Kislyak was critical because the DOJ/FBI were pushing a political narrative. This was not about legality ''per se'', this effort was about establishing the framework for an illegal preexisting investigation, based on a false premise, that would protect the [[DOJ]] and FBI. The investigation they needed to continue evolved into the [[Mueller special counsel]]. This was all insurance.<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/04/23/the-obama-use-of-fisa-702-as-a-domestic-political-surveillance-program/</ref>
The Flynn-Kislyak leak led to [[Vice President Mike Pence]] being hammered on January 15th, 2017, during a [[CBS]] [[Face the Nation]] interview about Trump campaign officials in contact with Russians. Pence was unprepared to answer the questions and conflated a question about contact with Russians during the election, with Flynn’s contact with Kislyak in the transition period:
{{quotebox|'''CBS John Dickerson:''' Just to button up one question, did any advisor or anybody in the Trump campaign have any contact with the Russians who were trying to meddle in the election?
'''MIKE PENCE:''' Of course not. And I think to suggest that is to give credence to some of these bizarre rumors that have swirled around the candidacy.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/face-the-nation-transcript-january-15-2017-pence-manchin-gingrich/</ref>}}
This answer allowed the media to blend questions about pre-election campaign contacts with necessary, and entirely appropriate, transition team contacts.
==See also==
==See also==