Are The Wall Closing In Around Obama?

President Barack Obama is at the center of all of this. Indeed, Obama oversaw it all, from the start. ... For now, let's just focus on the Flynn portion. Here's what we now know about Obama's involvement in the Flynn episode: Sally Yates, as Acting Attorney General, authorized FBI agents (including disgraced Peter Strzok) to interview then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn in the early days of the Trump Administration.... In the trove of documents released yesterday, a stunning revelation was discovered. 

"Yates first learned of the December 2016 calls between [LTG Michael] Flynn and [Russian Ambassador to the United States, Sergey] Kislyak on January 5, 2017, while in the Oval Office. Yates, along with then FBI-Director James Comey, then-CIA Director John Brennan, and then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, were at the White House to brief members of the Obama Administration on the classified Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian Activities in Recent U.S Elections. 

President Obama was joined by his National Security Advisor, Susan Rice, and others from the National Security Council," the document states. "After the briefing, Obama dismissed the group but asked Yates and Comey to stay behind. Obama started by saying he had 'learned of the information about Flynn' and his conversation with Kislyak about sanctions. 

Obama specified he did not want any additional information on the matter, but was seeking information on whether the White House should be treating Flynn any differently, given the information. 

At that point, Yates had no idea what the President was talking about, but figured it out based on the conversation. 

Yates recalled Comey mentioning the Logan Act, but can't recall if he specified there was an 'investigation,'" it continues. 

Remember, on January 12, a critical (and illegal) leak was issued to David Ignatius of the Washington Post -- telling him to put out the word that Michael Flynn was under investigation for violation of the Logan Act. 

Hmm, do we know of anyone who uses criminal leaks to manipulate the press into doing his bidding, and who talked up the Logan Act as a predicate for a fake investigtion? 

Yates learned of the Flynn/Kislyak phone call from the president himself. Clearly, the president informing the top official at the Justice Department about this information triggered a criminal investigation. A criminal investigation that we now know, for certain, was inappropriate at best, criminal and corrupt at worst (and more likely.) This appears to be the first major and direct link we have between the improper behavior of the Justice Department and President Obama.  

Let the reckoning, finally, begin. 

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