{"id":130623,"date":"2019-10-26T12:40:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T16:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=130623"},"modified":"2019-10-26T12:40:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T16:40:47","slug":"fbi-agents-literally-altered-a-302-form-so-that-general-flynn-could-be-charged-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=130623","title":{"rendered":"FBI Agents literally <b>&#8216;altered a 302 Form&#8217;<\/b> so that General Flynn could be charged! (Videos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>FBI Entrapped Flynn With Manipulated Evidence As Clapper Allegedly Issued &#8216;Kill Shot&#8217; Order: Court Docs<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>A bombshell court filing from Michael Flynn&#8217;s new legal team alleges that FBI agents\u00a0<strong>altered a &#8216;302&#8217; form\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; the official record of the former national security adviser&#8217;s interview &#8211; that resulted in the DOJ charging him with lying to investigators.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2019-09-10_17-38-48_0.jpg?itok=tZQV6Nw_\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2019-09-10_17-38-48_0.jpg?itok=tZQV6Nw_\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2019-09-10_17-38-48_0.jpg?itok=cZIEJWX8 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2019-09-10_17-38-48_0.jpg?itok=cZIEJWX8 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2019-09-10_17-38-48_0.jpg?itok=cZIEJWX8 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2019-09-10_17-38-48_0.jpg?itok=cZIEJWX8 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2019-09-10_17-38-48_0.jpg?itok=cZIEJWX8 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2019-09-10_17-38-48_0.jpg?itok=tZQV6Nw_ 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2019-09-10_17-38-48_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"284\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"cd16253b-7c56-4d65-86ce-3b58da3abbce\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Early last week Flynn attorney Sidney Powell filed a sealed reply to federal prosecutors&#8217; claims that they have satisfied their requirements for turning over evidence in the case. A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/432006309\/Agreed-Redacted-Reply-Brief\">minimally redacted copy<\/a>\u00a0of the reply brief was made public late last week,\u00a0<strong>revealing the plot to destroy Flynn<\/strong>, as reported by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/10\/25\/sidney-powell-drops-bombshell-showing-how-the-fbi-trapped-michael-flynn\/#.XbMA5c_k-4Q.twitter\"><em>The Federalist<\/em><\/a>&#8216;s Margot Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>According to the 37-page motion<strong>, a team of &#8220;<u>high-ranking FBI officials orchestrated an ambush-interview of the new president\u2019s National Security Advisor<\/u><\/strong>, not for the purpose of discovering any evidence of criminal activity\u2014they already had tapes of all the relevant conversations about which they questioned Mr. Flynn\u2014but\u00a0<strong>for the purpose of trapping him into making statements they could allege as false<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of the matter is the\u00a0<strong>302 form\u00a0<\/strong>&#8216;documenting&#8217; an FBI interview in which Flynn was asked about his conversations with former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.\u00a0<strong>Powell alleges that FBI lawyer Lisa Page edited her lover Peter Strzok&#8217;s account of the interview &#8211; texting him, &#8220;I made your edits.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside id=\"my_spring1\"><\/aside>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/strzok%20page%202_0_0.jpg?itok=Nz6wQMcv\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/strzok%20page%202_0_0.jpg?itok=Nz6wQMcv\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/strzok%20page%202_0_0.jpg?itok=X5C5KG8g 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/strzok%20page%202_0_0.jpg?itok=X5C5KG8g 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/strzok%20page%202_0_0.jpg?itok=X5C5KG8g 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/strzok%20page%202_0_0.jpg?itok=X5C5KG8g 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/strzok%20page%202_0_0.jpg?itok=X5C5KG8g 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/strzok%20page%202_0_0.jpg?itok=Nz6wQMcv 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/strzok%20page%202_0_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"298\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"b345b5c3-73ea-41b5-9d23-8b0681554ecf\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Included: new Page\/Strzok texts.<\/p>\n<p>Discussion between Lisa Page and Peter Strzok re: editing the Flynn 302.<\/p>\n<p>Strzok to Page: &quot;I made your edits&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Also discussion of misleading leadership re: picking up 302. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w5wuU3SwZh\">pic.twitter.com\/w5wuU3SwZh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Techno_Fog\/status\/1187557854691168256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Manipulation of the Flynn 302 &#8212; two weeks after the interview. (1\/24\/17 vs 2\/10\/17; timeline key.)<\/p>\n<p>Agent notes say Flynn wasn&#39;t sure he spoke to Kislyak on the UN vote. <\/p>\n<p>The 302 says different. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nf0xfi6FFZ\">pic.twitter.com\/Nf0xfi6FFZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Techno_Fog\/status\/1187559835191201793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>The edits explained via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/10\/25\/sidney-powell-drops-bombshell-showing-how-the-fbi-trapped-michael-flynn\/#.XbMA5c_k-4Q.twitter\"><em>The Federalist<\/em><\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOn February 10, 2017, the news broke\u2014attributed to \u2018senior intelligence officials\u2019\u2014that Mr. Flynn had discussed sanctions with Ambassador Kislyak, contrary to what Vice President Pence had said on television previously.\u201d Following this leak,\u00a0<strong>\u201covernight,\u201d Flynn\u2019s 302 was changed<\/strong>\u2014and substantively so. \u201c<strong>Those changes added an unequivocal statement that \u2018FLYNN stated he did not\u2019<\/strong>\u2014in response to whether Mr. Flynn had asked Kislyak to vote in a certain manner or slow down the UN vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>This is a deceptive manipulation<\/strong>\u201d Powell highlighted, \u201c<strong>because, as the notes of the agents show, Mr. Flynn was not even sure he had spoken to Russia\/Kislyak on this issue<\/strong>. He had talked to dozens of countries.\u201d The overnight changes to the 302 also included the addition of a line, indicating Flynn had been question on whether \u201cKISLYAK described any Russian response to a request by FLYNN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But\u00a0<strong>the agent\u2019s notes do not include that question or answer, Powell stressed, yet it was later made into the criminal offense charges against Flynn<\/strong>. And \u201cthe draft also shows that\u00a0<strong>the agents moved a sentence to make it seem to be an answer to a question it was not<\/strong>,\u201d Powell added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Powell describing how they know the 302 form was altered:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SidneyPowell1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SidneyPowell1<\/a> explains what\u2019s taking so long and h knew the 302\u2018s was altered. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F4BSQ9ZUBn\">pic.twitter.com\/F4BSQ9ZUBn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Dirty Truth (Josh) (@AKA_RealDirty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AKA_RealDirty\/status\/1187864709766225920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Notably,\u00a0<strong>Lisa Page lied to the DOJ, saying that she didn&#8217;t recall whether she took part in editing Flynn&#8217;s 302 form<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lisa Page lied to the DOJ about her edits to the Flynn 302.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Page didn&#39;t recall whether she took part in editing the FD-302&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Upon seeing her texts, she &quot;believes she must have seen it at some point&#8230;&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fgMaZcWnWa\">pic.twitter.com\/fgMaZcWnWa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Techno_Fog\/status\/1187565979087360001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laying the groundwork<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Leading up to the interview with Flynn, the text messages reveal that the FBI wanted to capitalize on news of the &#8216;salacious and unverified&#8217; Steele dossier &#8211; and whether they &#8220;can use it as a pretext to go interview some people,&#8221; Strzok texted Page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/489727_5_.jpg?itok=F7AdCAiT\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/489727_5_.jpg?itok=F7AdCAiT\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/489727_5_.jpg?itok=Dx_APEQ8 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/489727_5_.jpg?itok=Dx_APEQ8 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/489727_5_.jpg?itok=Dx_APEQ8 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/489727_5_.jpg?itok=Dx_APEQ8 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/489727_5_.jpg?itok=Dx_APEQ8 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/489727_5_.jpg?itok=F7AdCAiT 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/489727_5_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"88f35f6a-9f57-4af9-af3c-c8db29935e91\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Then, quoting from a sealed statement by Strzok,\u00a0<strong>Powell reveals that over next two weeks, there were \u201cmany meetings\u201d between Strzok and [FBI Deputy Director Andrew] McCabe to discuss \u201cwhether to interview [] National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and if so, what interview strategies to use.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0And \u201con January 23, the day before the interview,\u00a0<strong>the upper echelon of the FBI met to orchestrate it all<\/strong>. Deputy Director McCabe, General Counsel James Baker, Lisa Page, Strzok, David Bowdich, Trish Anderson, and Jen Boone strategized to talk with Mr. Flynn in such a way as to keep from alerting him from understanding that he was being interviewed in a criminal investigation of which he was the target.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next came \u201cComey\u2019s direction to \u2018screw it\u2019 in contravention of longstanding DOJ protocols,\u201d leading McCabe to personally call Flynn to schedule the interview<\/strong>. Yet none of Comey\u2019s notes on the decision to interview Flynn were turned over to defense. Even Obama-holdover \u201cDeputy Attorney General Sally Yates candidly opined that the interview \u2018was problematic\u2019 and \u2018<strong>it was not always clear what the FBI was doing to investigate Flynn<\/strong>,\u201d Powell stressed. Yet again, the prosecution did not turn over Yates\u2019 notes, but only \u201cdisclosed a seven-line summary of Ms. Yates statement six months after Mr. Flynn\u2019s plea.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/10\/25\/sidney-powell-drops-bombshell-showing-how-the-fbi-trapped-michael-flynn\/#.XbMA5c_k-4Q.twitter\"><em>-The Federalist<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Kill Shot&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another startling claim in Powell&#8217;s filing references a purported conversation between former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Washington Post reporter David Ignatius, which claims Clapper told the reporter &#8220;words to the effect of &#8216;take the kill shot on Flynn,&#8217; after Ignatius reportedly obtained the transcript of Flynn&#8217;s phone calls.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/James-clapper-696x398_0.jpg?itok=LJtSokBG\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/James-clapper-696x398_0.jpg?itok=LJtSokBG\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/James-clapper-696x398_0.jpg?itok=-Ul5o7w3 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/James-clapper-696x398_0.jpg?itok=-Ul5o7w3 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/James-clapper-696x398_0.jpg?itok=-Ul5o7w3 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/James-clapper-696x398_0.jpg?itok=-Ul5o7w3 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/James-clapper-696x398_0.jpg?itok=-Ul5o7w3 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/James-clapper-696x398_0.jpg?itok=LJtSokBG 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/James-clapper-696x398_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"ae2aa8f6-7e5d-442f-af95-763bb917a3ff\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clapper&#8217;s spokesman told\u00a0<em>Fox News<\/em>\u00a0that he &#8220;absolutely did not say those words to David Ignatius,&#8221; adding &#8220;It&#8217;s absolutely false&#8221; and &#8220;absurd.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Powell claims that Ignatius was given the Flynn-Kislyak call transcripts by a Pentagon official who was also Stefan Halper&#8217;s &#8220;handler.&#8221; Halper &#8211; who was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-05-21\/fbi-informant-stefan-halper-paid-over-1-million-obama-admin-spied-trump-aide-after\">paid over $1 million<\/a>\u00a0by the Obama administration &#8211; was one of many spies the FBI sent to infiltrate the Trump campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Halper, in 2016, contacted several members of the Trump campaign including former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos and former aides Carter Page and Sam Clovis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cT<strong>he evidence the defense requests will eviscerate any factual basis for the plea and reveal the conduct so outrageous\u2014if there is not enough already\u2014to mandate dismissal of this prosecution for egregious government misconduct<\/strong>,\u201d Powell wrote. &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fbi-agents-manipulated-flynn-file-as-clapper-urged-kill-shot-court-filing\">Fox News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lastly, Powell&#8217;s filing\u00a0<strong>also notes that US District Judge Rudolph Contreras, who recused himself\u00a0<em>after<\/em>\u00a0accepting Flynn&#8217;s guilty plea, had a personal relationship with Peter Strzok<\/strong>, according to text messages.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government knew that well in advance of Mr. Flynn\u2019s plea that Judge Contreras was a friend of Peter Strzok and his recusal was even discussed in an exchange of multiple texts,&#8221; writes Powell, referencing Strzok-Page texts discussing Strzok and Contreras speaking &#8220;in detail&#8221; about anything &#8220;meaningful enough to warrant recusal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government knew that well in advance of Mr. Flynn\u2019s plea that Judge Contreras was a friend of Peter Strzok and his recusal was even discussed in an exchange of multiple texts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0<strong>Clapper &#8211; who is now under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/doj-russiagate-probe-just-turned-criminal-investigation-nyt\">criminal investigation<\/a> &#8211; is getting nervous&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/QTRResearch\/status\/1187758670765006850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1187758670765006850&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Ffbi-entrapped-flynn-manipulated-evidence-clapper-allegedly-issued-kill-shot-order<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Obama should be too?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LOL. Barack Obama is going to love this interview his former DIA James Clapper just gave to CNN about the Durham probe: \u201cIt\u2019s frankly disconcerting to be investigated for having done&#8230;  what we were told to do by the president of the United States.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/peAoCvjWCg\">https:\/\/t.co\/peAoCvjWCg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi\/status\/1187842892867538946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/fbi-entrapped-flynn-manipulated-evidence-clapper-allegedly-issued-kill-shot-order\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/fbi-entrapped-flynn-manipulated-evidence-clapper-allegedly-issued-kill-shot-order<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI Entrapped Flynn With Manipulated Evidence As Clapper Allegedly Issued &#8216;Kill Shot&#8217; Order: Court Docs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}