Susan Rice Email Adds Layer to Flynn Controversy
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Featured Coverage of this Story
From the Left
Trump administration declassifies full Susan Rice email sent on Inauguration DayOn the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, outgoing national security adviser Susan Rice sent herself an email that has since drawn intense scrutiny from Republicans.
Now the full text of the email has been declassified, and POLITICO reviewed it. It says that then-FBI Director James Comey worried about sharing classified information with the Trump team because of incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn’s frequent conversations with the Russian ambassador but that Comey had no knowledge of Flynn sharing classified information with the envoy.
From the Center
Susan Rice's email discussing Michael Flynn and RussiaThe Trump administration on Tuesday declassified an email that former national security adviser (NSA) Susan Rice sent herself about a meeting discussing "sensitive information related to Russia" and her incoming successor, Michael Flynn.
The email, which Rice sent the day of President Trump's inauguration, describes a Jan. 5, 2017, Oval Office meeting between herself, former President Obama, former Vice President Joe Biden, former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates.
"Comey said he does have some concerns that incoming NSA Flynn is speaking frequently with Russian...
From the Right
Comey mum on email suggesting move to freeze out Flynn, as Rice says she ignored adviceA newly declassified email that former National Security Adviser Susan Rice sent herself on President Trump’s inauguration day has raised new questions about James Comey’s role in the outgoing Obama administration’s treatment of Michael Flynn -- but the former FBI director has not yet publicly commented on the contents of the memo.
The email Rice sent to herself on Jan. 20, 2017, documented a Jan. 5 Oval Office meeting with former President Barack Obama and others, during which he provided guidance on how law enforcement should address Russian interference in...
AllSides Picks
April 19th, 2024
April 19th, 2024