Former acting intelligence director Richard Grenell on Wednesday accused Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden of scheming to take down President Trump's first national security adviser.
"Former Vice President Joe Biden asked intelligence officials to uncover the hidden information on President Trump's incoming National Security Advisor three weeks before the inauguration," Grenell said in a speech to the 2020 Republican National Convention.
The Logan Act was invoked to continue the investigation of Flynn because the Trump adviser had multiple calls with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in late 2016, made with the knowledge of other incoming Trump officials.
Days into Trump's presidency, Strzok and FBI Director James Comey skirted protocol and interviewed Flynn without permission from Justice Department leaders or notice to the White House counsel.
Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI - about Trump transition communications with Russia's ambassador about a UN vote and sanctions - in exchange for cooperating with the investigation of possible Trump-Russia collusion, which turned up no evidence of a conspiracy involving Trump.
In his RNC speech, Grenell also praised Trump's "America First foreign policy," saying Trump stated down "Warmongers," "China sympathizers" and "Globalization fanatics."
Grenell recently cut a slick pro-Trump ad for the Log Cabin Republicans lauding Trump as "The most pro-gay president in American history" and pointing out that Biden voted for the 1993 bill that created the military's since-repealed "Don't ask, don't tell" policy banning gay members and for the 1994 Defense of Marriage Act that banned federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Ex-spy chief Richard Grenell says Biden helped target Michael Flynn
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