Trump Attorney and legal analyst Jay Sekulow published an explosive op-ed at Fox News this week; saying the Obama administration intentionally changed intelligence sharing rules to target the Trump campaign during the 2016 election.
“Stunning new information just released by the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) shows that the Obama administration stepped up efforts – just days before President Trump took office – to undermine Trump and his administration,” writes Sekulow.
“The ACLJ, where I serve as chief counsel, has obtained records that show the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, under Director James Clapper, eagerly pushed to get new procedures as part of an anti-Trump effort. The procedures increased access to raw signals intelligence before the conclusion of the Obama administration, just days before President Trump was inaugurated,” he adds.
“By greatly expanding access to classified information by unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats, the Obama administration paved the way for a shadow government to leak classified information – endangering our national security and severely jeopardizing the integrity and reputation of our critical national security apparatus – in an attempt to undermine President Trump,” Sekulow confirms.
“There were also documented abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that led to an FBI investigation – codenamed Crossfire Hurricane – of possible ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia. Special Counsel Robert Mueller later concluded after an exhaustive investigation lasting nearly two years that the Trump campaign did not conspire with Russia to advance Trump’s election chances,” he concludes.
Read Jay Sekulow’s full article here.
SEKULOW ON HANNITY: Mueller’s Final Report ‘Completely Vindicates’ President Trump
President Trump’s personal attorney Jay Sekulow spoke with Sean Hannity Thursday night just hours after the release of Robert Mueller’s final report; saying the special counsel’s conclusions “completely vindicate” Donald Trump and his campaign of all wrong-doing.
“This investigation started because of allegations of conspiracy and collusion regarding the Trump campaign and the Russian government. This report not only vindicates the President completely… It’s been going on for almost three years,” said Sekulow.
“The parameter for which it was set was to determine Russian interference in the election and whether there was any involvement with the President and the campaign, and the answer is: No there was not,” he added.
Watch Sekulow on ‘Hannity’ above.
BUSTED: MSNBC Host Forced to CORRECT Bogus Sekulow Story
Just days after several news outlets were forced to “retract” multiple phony stories regarding President Trump and his relationship with Russia, MSNBC found itself in the hot-seat on Tuesday; “correcting” a bogus report about Trump’s lawyer and his “alleged call” for another special counsel.
MSNBC anchor and legal correspondent Ari Melber viciously attacked the President’s attorney on social media this week, saying Jay Sekulow had “crossed a line” in his calls for an investigation into Mueller’s months-long witch-hunt.
A new line crossed:
Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow confirms to NBC he is calling for a special counsel to *investigate* special counsel Mueller’s team.
Citing alleged conflicts of interests, he says “New revelations require the appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate.”
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) December 12, 2017
Sekulow cites a Fox News report about alleged conflicts on special counsel team to say, “DOJ & FBI cannot ignore the multiple problems that have been created by these obvious conflicts of interests… revelations require the appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate.” https://t.co/HyIFMK1deu
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) December 12, 2017
Just spoke to Jay Sekulow who says, “This is about an alleged conflict regarding Fusion GPS and Bruce Orr, and it has nothing to do with Bob Mueller or Mueller’s team.” He stresses that was and remains his original point. https://t.co/Lqp3FEdP5M
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) December 12, 2017
One problem: Sekulow never cited Mueller as a factor behind his decision, instead saying there was a “conflict regarding Fusion GPS and Bruce Orr,” adding this “has nothing to do with Bob Mueller or Mueller’s team.”
“My concern from the outset has been that the whole Fusion GPS, Christopher Steele fake dossier was utilized to get FISA warrants. There’s indications that’s probably what happened,” Jay Sekulow told Sean Hannity. “That raised a very serious problem in our view. I thought as a lawyer that a special counsel needs to be appointed just to investigate these multiple conflicts of interest as it relates to the Fusion GPS – Bruce Orr situation.”
“This was a very clear statement, I was very specific […] I said please understand none of this is about Bob Mueller,” he added.
Listen to Sekulow set-the-record straight above.