The riddle of how the White House discovered the telephone call and subsequent content between Michael Flynn and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak appears to have been solved. The FBI used a “Pen Register.” There was no unmasking, and no warrant.
A pen register is a device/process which records the telephone numbers of outgoing calls. Monitoring outgoing call numbers does not require a search warrant or FISA.
After the 2016 election Lt. Gen Flynn was given a government issued secure cell phone; a blackberry device for use. However, with Flynn under a preexisting FBI investigation the phone numbers Flynn was calling in December ’16 and January ’17 were being monitored.
A review of prior testimony by former FBI Director James Comey [HERE]; prior testimony by former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe [Here]; and a cross-reference of recent releases of Flynn unmasking documents [Here] tells the full story.
In December of 2016 incoming National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was under a sketchy FBI Counterintelligence investigation for possible coordination with Russia. According to recent documents and the Comey transcript, the Flynn investigation began in the summer of 2016; that investigation was ongoing in late December.
After President Obama initiated sanctions against Russia on December 29, 2016. The Obama administration was trying to figure out why Russia was not reacting. According to James Comey testimony the intelligence community, writ large, was tasked to find out why Russia was not reacting more severely. See Transcript:
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…”And so we were all tasked to find out, do you have anything [redacted] that might reflect on this? That turned up these calls at the end of December, beginning of January.”
“do you have anything [redacted] that might reflect on this?” Could pertain to the incoming administration, a person, or an intelligence capability.
However, to identify the “that“, we turn to the McCabe testimony (page 212):
…”in an effort to respond to the tasking from [REDACTED], and so the results of what we found were communicated to the Agency, who I think had the pen on that response.”
The individual or group initiating the task is redacted; however the redaction ends with the letter “f”, so it is most likely “redacted staff.”
Tasking from: NSC staff? NCTC staff? White House staff?
However, the other important facet is the “had the pen on that response.” Meaning had the pen register responsibility on that response.
Pen Registers only monitor ‘outgoing‘ numbers.
It takes ‘trap and tracer’ authority to monitor the ‘incoming.’ Ambassador Kislyak was a foreign official whose surveillance would not require a pen register; however, a warrantless pen register would apply to Michael Flynn. So the discovery of the contact reflects a review of Flynn’s calls; not just Kislyak (who can be monitored for any purpose).
The FBI discovers the contact via a pen register that was monitoring Flynn’s phone. Then James Comey takes the information to DNI James Clapper. Back to Comey transcript:
“And then I briefed it to the Director of National Intelligence, and Director Clapper asked me for copies [REDACTED] which I shared with him.”…
At this point it looks like James Comey uses the pen register to generate a non traditional intelligence product; perhaps a memo or rough draft of the transcript, or the pen register result itself; which, because of the content, contains Michael Flynn’s name.
Director Comey then shares with DNI Clapper.
Clapper then takes the document and uses it to brief President Obama. This is how President Obama discovers the content of the call between Kislyak and Flynn:
The Clapper briefing of President Obama… likely happening prior to January 5th… using some non regular intelligence documentation… is almost certainly the impetus for the unmasking request from President Obama’s Chief of Staff Denis McDonough which happened on January 5, 2017:
The January 5th unmasking request applies to a document about Flynn where Flynn’s name is unmasked. That request is almost certainly the result of the White House receiving the official intelligence transcript of the Flynn-Kislyak call. We know this because the non-traditional document that Comey gave to Clapper was not masked.
So the question becomes, what exactly was that ‘non-traditional’ intelligence document that Comey gave to Clapper to brief President Obama?
For that answer we go back to Andrew McCabe’s transcript as he described it (pg 213):
As you can see above McCabe describes the document as a “summary” of the call that “wasn’t an intelligence product”, and any unmasking would be unnecessary because Michael Flynn’s name within it was not masked.
That information flow is also why Lisa Page and Peter Strzok were saying “incidental collection” is the “incorrect narrative” in their text messages. There was no unmasking because Flynn’s contact with Kislyak was not picked up as part of incidental collection, it was picked up because the FBI was using a pen registry to monitor all of Flynn’s contacts:
SUMMARY: Flynn was under FBI investigation. Per the IG report there was no FISA on Michael Flynn. In the document generated by James Comey to share with DNI James Clapper,… to brief President Obama… Michael Flynn’s name was not masked. The document was generated as a result of a pen register monitoring the outgoing contacts and phone numbers of Michael Flynn’s phone.
Flynn’s call was the subject of a “pen registry”.
Flynn’s device was government issued.
Flynn’s “outgoing” calls monitored without warrant.
Kislyak’s number was known.
The pen registry identified the specific calls from Flynn to Kislyak.
An “agency” provided the FBI with call content.
Comey provided call content (w/ a document) to James Clapper.
Clapper shared with White House during briefing.
No unmasking, no warrant, no FISA.
That’s how the White House got the call without unmasking request.
Earlier today President Trump Participated in the Presentation of the United States Space Force Flag, during a ceremony in the oval office. Additionally President Trump signed an Armed Forces Day Proclamation. [Video and Transcript Below]
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[Transcript] – THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. This is a very special moment because this is the presentation of the Space Force flag. So we’ve worked very hard on this. And it’s so important from a defensive standpoint, from an offensive standpoint, from every standpoint there is.
As you know, China and Russia, perhaps others, started off a lot sooner than us. We should have started this a long time ago, but we’ve made up for it in spades. We have developed some of the most incredible weapons anyone has ever seen, and it’s moving along very rapidly. And we have tremendous people in charge.
And I — what I’d like to do is I’d like to just start by asking some of those folks to say a few words. And the importance strategically, militarily, and even from a pure civilian standpoint, and from bringing our economy back — everything — it’s going to help so much. All made right here in the USA. And it’s going to be very special, very important. Space Force.
First time in 72 years-plus that we’ve opened up a new branch of the United States military.
And, Mark, maybe I’ll start with you. You’ll saw a few words. Please.
SECRETARY ESPER: Yes, sir. Let me just say it’s a very historic moment. The United States has been a spacefaring nation for decades, but we know that our adversaries in the last several years have weaponized space. They’ve made it a warfighting domain. And so with the establishment of Space Force and the establishment of Space Command, the United States is now doing what it needs to do to protect our assets in space and ensure that space remains the heavens by which we not only protect America, but we sustain our economy, we sustain our commercial capabilities, we sustain Americans’ way of life.
So again, another very historic moment. I’m confident that both the Space Force and the Space Command will do what is necessary to defend us in space and to keep America great.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Great job you’re doing, too.
General Milley? Please.
GENERAL MILLEY: Sir. Thank you, Mr. President. And as the Secretary said, this is a historic day. Some time ago, we made a decision to establish the Space Force, and that’s because we’re undergoing a changing character of war, which is of historic importance for all nations.
And as part of that, the space part of our universe opened up as a domain of warfare. And it’s critical that if we are going to sustain our way of life, if we’re going to defend our nation, that we’re going to have to defend ourselves in space and therefore the need for Space Force.
And it’s a great day for the nation, it’s a great day, really, for the world that the United States of America establishes its first Space Force.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much.
Please.
GENERAL RAYMOND: Mr. President, thank you for your leadership.
THE PRESIDENT: Congratulations, by the way.
GENERAL RAYMOND: Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Number one.
GENERAL RAYMOND: Yes, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: That’s great.
GENERAL RAYMOND: I appreciate the honor.
Sixteen thousand space professionals assigned to the Space Force. We’re proud of this flag. They come to work every day focusing on providing space capabilities for our nation, for our joint coalition forces, and for the world. We’re proud of this flag. We’re proud to have an opportunity to present it to you here for display in the White House.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you.
GENERAL RAYMOND: Thank you for your leadership —
THE PRESIDENT: Appreciate it.
GENERAL RAYMOND: — very much.
Secretary, please.
SECRETARY BARRETT: Thank you, Mr. President. You’ve really demonstrated leadership in establishing the Space Force. This is an important moment and an important month, actually.
Most of the Americans, before their first cup of coffee in the morning, have used space, but very few people realize how important space is —
THE PRESIDENT: That’s right.
SECRETARY BARRETT: — to everything that we do, and that it’s vulnerable, because we need to up our game in space. And you’ve recognized that and built a force that will help to protect our assets in space and deter aggressive action in space and, if deterrence doesn’t work, to be able to defend our assets in space and those of our allies.
So we thank you very much for the leadership you’ve demonstrated and we’re excited for this breakthrough moment.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you very much. I appreciate it. We’re building, right now, incredible military equipment at a level that nobody has ever seen before. We have no choice. We have to do it — with the adversaries we have out there.
We have a — I call it the “super-duper missile.” And I heard the other night, 17 times faster than what they have right now.
SECRETARY ESPER: Yes, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: And you take the fastest missile we have right now — you’ve heard Russia has five times, and China is working on five or six times. We have one 17 times. And it’s just gotten the go-ahead. Seventeen times faster, if you can believe that, General. That’s something, right? Seventeen times faster than what we have right now. Fastest in the world by a factor of almost three.
So I just want to congratulate everybody and thank everybody. Space is going to be — it’s going to be the future, both in terms of defense and offense and so many other things.
And already, from what I’m hearing and based on reports, we’re now the leader in space, and that took place. Don’t forget, we’re having a meeting today. This is really to unfurl the flag. But we’ve been doing this now for quite a while. I have to say that from my standpoint, having a force — a space force, in this case, but to be adding to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which I’ve known about and read about and heard about all my life — just like General Milley to be the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is something that’s a very special thing.
Well, to add another force into the Joint Chiefs and — and we’re getting a four star. In this case, we’re getting a four-star general on your board. So we’re doing something — right here. So we’re doing something that is such a monumental task.
So it’s been more than 72 years. The Air Force, I believe, was the last one. And so we have Air Force. And not since the Air Force has anything like this happened, and now we have Space Force added on with — with full honors, I must add. With full honors.
So today, we’re here for a very important — it’s really an important occasion because we’re unfurling the flag. And with us is Chief Master Sergeant Roger Towberman. And he is — I’d like you to say exactly, because his rank is a very special rank. Tell us about that rank.
CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT TOWBERMAN: Yes, sir. I’m the senior enlisted advisor for the United States Space Force.
THE PRESIDENT: And the highest — highest sergeant by far, right?
CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT TOWBERMAN: Yes, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: There’s no —
CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT TOWBERMAN: And at the moment, the only one. So I give counsel to the Secretary and to the Chief —
THE PRESIDENT: That’s — that’s pretty good.
GENERAL RAYMOND: Mr. President, this rank is custom designed.
THE PRESIDENT: Wow. That’s beautiful. Wow. That’s it.
GENERAL RAYMOND: And he’s the only — the only Airman —
THE PRESIDENT: That’s beautiful.
GENERAL RAYMOND: — the only Airman that wears that rank and will be the only Airman that wears that rank. He’s the senior enlisted leader.
THE PRESIDENT: That’s fantastic. And I heard tremendous things about you, Roger.
CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT TOWBERMAN: Thanks.
THE PRESIDENT: It’s a very important position. And you’re with all these generals. But you know what? He’s an important guy, right?
So why don’t we go ahead and do it? Let’s do it. Yes, please.
CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT TOWBERMAN: Thank you.
Thank you.
(The flag is unfurled.) (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: That’s fantastic, Roger. I’ll walk over there. That is great. You stay right there.
That’s fantastic. Isn’t that great? Please, get in the picture. That’s beautiful.
SECRETARY ESPER: And, Mr. President, it will stand in your office alongside the other service flags.
THE PRESIDENT: Very, very great honor. It’s a great honor. That’s a beautiful flag, too. Roger, hold that up so they can see. That’s really beautiful. Wow.
It’s a big — that’s a big day.
Q Can somebody explain the logo?
SECRETARY ESPER: General Raymond?
THE PRESIDENT: Please. Go ahead.
GENERAL RAYMOND: So the delta in the middle is a symbol that the space community has used for years and years and years. The North Star signifies our core value — our guiding light, if you will. And the orbit around the globe signifies the space capabilities that fuel our American way of life and our American way of war.
THE PRESIDENT: That’s great. I’m going to do this for Roger. Here, Roger. Please don’t put this on eBay tonight. (Laughter.) Here, Roger. Come here a minute.
And we’re going to sign. Okay, Roger, that’s for you.
CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT TOWBERMAN: Thank you so much.
THE PRESIDENT: That’s for you.
SECRETARY BARRETT: Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Okay. So let’s do it. This is great stuff.
(The proclamation is signed.)
Okay. Let’s see, I have — I think we have no choice, right? General, come on over here.
GENERAL RAYMOND: Absolutely.
THE PRESIDENT: Good luck.
GENERAL RAYMOND: Mr. President, thanks you, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Good luck. Okay?
GENERAL RAYMOND: Thanks for your — thanks for the honor.
THE PRESIDENT: Fantastic. And these are going for everybody, please. Okay?
(Pens are distributed.)
SECRETARY BARRETT: Thank you very much.
THE PRESIDENT: Roger. Thank you very much. Mark, you’re all set? General, come on over here. General Kellogg has been fantastic. Done a great job. He’s working on a special project now, aren’t you?
LIEUTENANT GENERAL KELLOGG: I am, sir. And we’re going to get it done.
THE PRESIDENT: It’s a very special project. (Applause.)
Okay? Got it? Thank you all very much. Thank you.
I’ll be going to Camp David tonight with a lot of different people. We have some big things happening. So I’ll be at Camp David tonight with various people.
Q Who’s going?
THE PRESIDENT: Various people, including some of the folks on the Hill and some of our great leaders.
Q To talk about what exactly?
THE PRESIDENT: Different things. Different things.
Q Phase four?
THE PRESIDENT: Uh, no, not so much phase four. Phase four could happen, but it will happen the right way. We have all the cards because we have the cards for the American people. I know what they want. And I’ve always known what they want. That’s why I’m sitting here.
No, phase four is going to happen, but it’s going to happen in a much better way for the American people.
President Trump delivers remarks at a Presidential Recognition Ceremony: Hard Work, Heroism, and Hope. Anticipated start time 4:00pm ET.
UPDATE: Video and Transcript Added:
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[Transcript] – THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Please. Those are friendly truckers. They’re on our side. It’s almost a celebration in a way. Please sit down. Please.
The First Lady and I are thrilled to welcome you this afternoon for our second event recognizing extraordinary Americans who have responded to the invisible enemy — we know what the invisible enemy is; we’ve learned a lot — with exceptional bravery and commitment and love. And we appreciate it very much. Great job, fantastic job.
In the midst of this pandemic, our nation has been united in grief and in prayer for the precious lives that have been lost. We’ve also come together in awe and admiration for the heroism and patriotism that we’re witnessing all across our country.
Here with us today is Amy Ford, a nurse of 17 years, from Williamson, West Virginia — a great state. Where is Amy? Hi, Amy.
Weeks ago, after telling her children she loved them, Amy got on a plane for the first time in her life and traveled to New York to help. For the past 42 days, she’s been working 12-hour shifts in the intensive care units of Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn. I know it well; I know that building well. I passed it many, many times. And Amy has been serving the coronavirus patients around the clock. She once held the hand of an elderly patient all night long, just so the woman would not feel alone. Boy, that’s something. Thank you, Amy. That’s incredible.
I want to thank you for what you’ve done. What a great story. I’ve heard about this story. Please come up and say a few words. Please, Amy. That’s great.
MS. FORD: Hello. I want to thank you for having me here today. Being able to serve our country as a frontline worker during this pandemic has truly been an honor.
I — like you said, I’ve been an RN for 20 — or for 17 years. Under normal circumstances, as a nurse, I would have an idea of a treatment plan. And unfortunately, I was not afforded that comfort in the beginning of this pandemic. These were not normal circumstances. There were times of trial and error and a whole lot of prayer.
I had to adapt to a new way of nursing — one where treatment was still unknown; one where families had to trust my word, and I had to prove that my word was trustworthy; one where I could only provide comfort by holding my patient’s hand because I could no longer give comfort with numbers and statistics of success rates. Those were unavailable in the beginning. I provided families comfort through FaceTime calls — holding my phone up to a patient’s ear, hoping that, by hearing their loved one’s voice, it would in turn give them comfort as well.
This experience has been one of the most emotionally challenging things that I’ve ever been through, but it has made me a better person in the end.
There is a light at the tunnel. We are beginning to see progress, and we’re starting to see stories of success. This virus may have initially caught our great nation off guard, but we will overcome this and we will prevail.
Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Amy, did you ever catch the virus? Did you ever —
MS. FORD: No.
THE PRESIDENT: You never got it. So with all of that long hours and with very, very sick people, you never caught the virus.
MS. FORD: No, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: What do you attribute that to?
MS. FORD: PPE.
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, really? Good. Good protection.
MS. FORD: We have had protection.
THE PRESIDENT: So you feel — so you’ve had great protection?
MS. FORD: I have.
THE PRESIDENT: So you feel that if you have the protection, you won’t catch it. You feel that?
MS. FORD: Yeah, I feel that’s what protected me.
THE PRESIDENT: That is fantastic.
MS. FORD: Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: Good. Wow.
MS. FORD: And I have not had short- — me, personally, I have not had any shortage of PPE.
THE PRESIDENT: And your coworkers, are they — do they —
MS. FORD: Not at the hospital that I’m at. No, we haven’t.
THE PRESIDENT: That’s incredible.
MS. FORD: They have provided excellent —
THE PRESIDENT: So you all have very good equipment —
MS. FORD: Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: — as the expression goes, right?
MS. FORD: Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: The gowns and the masks. Everything.
Thank you very much, Amy.
MS. FORD: Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: That’s great. Amazing. (Applause.) It’s a great story.
Also with us is Ben Ross, the cofounder of a small, custom tie business called Brackish Bow Ties in Charleston, South Carolina. A great place.
Ben has also — with his team — has shifted to producing protective masks for medical workers, and he’s done it completely free of charge. That’s fantastic. As Ben says, “We’ve pushed the gas pedal down, and we haven’t let up.”
So Brackish Bow Ties has donated more than 2,000 masks to 31 medical facilities in 10 states. And Ben’s also been able to keep all 48 of his employees on the payroll thanks to the Paycheck Protection Program. Great, Ben.
Could you come up and say a few words? I can tell it’s you by the tie. I assume that’s — yes, that’s the man I’m talking about. Thanks, Ben.
MR. ROSS: Thank you so much, Mr. President.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.
MR. ROSS: It is truly an honor to be here.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Ben.
MR. ROSS: It is because of Jeff Plotner’s guiding hand, the passion of the entire Brackish team, and the leadership of this country that we are being recognized here today. I am humbled to be in this garden today with such an amazing group of individuals making such a difference during these unprecedented times. Congratulations to you all, and thanks so much for all y’all are doing.
I have no doubt that the United States of America will soar above this, and come out stronger and more grateful for family, friends, community, and this nation. Because we all know we’re all in this together, and only together will we be able to curb coronavirus.
Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Great job. Thank you very much.
MR. ROSS: Thank you, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Fantastic. And I like that tie very much, by the way.
Today we also honor Sergeant Spencer Garrett, an officer with the New York PD — that’s New York’s finest, that’s for sure — right? — who contracted the coronavirus. After four weeks of fighting a painful battle against the virus, Spencer recovered and immediately returned to the frontlines. Grateful for all of the support of his family, friends, colleagues, and time — all of the people and the work he’s done, Sergeant Garrett wanted to provide that same kindness to others.
And I know so many of the people on — members of New York’s finest, and we love them. And say hello to them. Okay?
With the aid of his union, Spencer has made it his mission to support these fellow New Yorkers. So, if you would, I’d love to have you come on up and say a few words. Thank you.
SERGEANT GARRETT: Good afternoon. First, I’d like to start by thanking President Trump and the First Lady for their unwavering support of the NYPD.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.
SERGEANT GARRETT: As one of your hometown cops, I thank you for your leadership during these uncertain times.
On March 29th, I tested positive for COVID-19. Breaking the news to my parents, Janet and James; my brothers, Lee and Sam; and to my eight-year-old daughter Leanna (ph) was downright scary. I saw the fear in their eyes. I looked at my daughter and I assured her Daddy wasn’t going anywhere.
After a vigorous one-month fight, I returned to duty in late April. After the experience with the virus, I felt compelled to help the residents of the housing development start patrolling in East Harlem, New York. We are all in this fight together.
Almost 6,000 uniformed and civilian members of the NYPD contracted COVID-19. Unfortunately, some of those members didn’t make it home to their loved ones. Handing out N95 masks and engaging in important dialogue by educating the residents that are only — do not have support and access to PPE hit close to home for me — excuse me.
I’m honored to be here. I’m honored to be an NYPD sergeant. And most of all, I’m honored to be an American. God bless police officers, first responders, and all of the frontline workers around the country. Thank you. (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: So how was that? You went through that process, and it took quite a while. It took longer than you would have thought.
SERGEANT GARRETT: It took almost four weeks, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: And what was it? Just complications?
SERGEANT GARRETT: Complications. I’m an asthmatic, so it was a little more difficult for me.
THE PRESIDENT: Oh, I see. I see.
SERGEANT GARRETT: And I took a little extra care, but my daughter was there for me. She helped me out a lot. And she’s my hero.
THE PRESIDENT: That’s fantastic.
SERGEANT GARRETT: Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: You’re my hero. Okay?
SERGEANT GARRETT: Thank you, sir.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Say hello to everybody.
SERGEANT GARRETT: I will.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) That’s great.
We’re also joined by three terrific Girl Scouts. We are also joined by three terrific Girl Scouts — Lauren, Sravya, and Laila of Girl Scout Troop 744 from Elkridge, Maryland — along with their troop leader, Megan Langley. Thank you very much. That’s great. That’s really great. These amazing 10-year-olds have donated 100 boxes of Girl Scout cookies to local firefighters, doctors, and nurses and have [DEL: spent :DEL] [sent] approximately 200 personalized cards to healthcare workers all over. And they’re going to do a lot more. Their ambition is to do a lot more.
And I think, Laila, you’re going to come up and you’re going to speak? Why don’t you all go up and stand, and maybe, Laila, you say a few words? That’d be great. Thank you very much. Please. (Applause.) That’s great. Thank you.
MS. KHAN: Hello. My name is Laila Khan, with Troop — Girl Scout Troop 744. I just wanted to say thank you, Mr. President. It is an honor to have been invited to the White House, and it has been a very exciting day.
We’d like to first thank you and your staffers for ensuring our safety today. We appreciate all the safety measures that were put into place.
In the middle of March, when everything began to shut down, we, like many Americans, felt compelled to support our healthcare and other essential workers and show our appreciation. We donated cases of cookies to our local firehouses and hospitals, and we made cards to mail to hospitals in our community.
Our troop has a number of parents that are healthcare workers, so one of the parents helped to take our personalized cards and place them on the lockers of doctors, nurses, and other essential workers throughout Children’s National Hospital.
While we are honored that the troop was invited to be here today, we know we are just part of the millions of other children out there that are doing amazing things to support their community, their friends, and their family.
It is a privilege to be here representing all of them. They’ve made cards, painted pictures, held virtual parties, and have demonstrated how we are all in this together. Our message is that everyone can do something, whether it is donating cookies, adjusting to distance learning, or help- — or just helping out our parents.
We have come together to support each other during this uncertain time. Thank you for the opportunity to serve our community, our essential workers, and our country. Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. Thanks, Laila. What a great job. Thank you very much. (Applause.)
MS. KHAN: Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much, all three. Great job.
Also with us today is Clay Young, a real estate developer and landlord from Jonesboro, Arkansas. That’s a fantastic place. In March, one of Clay’s small-business tenants informed him that they were concerned that they would be unable to afford the rent. He immediately took the tenant’s rent check, ripped it up, and then waived April’s rent as well.
Clay had only one condition. He said to his tenant: “Take care of your family and pay your employees. Just take care of those employees, please. We’ll get through this together.” And that’s what’s happening. Clay then told 11 more small-business tenants that he’d waived their rent payments as well.
With the help of PPP loans, many reopened the doors this week — they just reopened. So, Clay, I want to thank you very much on behalf of all of us in this country. And if you’d come up and say a few words. That’s a great thing. Thank you, Clay.
MR. YOUNG: Thank you, Mr. President.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.
MR. YOUNG: Thank you so much for having my wife Pam and I here. And the First Lady, thank you. It’s truly an honor. I also want to say how proud I am to be part of a community and a great nation — that we’ve all gathered together to help one another through this trying time.
You know, the — the work that I’ve done in my hometown of Jonesboro, Arkansas — the focus of that has been on making my community better. As I saw what the virus was doing and saw what the virus would be doing to the small business and to the employees of the small business, I realized that I needed to work with my tenants, and forgiving the rent was the — the only option.
And I remembered thinking, “You don’t kick people when they’re down.” And that over the last 20 years of being a small business myself and a developer and also a landlord, there’s been tough times. And in those tough times, I remember those people that came and they helped me and my family. And so, in that moment, I thought this is my chance to maybe just have some gratitude and some humility and pay that forward. And I’ll always remember those people.
So then, after that, we — I helped my tenants with the PPP loans. And I helped them — helped to participate in this amazing program that — what has really served as an invaluable bridge for us all and which brings us to where we are this week.
So as we work towards reopening the economy and maybe returning our lives to some sense of normalcy, I just want to say thank you so much, again, for having me here today.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I want to say to you also — and being a landlord is a pretty good business and I heard you’ve done really well. And it’s nice what you’ve done, Clay. We appreciate it very much.
MR. YOUNG: Thank you, sir. Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Say hello to the people of your state. Your state is wonderful.
MR. YOUNG: Yes, sir. Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: I like it. You know that. Thank you, Clay. (Applause.)
So during this difficult time, our citizens are rising to the challenge, just as generations of Americans have done before us. America has never faced a trial like this. We’ve never had anything like this happen. But we’re going to endure, and we’re going to thrive, and we’re going to do better than ever before.
The men and women we honor today remind us that the bonds that unite us in times of hardship can also raise us to new heights as we reopen and recover and rebuild. In the months ahead, we will harness our love and all of the things that we hold so dear to our heart for our family, for our community, and for the country, and we’ll make America greater and stronger than ever before.
And we’re going to transition into greatness. We’re going to be seeing it, and you’re going to be seeing it very soon. There’s a pent-up demand, and there’s a pent-up love, and there’s so many things happening, and you’re going to see the fruits of all of the work that we’ve all been doing — working 24 hours a day, in some cases.
So, I’d like to thank everybody for being here, especially our great, great heroes. Because that’s what you are — heroines and heroes. That’s exactly what you are. And I’d now like to ask these wonderful and courageous Americans to come forward as I present them with a letter of recognition.
And I want to thank our First Lady. This was a very important event for First Lady Melania. Thank you very much. Great job you’re doing. Thank you. Thank you, honey. (Applause.)
Okay, please.
(The Presidential Letters of Recognition are presented.)
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross appears with Maria Bartiromo to discuss Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) building an advanced chip factory in Arizona.
Additionally, Wilburine also highlights new moves by the commerce dept. amending its longstanding foreign-produced direct product rule and the Entity List to narrowly and strategically target Huawei’s acquisition of semiconductors that are the direct product of certain U.S. software and technology.
Meanwhile, Renee Altakrity’s steadfast belief that “people do have rights”,and that “police are above all our public servants” will outlive the bruises and shock she sustained during her brutal arrest
Australian mother of three Renee Altakrity whose 4-year-old son was ripped out of her arms during what the mainstream and social media describe as an “illegal protest against coronavirus restrictions”, is now caught up in a media maelstrom being branded and smeared as an “anti-vaxxer” by the same media who contend that she and other protesters have no discernible constitutional rights.
‘If you don’t know your rights, you don’t have any. Magna Carta.’
As can be seen in video, the yellow sign she wore around her neck at Saturday’s ‘Exercise My Right’ protest outside New South Wales parliament house had nothing to do with vaccines, having read ‘If you don’t know your rights, you don’t have any. Magna Carta.’
“Some of the days that followed my assault and arrest have been raw, but they’re starting to get better. The love and support of people the world over keep me and my family going,” the 36-year-old cosmetic nurse told Canada Free Press in a telephone interview last night.
Messages are pouring into her Facebook page, but with Facebook now wiping out thousands of individuals and groups who protest against Coronavirus and its lockdowns, who knows for how long?
Video of police ripping her 4-year-old son Izak from her arms, which went viral, are heartrending.
The video shows the rough handling of Izak by a policeman
The video shows the rough handling of Izak by a policeman on the scene with the child screaming, “Mommy’s not going” as police worked to hustle her away.
A still traumatized Izak could be heard in the background, shouting “Thank You, Judi! during last night’s telephone interview with his mother.
Bruised and in shock from being dragged away from the protest and literally thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, Renee was detained without water and food for four and a half hours in a police cell, not knowing the whereabouts of her son.
With protesters trying to intervene on his behalf, Izak was interrogated by police for an hour before his father was allowed to take him home.
Videos taken at the scene show that only Renee was set upon and seized by the police.
She was set upon after trying to explain to female officer Genene O’Donnell, how the protesters were within their constitutional rights.
Only the children of left wing protesters are given a pass by the police and media of our day
“Let her go!” was the shout that went up when other protesters realized that she had been isolated and set upon.
Within hours of the protest, Mick Fuller, head of the New South Wales Police accused Izak’s Mom of being “in the driver’s seat” throughout her arrest and was ultimately the one who put her son in danger by bringing him to the protest.
There were other children brought to the ‘Exercise My Right’ protest as there are in protests the world over.
Only the children of left wing protesters are given a pass by the police and media of our day.
“NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller defended the way officers handled her arrest outside NSW Parliament on Sydney’s Macquarie Street on Saturday during an “illegal protest” against lockdown measures amid the pandemic. (YAHOO, May 11, 2020)
“Video of the incident has circulated online and shows Renee Altakrity, 36, resisting arrest while holding on to her four-year-old son as she screams for officers to leave her alone.
“I’ve not committed an offence,” she yells, as other protesters, from a group police say grew to 40 people, try and remonstrate with officers telling them she has a child.”
Renee Altakrity and other citizens protesting against government lockdown measures amid the pandemic, are living in in hostile territory
There is no doubt that Renee Altakrity and other citizens protesting against government lockdown measures amid the pandemic, are living in in hostile territory.
“You may have heard that police will be able to enter your house without a warrant if they think you’re violating the government’s Covid-19 rules. The health minister can also designate almost any government employee to enter a business and shut it down if people aren’t following the rules.”
Commissioner Fuller also revealed police in Liverpool are investigating whether Ms Altakrity has breached coronavirus restrictions after allegations she was unlawfully operating her beauty business. (Yahoo)
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This is now law in New Zealand.
The PM has complete power to make new rules;
The police can enter your home or marae without a warrant
Can close your business without notice or reason using an enforcer
Can lock groups down in their homes or elsewhere
Renee Altakrity’s steadfast belief that “people do have rights”
Aside from messages of support from people the world over, only retired policeman Wayne Glew, who the Australian mother says has “a wealth of constitutional rights knowledge” has tried to come to her rescue.
Meanwhile, Renee Altakrity’s steadfast belief that “people do have rights”,and that “police are above all our public servants” will outlive the bruises and shock she sustained during her brutal arrest. And the nightmares still traumatizing Izak, teach a sad lesson to little boys everywhere that the police are no longer their friends.
This is a photo of Nussbaum’s Jewelry store (at least of the storefront as it looked in 1991). It was my father’s family business. As a little boy he was introduced to the watch business and plans were someday he would inherit and run it. Lots of people had plans for their stores in New York City too, when March 2020 began.
Nussbaum’s jewelry store was closed on Friday, September 1, 1939, by fascists, taken first by Hitler and then by his twin Stalin. And the entire family except for my father were sent to the gas chambers. My father survived alone because he unlike the rest of the family was in the part of Poland that Stalin took over. But it is only “temporarily” closed. Like all those stores and restaurants in New York City that were forced to close on March 15, 2020, and that still have ‘“temporarily closed” signs in their windows.
5,400 nursing home residents died because of this. Stupidity? I think not
The owners believed they would be closed to “flatten the curve” for 2-3 weeks and then reopen. But they will reopen on the same day Nussbaum’s Jewelry store reopens. For they, too were closed by fascism and communism.
It was never about saving lives. Lockdowns have nothing to do with saving lives. Democrats are the people who support killing babies, lives mean as much to them as they did to Stalin and Hitler, their spiritual ancestors. They want to see as many die of coronavirus as possible, it aids their agenda. For Democrats every Coronavirus death is euphoric, one step closer to their goal. Governor Andrew Cuomo mandated that nursing homes take in coronavirus patients.
5,400 nursing home residents died because of this. Stupidity? I think not. Shrewd planning. Stalin was not stupid.
The lockdown in New York City will last past the election, regardless of the number of suicides it causes, regardless of how many die from lack of medical attention for existing conditions, regardless how many deaths it will cause because people can not get routine exams that would have caught cancers and other diseases before it too late to treat them.
Lockdowns are about destroying capitalism
It will last regardless of how many people see a life time of work and savings destroyed. It will last even if people die of starvation.. Lockdowns are about destroying capitalism, destroying President Trump’s economy, electing a Democrat as president, and instituting total government control. And they have succeeded beyond a “democratic socialist’s” wildest dreams.
I do not know who took this photo. But whoever took it and gave it to my father had the wisdom to fully write all the details on the back, or else I would not have recognized it for what it was. “Karakow 1991 Sklep wujcia Ludwika” My Polish reading skills are almost nil but I can translate this: Krakow 1991, store of uncle Ludwig.
Wisdom is one thing I will never have. On the cusp of planning to get out of New York City, I made a disastrous decision to marry, and that ruined me. Now I’m stuck in this ghetto.
In an April 5, 2019 article in Canada Free press entitled “Venezuela Now” I wrote “My late father had the privilege of living in a socialist paradise, Stalin’s Soviet Union.” I did not expect that less than a year later I would be living under Stalin too. Different name, but same game.
New York City is Venezuela today
I wrote in that article “I do not believe a state and city can elect those of the ilk of de Blasio, Cuomo, Ocasio-Cortez unless they truly have forsaken God.” God has also forsaken New York City. It paid a high price for electing those Democrats. It is no longer a great world city, never will be again. Store front after store front have “for rent” signs. Who will ever rent these places and for what? Luxury apartment houses are largely empty, as the rich fled their multi-million dollar condos for second homes. This property, like my house is unsellable. Department stores and private colleges will close. What will these buildings be used for? Marxist indoctrination centers maybe?
New York City is Venezuela today. It will not have theater, luxury stores, restaurants in which the middle class can sit down and eat. Do not expect to see Rolex, Breguet, Cartier or Omega boutiques in Manhattan again It will be one of the worst slums on the face of the Earth, rivaling anything in Pakistan. My father did not eat in restaurants under Stalin. He told me he survived only on potatoes and by stealing corn from a field.
Today in New York City people wearing mandatory masks stand six feet apart outside, awaiting the chance to enter grocery stores to buy food. This winter they will be standing outside in frigid weather and snow. Only there will be food shortages and the start of starvation. The number of deaths will dwarf those of Coronavirus. My father was young and strong then, he survived. I am neither young nor strong in this hell.
The power of Big Marijuana is so great that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has changed his anti-drug position and is now counted as a supporter of marijuana legalization
The new “Heroes” bill offered by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the latest version of the Green New Deal. It makes “heroes” out of dope dealers, with the “green” being marijuana and money.
The $3 trillion bill, considered DOA (Dead on Arrival) in the Senate, is an example of the power of Big Marijuana, which owes its very existence to billionaire George Soros, the founder of the modern drug legalization movement. The Heroes act, supposedly designed to provide relief from the coronavirus, legalizes banking on a federal level by marijuana businesses.
Marijuana trafficking and drug-money laundering are still illegal under federal law
Marijuana trafficking and drug-money laundering are still illegal under federal law. The Heroes act would change that by incorporating a version of the so-called Safe Banking Act (HR 1595) into the legislation.
“Our lobbying team in D.C. has been hard at work on your behalf,” says the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA). “We have been working every angle and are exploring any and all opportunities to provide relief for our industry.”
The lobbying paid off. “On Tuesday,” the group said, “Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi unveiled the newest bill to provide the next stage of coronavirus relief funding and included language that would improve access to banking services and loans for the regulated cannabis industry.”
The “regulated” marijuana industry is a reference to drug operations that have been legalized by some states to generate tax revenue and campaign contributions to left-wing politicians.
Demonstrating the power of this lobbying group, the executive director of the NCIA noted that his industry has been deemed “essential” in most states during the coronavirus crisis.
Passage of the bill would greatly facilitate the use of marijuana
Passage of the bill would greatly facilitate the use of marijuana, a drug sometimes compared known to Soma in Aldous Huxley’s classic book Brave New World. The drug is used to keep people addicted and complacent while politicians maintain their control over the stoners by promising easy access to cheap dope. One big problem is that the high potency marijuana being sold today is linked to mental illness, and the violence that results from its use has and can affect us all.
To cite just one example, the Islamic Jihadist Boston bombers were marijuana users and traffickers. The Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy has published a ground-breaking analysis of how marijuana is linked to violence, mental illness and jihad.
“Given the known scientific harms of marijuana, which all politicians should be acutely aware of, to aid this illegal business in any manner should be considered an act of treason,” said Roger Morgan, author of Soros: The Drug Lord. Pricking the Bubble of American Supremacy. “The Democratic Party and its leaders have been owned and controlled by George Soros for decades. Soros drug policies are still in effect. Too many Republicans have crossed the line as well. Ultimately, the solution is to enforce marijuana laws, the burden of which falls directly on the Commander-In-Chief.”
In a personal account of the human toll, Heidi A. Swan wrote a book about her brother’s life as a homeless drug addict with cannabis-induced psychosis who went to jail eighteen times. The story is called “A Night In Jail” and has been adapted for the stage and made into a short film. Dr. Christine L. Miller helped produce a very informative free educational toolkit to go along with the story that explains how about 12-15 percent of users of low-to-moderate doses of THC, the mind-altering ingredient in marijuana, will have a psychotic experience. However, it says that because today’s marijuana is much stronger, “more people are at risk to experience psychosis and schizophrenia.”
Tucker: Inside the Democrats’ $3 trillion coronavirus relief bill
Tucker Carlson’s Fox program on Tuesday night noted that, in addition to promising “safe banking” for drug dealers, the Heroes bill directs that money be used in minority communities so that marijuana businesses can more easily distribute their dope to people of color. “Democrats would like to see more drug sales in minority neighborhoods,” he said. He counted an astounding 68 references to cannabis, another name for marijuana, in the legislation.
The power of Big Marijuana
Playing the role of fact-checker, I used the “find” feature on my computer and confirmed Carlson’s claim about 68 references in the bill to cannabis. This is all being done under the cover of fighting a virus. Yet, smoking dope makes one more likely to get sick after getting exposed to the virus, which causes lung damage in many people.
Scott Chipman, Vice President of Americans Against Legalizing Marijuana, said, “The leadership in the House is using their COVID funding request to pay back and buy the loyalty of pot drug dealer donors. They hide behind the idea of ‘social justice’ in supporting assistance to ethnic drug dealers to set up drug dealing marijuana businesses in ‘under-served’ ethnic communities. These are the very communities that have been, and are, most negatively impacted by drug dealing and drug addiction. This would not be assistance to these communities, it would be abuse.”
On CNBC, which is owned by Comcast, commentator Jim Cramer has become a big booster of pot stocks. His motivation appears financial, as his newsletter regularly features such headlines as “Top 5 Cannabis Companies to Buy.” He’s now quoted as saying that marijuana stocks “need Democrats to show up with some wins in the November election.”
The power of Big Marijuana is so great that Dwight K.Blake, Editor-in-Chief of American Marijuana, reports that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has changed his anti-drug position and is now counted as a supporter of marijuana legalization.
COMMENT: Marty; it seems you write and others do listen. I remember when you posted that China should stop buying bonds from the bankers and inform the Treasury they will only buy directly. The US never did that. They did in about one week. Well your posts on Burr and the chart you posted you know will be evidence in a court that they would need a trader to figure out. They just raided Burr’s house. Hopefully, this will lead to the investigation you keenly are recommending to restore public confidence.
Good on ya!
EK
REPLY: For a warrant to be served on a sitting US senator, this requires approval from the very highest ranks of the Justice Department. This signals that they are stepping up this investigation.
Diane Feinstein has confirmed that she and her husband turned over documents regarding their stock trades ahead of the COVID-19 announcements. No word yet from Pelosi. Pelosi was notorious for such dealings and had refused to answer questions back in 2012.
As I have said, I know PERSONALLY that phone calls were made and elites sold out ahead of the news of a coming “virus” that they did stage a plan of attack just a few months before. Look at Event 201 pandemic tabletop exercise hosted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation back on October 18, 2019, in New York, NY.
Bill Gates already has India’s Serum Institute preparing a Gates vaccine for the coronavirus with 60 million doses before it has been approved. Who is paying for that? Probably Gates. Will he make a profit? That is not philanthropy when you get a return — it’s called investment.
I believe EVERY journalist who has been pitching this story should now be compelled to reveal their stock and bonds activity since August 2019. There has been way too much leftist press to ignore if this is a political agenda or one that they also just happened to have profited from. Burr is just the tip of the iceberg!
I believe the WHO waited to declare this a pandemic to ensure friends and family were all divested. It is time to include them in this investigation along with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and everything they are associated with. Tedros Adhanom should now reveal his portfolio after all the damage he has caused around the globe. If he sold out before declaring this a pandemic, that is 20 years in jail. I would say keep the heat on in a cell for him, but heat is often discretionary.
The Washington Post is hellbent on trying to undermine the US economy solely for politics. The death rate is really less than 1%. I just went to the doctor and they told me personally that this entire virus scare is nonsense. The Washington Post is now trying to highlight that if just one person dies after a lockdown, then Trump needs to be blamed. They are now claiming that “[a]s many parts of the world, including the United States, explore ways to end stay-at-home orders, countries that had already opened up are closing down again after renewed spikes in infections. Lebanon on Tuesday became the latest country to reimpose restrictions after experiencing a surge of infections, almost exactly two weeks after it appeared to contain the spread of the virus and began easing up.”
Back in 2012, the FBI raided a journalist at the Wall Street Journal for insider trading. He was writing articles with the intent of influencing a stock price. That turned into a major probe of using the press to plant stories that were used for insider trading.
The press has hyped this up the coronavirus beyond all reason to just terrify people in hopes of influencing the election as they accused Putin of doing. If Putin influenced the 2016 election, he did it respectfully. This is diabolical and deliberately harming people which violates the manipulating market legislation. The FBI should be launching a probe now into the media which has been supporting this lockdown. Any journalist who also sold out all his stock while writing on this issue NEEDS to be investigated! The press is fulfilling the very same role they did to create the Communist Revolution — a favorite tool of Lenin.
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