120 Joint Statement on Progress of Bipartisan HPSCI Inquiry into Russian Active Measures, HPSCI (Jan. 25, 2017). 121 Joint Statement from Senators Graham and Whitehouse on Investigation into Russian Influence on Democratic Nations’ Elections (Feb. 2, 2017). 122 David Ignatius, Why did Obama dawdle on Russia’s hacking?, Washington Post (Jan. 12, 2017). 123 David Ignatius, Why did Obama dawdle on Russia’s hacking?, Washington Post (Jan. 12, 2017). The Logan Act makes it a crime for “[a]ny citizen of the United States, wherever he may be” to “without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commence[] or carr[y] on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States.” 18 U.S.C. § 953. 124 Priebus 1/18/18 302, at 6. 125 Priebus 1/18/18 302, at 6. 126 Priebus 1/18/18 302, at 6. 127 Flynn 11/21/17 302, at 1; Flynn 11/20/17 302, at 6. 128 McFarland 12/22/17 302, at 12-13. 129 McFarland 12/22/17 302, at 12. 130 McFarland 12/22/17 302, at 12-13; McFarland 8/29/17 302, at 8; see David Ignatius, Why did Obama dawdle on Russia’s hacking?, Washington Post (Jan. 12, 2017). 131 Flynn 11/17/17 302, at 1, 8; Flynn 1/19/18 302, at 7; Priebus 10/13/17 302, at 7-8; S. Miller 8/31/17 302, at 8-11. 132 Flynn 11/17/17 302, at 1, 8; Flynn 1/19/18 302, at 7; S. Miller 8/31/17 302, at 10-11. 133 Face the Nation Interview with Vice President-Elect Pence, CBS (Jan. 15, 2017); Julie Hirschfield Davis et al., Trump National Security Advisor Called Russian Envoy Day Before Sanctions Were Imposed, Washington Post (Jan. 13, 2017); Meet the Press Interview with Reince Priebus, NBC (Jan. 15, 2017). 134 Yates 8/15/17 302, at 2-3; McCord 7/17/17 302, at 3-4; McCabe 8/17/17 302, at 5 (DOJ officials were “really freaked out about it”). 135 Yates 8/15/17 302, at 3; McCord 7/17/17 302, at 4. 136 McCord 7/17/17 302, at 4; McCabe 8/17/17 302, at 5-6. 137 Sean Spicer, White House Daily Briefing, C-SPAN (Jan. 23, 2017). 138 Yates 8/15/17 302, at 4; Axelrod 7/20/17 302, at 5.
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