Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities, The White House, Office of the Press Secretary (Dec. 29, 2016). 1223 Statement by the President on Actions in Response to Russian Malicious Cyber Activity and Harassment, The White House, Office of the Press Secretary (Dec. 29, 2016). 1224 Flynn 11/16/17 302, at 14; McFarland 12/22/17 302, at 3-8; Bannon 2/12/18 302, at 5. 1225 Flynn 11/17/17 302, at 5; Flynn 1/19/18 302, at 1; McFarland 11/22/17 302, at 3-9. 1226 Flynn 11/17 /l 7 302, at 3. 1227 Christine Wang, US to announce new sanctions against Russia in response to election hacking, CNBC (Dec. 28, 2016). 1228 John Wagner, Trump on alleged election interference by Russia: “Get on with our lives”, Washington Post (Dec. 29, 2016). 1229 SF000006 (12/28/16 Text Message, Kislyak to Flynn). 1230 Call Records of Michael T. Flynn Grand Jury█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ██ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ 1231 Flynn 11/17/17 302, at 2-3; McFarland 12/22/17 302, at 4-5. 1232 12/29/16 Email, McFarland to O’Brien et al.; 12/29/16 Email, McFarland to Flynn et al. 1233 SF000001 (12/29/16 Text Message, Flaherty to Flynn). 1234 Call Records of K.T. McFarland Grand Jury█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ██ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █. 1235 McFarland 12/22/17 302, at 5-6. 1236 McFarland 12/22/17 302, at 5-6. 1237 McFarland 12/22/17 302, at 6. 1238 McFarland 12/22/17 302, at 6. 1239 SF000001 (12/29/16 Text Message, Flynn to Flaherty). 1240 SF000001 (12/29/16 Text Message, Flynn to Flaherty). 1241 Flynn 11/20/17 302, at 3. 1242 Michael Ledeen is married to Barbara Ledeen, the Senate staffer whose 2016 efforts to locate Hillary Clinton’s missing emails are described in Volume I, Section III.D.2, supra. 1243 Flynn 11/17/17 302, at 3; Call Records of Michael Ledeen Grand Jury█ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ██ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █. 1244 Flynn 11/17/17 302, at 3-4; Flynn Statement of Offense ¶ 3(c); Call Records of K.T. McFarland