New York Post

Take wraps off O aide’s e-mail: sen.

- Mark Moore

A leading Senate Republican asked the Justice Department to fully declassify an e-mail that President Barack Obama’s national security adviser sent to herself about the Russia probe before she left office, according to a report.

Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson is seeking the e-mail sent by Susan Rice about a Jan. 5, 2017, Oval Office meeting in which Obama and other top administra­tion officials discussed the case against Michael Flynn, who went on to become Trump’s national security adviser.

“A majority of Ambassador Rice’s [Jan. 20, 2017] email was declassifi­ed but a portion of the email remains classified,” Johnson, chairman of the Homeland Security and Government­al Affairs Committee, wrote to Attorney General William Barr in a letter that was viewed by Politico.

Johnson said that as more informatio­n about the meeting becomes declassifi­ed, “it is essential that Congress and the American people understand what occurred” and noted that declassify­ing Rice’s e-mail “will assist these efforts.”

In a portion of her e-mail that has been declassifi­ed, she said Obama, after a briefing on Russian interferen­ce in the 2016 election, had a followup conversati­on with Rice, thenFBI Director James Comey, thenDeputy Attorney General Sally Yates and Vice President Joe Biden.

Trump has accused Biden and Obama of trying to sabotage his administra­tion through the Russia investigat­ion.

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