10: Russians, What Russians?

0. . John Wagner, “Chris Christie: ‘I Wouldn’t Let General Flynn in the White House, Let Alone Give Him a Job,’” Washington Post, May 22, 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/22/chris-christie-i-wouldnt-let-general-flynn-in-the-white-house-let-alone-give-him-a-job/?utm_term=.07ab442103e7.

0. . Eli Watkins, “Chris Christie: ‘I Warned Trump About Flynn,’” CNN, May 22, 2017, www.cnn.com/2017/05/22/politics/chris-christie-mike-flynn/index.html.

0. . Dan Priest, “Trump Adviser Michael T. Flynn on His Dinner with Putin and Why Russia Today Is Just Like CNN,” Washington Post, August 15, 2016, www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/08/15/trump-adviser-michael-t-flynn-on-his-dinner-with-putin-and-why-russia-today-is-just-like-cnn/?utm_term=.9fd8c585ed92.

0. . Tamara Keith, “Mike Pence Says Trump Never Said That. Well, He Did,” NPR, October 5, 2016, www.npr.org/2016/10/05/496691508/mike-pence-says-trump-never-said-that-well-he-did.

0. . Matthew Haag and Maya Salam, “Gunman in ‘Pizzagate’ Shooting Is Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison,” New York Times, June 22, 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/06/22/us/pizzagate-attack-sentence.html.

0. . Michael McFaul, “Let’s Get the Facts Right on Foreign Involvement in Our Elections,” Washington Post, December 10, 2016, www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2016/12/10/lets-get-the-facts-right-on-foreign-involvement-in-our-elections/?utm_term=.54cf357b2fe1.

0. . Russell Berman, “A President Without an Administration,” Atlantic, January 3, 2017, www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/trump-transition-cabinet-behind-schedule/511928/.

0. . “Statement by the President on Actions in Response to Russian Malicious Cyber Activity and Harassment,” White House Obama Presidency Archives, December 29, 2016, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/12/29/statement-president-actions-response-russian-malicious-cyber-activity.

0. . Matthew Nussbaum, “Pence Is Half a World Away from D.C. Drama,” Politico, January 20, 2018, www.politico.com/story/2018/01/20/government-shutdown-mike-pence-middle-east-353310.

0. . Michael S. Schmidt, Sharon LaFraniere, and Scott Shane, “Emails Dispute White House Claims That Flynn Acted Independently on Russia,” New York Times, December 2, 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/us/russia-mcfarland-flynn-trump-emails.html.

0. . James Comey, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership (New York: Flatiron Books, 2018).

0. . “Statement by the President of Russia,” President of Russia website, December 30, 2016, http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/53678.

0. . Peter Eisner and Knut Royce, The Italian Letter: The Forgery That Started the Iraq War (New York: Rodale, 2014), Kindle edition.

0. . Alan He, “Mike Pence Walks a Fine Line on Donald Trump’s Tweets Regarding Hacking,” CBS News, January 5, 2017, www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-pence-walks-a-fine-line-on-donald-trumps-tweets-regarding-hacking.

0. . James Clapper, Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence (New York: Viking Press, 2018).

0. . Ibid., p. 395. After the fact and once retired from government, however, Clapper said the Russians did have a very particular impact.

0. . Tony Cook, Chelsea Schneider, and Kaitlin Lange, “With Pence Gone, Fellow Republicans Undo His Work in Indiana,” Indianapolis Star, February 9, 2017.

0. . David Ignatius, “Why Did Obama Dawdle on Russia’s Hacking?,” Washington Post, January 12, 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-did-obama-dawdle-on-russias-hacking/2017/01/12/75f878a0-d90c-11e6-9a36-1d296534b31e_story.html?utm_term=.cbbb29ec89bd.

0. . The U.S. Intelligence Community reported that it had not been tasked and could not assess the success of Russian efforts to undermine the election result. See the intelligence findings “Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections” (Washington, D.C.: Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 2017), www.dni.gov/files/documents/ICA_2017_01.pdf.

0. . Greg Miller, Adam Entous, and Ellen Nakashima, “National Security Adviser Flynn Discussed Sanctions with Russian Ambassador, Despite Denials, Officials Say,” Washington Post, February 9, 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/national-security-adviser-flynn-discussed-sanctions-with-russian-ambassador-despite-denials-officials-say/2017/02/09/f85b29d6-ee11-11e6-b4ff-ac2cf509efe5_story.html?utm_term=.8a2705a09714.

0. . For details on transition funding, see Travis Lewis, GSA, letter to Peter Smith, Center for Public Integrity, January 16, 2018, www.documentcloud.org/documents/4361895-Center-for-Pub-Integrity-Statement.html.

0. . The Park County, Wyoming, school district near Yellowstone National Park that DeVos referred to did finally vote in 2018 to allow teachers to carry guns, not against grizzlies, but to protect against human intruders, whether the move was a good idea or not. Mead Gruver, “Wyoming District Allows Armed Staff in Area Cited by DeVos,” Associated Press, April 18, 2018, https://apnews.com/cbdb18dd45994ad2b8175f47dbc50a32/Wyoming-district-allows-armed-staff-in-area-cited-by DeVos?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=APWestRegion.