BREAKING: Ratcliffe affirms he has declassified Flynn-Kislyak transcripts through process initiated by @RichardGrenell

NEW: Some of the Flynn-Kislyak transcipts are out, Including a Dec. 29 exchange that included discussion of limiting the impact of Obama administration sanctions on Russia for election interference. Details w/ @woodruffbets https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/29/trump-flynn-russia-ambassador-289905

Here are some of the key passages of the Flynn-Kisylak calls where the two dicusssed sanctions, More details TK.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/29/trump-flynn-russia-ambassador-289905

That Dec. 29 call was followed by a Dec. 31 call, where Kislyak told Flynn that the reason Russia didn't escalate further was becaus of therir conversation. And Kislyak says the Obama admin sanctions were aimed at hurting Trump just as much as Russia.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/29/trump-flynn-russia-ambassador-289905

In between those two calls, Trump tweeted this, but didn't mention it came at his national security adviser's request: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/814919370711461890