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">https://www.politico.com/news/2020...

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">https://www.politico.com/news/2020...

That Dec. 29 call was followed by a Dec. 31 call, where Kislyak told Flynn that the reason Russia didn& #39;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">https://www.politico.com/news/2020...

In between those two calls, Trump tweeted this, but didn& #39;t mention it came at his national security adviser& #39;s request: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/814919370711461890">https://twitter.com/realDonal...