Holy snap.

Judge Sullivan drops gauntlet and asks DOJ to produce all documents related an improper, early communication between Michael Flynn's current attorney, Sidney Powell, and Attorney General William Barr.

She tries to but in, he doesn't let her.
Sidney Powell is now up, and she says she doesn't have any records except one letter from a prior attorney.

Judge Sullivan: Have you had discussions with the president about this case?

Powell: "I'm sorry your honor, I can't discuss that." She claims executive privilege.

!!!
"I provided it in person to counsel for the president."

Then she buckles: She says she spoke to Jenna Ellis "and the president himself to provide a brief update of the status of the litigation ... within the last couple of weeks."

"I've had a number of discussions with" POTUS.
Judge: "What precisely did you ask him [the president] to do in connection with this case?"

She says she only gave him an update to the litigation but asked him not to pardon Flynn.

(Not live-tweeting, so I'll stop here. Hearing has moved on to other issues.)
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