Flashback: That Time When Barack Obama Secretly Reached Out To Russia And Iran Matt Vespa Posted: May 31, 2017

It’s getting to the point where one has to wonder if the liberal news media forgot that Barack Obama was president, if they ever read a Tom Clancy novel, or both. The latest non-troversy is top Trump aide Jared Kushner reportedly wanting to set up a secret back channel with the Russians. Fox News’s Catherine Herridge reported that a source told her that no back channel discussion ever came up. Regardless, let’s rehash the fact that back channels are not unusual. The Obama administration and other past administration have used them—and yes, they’ve mostly been conducted in secret. Should we have a special counsel look into that as well? All of this noise feeds into the ongoing drama over whether Trump officials colluded with the Russians during the 2016 election.

Sec. Kelly: Kushner actions both normal and acceptable

Josh Rogin, who was then with Bloomberg, wrote that during the Obama presidency, the White House secretly reached out to the Russians (gasp!) over their recent aggression in Ukraine three years ago. It was largely unsuccessful, but given how some Democrats are reacting to meetings Trump officials had with Russians, all of which have thus far been legal and proper, we need another commission to look into Obama’s actions because it's only fair that we do so, right?

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