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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEisenberg was hired by General Flynn and worked for Don McGahn in the White House.
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Legal Advisor, National Security Counsel
John Eisenberg serves as the Deputy Assistant to the President, NSC Legal Advisor, and Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs. He previously worked in the Department of Justice from 2006 to 2009. While appointed by former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and part of the National Security Council, Eisenberg reports to White House Counsel Don McGahn.
Eisenberg is one of two of the Presidents lawyers who reviewed intelligence documents gathered by Ezra Cohen-Watnick and leaked to Representative Devin Nunes, chair of the House Committee on Intelligence. Eisenberg, along with Michael Ellis, another White House Council lawyer who previously worked for Nunes, allegedly believed the classified material would be helpful in proving President Trumps unsubstantiated claim he had been wiretapped by the Obama administration.
While Representative Nunes refused to name his sources, The New York Times outed Cohen-Watnick and Ellis on March 29, 2017. The Washington Post reported Eisenbergs involvement the following day.
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Eisenberg was hired by General Flynn and worked for Don McGahn in the White House. (Original Post)
kentuck
Nov 2019
OP
IKR !?!?! I seriously thought it was just Trumps one phone call and stupid Giuliani
uponit7771
Nov 2019
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Mike 03
(16,616 posts)1. That's fascinating. I had no idea of his background, or that he'd worked
at the White House that long. Very interesting.
kentuck
(111,069 posts)2. He was with the group that was leaking info to Nunes ...
...when he was making his midnight runs to the White House.
It appears that he got promoted by Trump?
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)3. No one reviewed who Flynn hired after his crimes were exposed?
"Extreme Vetting" for Muslims only, eh?
kentuck
(111,069 posts)4. Eisenberg is the connection between the Ukraine and Russia investigations.
He is connected to both.
OnDoutside
(19,949 posts)6. That surely makes certain his non-appearance on Monday.
crickets
(25,959 posts)5. The scope of the situation comes more into focus with every passing day. nt
uponit7771
(90,323 posts)8. IKR !?!?! I seriously thought it was just Trumps one phone call and stupid Giuliani
Leghorn21
(13,523 posts)7. Big fish here...he just got subpoenaed, which of course means HA HA nothing, really, but maybe
at least hell have a really frought weekend
And hey, maybe he was being all secretive and stealthy because he was securing/protecting evidence...again, HA HA
2naSalit
(86,496 posts)9. I was wondering about that.
So where's Flynn these days while he's waiting for sentencing?
kentuck
(111,069 posts)10. It is interesting how Ukraine ties into the Russia investigation.
It is all one big scandal.
2naSalit
(86,496 posts)11. Sure does cover a lot of ground.
I'm waiting for the human trafficking part to come out in the open. Maybe colludyrudy had his nasty fingers in that too. It's a global mob, we will be finding out what they did for years.