Via my #FOIA: Here's former DOJ spox Sarah Flores providing a reporter a comment on deep background about whether Jeff Sessions met with Russian ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak.

WaPo said today their 2017 story on this mtg may have lead DOJ to seize reporters' phone records
AND here's Flores in an email describing the Kislyak/Sessions meeting as debunked! So if not true how could it be a leak?
Sarah Flores responded to at least two dozen reporters by saying the Sessions/Kislyak meeting during 2016 campaign never happened and I have every single email. So if this is one of the stories that served as the basis for seizing WaPo phone records does it mean it's true?
"definitely no meeting"
"there was no private meeting, " Sarah Flores said

Again, if that is the case this can't be considered a leak?
The relevant section of the WaPo story that Sarah Flores said in these emails was not true when queries by other reporters
By the way, and maybe it's a coincidence, but DOJ produced these records to me this week after I filed a #FOIA lawsuit in 2017 for documents related to their media leak investigations

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NEW: DOJ just turned over to @BuzzFeedNews and I and CNN nearly 300 pages of the supplemental material attached to the FBI 302s from the Mueller probe. @a_cormier_ and I are going through the records now but here's a sample
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Sunday is the 10th anniversary of the operation to kill OBL

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The CIA's internal watchdog identified as a potential violation of federal criminal law the bribery of public officials and witnesses by the filmmakers who showered the CIA officers with gifts.
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Partial win for us and partial win for the government. Good decision on b7e in our favor.

Thank you for your hard work on this @_LightLaw!
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Here's what's interesting: DOJ says case number directly implicates “an ongoing
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#SunshineWeek document SCOOP/THREAD: Our @BuzzFeedNews members got a first look at these records I requested last May but now I'm sharing w/everyone

Here are all of Richard Grenell's emails from his brief stint as acting DNI

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In some ways, Grenell’s emails are an extension of his Twitter persona and showcase his spats with reporters

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