claim: in 2008, "candidate obama, he's not even president-elect, sends william miller over to iran to establish a back channel and let the iranians know that should he win the election, they will have friendlier terms."
author: kimberley strassel
evidence_1: may 28, 2017 ... it's 2008. we are having an election. and candidate obama, he's not even  president-elect, sends william miller over to iran to establish a back channel and  let the iranians know that should he win the election they will have friendlier  terms. okay, so this is a private citizen going to foreign soil obviously in ...
evidence_2: "it's a longstanding policy of the department of justice not to comment on  conversations that the attorney general ... in 2008, "candidate obama, he's not  even president-elect, sends william miller over to iran to establish a back  channel and let the iranians know that should he win the election, they will have  friendlier terms.".
evidence_3: may 30, 2017 ... kimberly strassel took msnbc's joy reid to task on the facts ... may have  suggested establishing a communication back channel ... he's not even president  elect, sends william miller over to iran to establish a backchannel, and let the  iranians know should he win the election they will have friendlier terms.
evidence_4: may 31, 2017 ... regardless, let's rehash the fact that back channels are not unusual. .... it's 2008.  we are having an election. and candidate obama, he's not even president-elect,  sends william miller over to iran to establish a back ... and let the iranians know  that should he win the election they will have friendlier terms.
evidence_5: may 28, 2017 ... let me set the scene for you: it's 2008, we are having an election and candidate  obama, he's not even president elect, sends william miller over to iran to  establish a backchannel, and let the iranians know should he win the election  they will have friendlier terms. okay? so this is a private citizen going to ...