If every allegation against Flynn related to his contacts with the Russian was true, there was nothing illegitimate about it at all. The idea that the Logan Act would preclude someone working for an incoming administration from establishing contact with foreign governments is laughable -- especially in a case like this where all of the evidence indicates that the requests made to the Russians were ultimately for the BENEFIT of the United States (i.e., asking the Russians not to react in an aggressive, adversarial manner to the sanctions that the Obama administration was imposing on them).
The article is worth as read. It is consistent with most of your points.
The article presents a great chronology tracing how the Democrats latched upon the Logan Act, knowing full well it was not enforceable and the alleged misdeeds not even applicable, to build a fake anti-Trump narrative to justify a Special Counsel, thus to undermine Trump politically. It’s not illegal to get dirt on other candidates from foreigners, let them buy $4200 worth of Google ads, etc.; they needed something they could pretend was actually illegal, and the Logan Act was the best they could come up with.
York doesn’t write this, but after reading the article, it is darn obvious that a hidden hand guided this whole process, from putting the words “Logan Act” into every Democrat mouth and newspaper page, to appointing a Special Counsel of their choice. The notion that the Obama administration set up a Logan Act Trap for Flynn by authorizing foreign contacts fits perfectly with what York outlines.
Seen as a whole, it’s hard not to see this as a major element of a destabilization operation aimed at destroying an American President. Now, what kind of people have experience doing that? This article is one more small step towards outing what is little different from a coup d’etat.
Did he have a “RESET” button he wanted to give them?