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Timeline of events leading up to Michael Flynn's resignation
Los Angeles Times ^ | February 14, 2017 | Colleen Shalby

Posted on 02/14/2017 3:36:49 PM PST by EveningStar

Less than a month in to the new administration, President Trump's National Security Adviser, Gen. Michael Flynn, resigned after reports that he had misled his White House colleagues, including Vice President Mike Pence, about conversations he'd had with Russia's ambassador to Washington.

In those conversations, Flynn discussed sanctions that the Obama administration had imposed on Russia to punish Moscow for its interference in the U.S. election. Those conversations could have violated the Logan Act, which prevents unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments in relation to "disputes or controversies." The law, however, which was enacted in the 1790s, has never been used to prosecute anyone.

Here's the timeline of events leading up to Flynn's resignation:

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: flynntimeline; michaelflynn; resignation; timeline

1 posted on 02/14/2017 3:36:49 PM PST by EveningStar
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I want to see the time-line leading up to the Benghazi murders 1st....solve one mystery at a time...
2 posted on 02/14/2017 3:41:45 PM PST by M-cubed
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3 posted on 02/14/2017 3:41:53 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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Seriously, why doesn’t Trump REFUSE his resignation???


4 posted on 02/14/2017 3:46:54 PM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: EveningStar

I want to see the timeline to the Los Angeles Times being shuttered.


5 posted on 02/14/2017 3:51:21 PM PST by DoughtyOne (NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
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To: fishtank

I agree. Don’t give them a lousy inch, because they will want to take every mile there is. Ignore them!!!


6 posted on 02/14/2017 3:51:52 PM PST by Bellflower (Dems = Mat 6:23 ....If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!)
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To: M-cubed

I agree with this.

Tell the outsiders to pound sand.


7 posted on 02/14/2017 3:55:09 PM PST by DoughtyOne (NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
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To: fishtank
Seriously, why doesn’t Trump REFUSE his resignation???

Because accepting it is the right thing to do.

Flynn f----d up, plain and simple, and the Democrats collected his scalp as a result.

There's absolutely no need for President Trump to pick a fight on this losing issue.

If Flynn was completely innocent of wrongdoing, that would be different. But he messed up, and now he's had to pay for that with his job.

President Trump is going to put this incident behind him, as he should, and not let it become an ongoing distraction...

8 posted on 02/14/2017 3:57:55 PM PST by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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I’m personally glad to see the Logan Act being brought up. Hopefully it will be used after the next Bilderberg meeting as well.


9 posted on 02/14/2017 4:02:53 PM PST by SENTINEL (Kneel down to God. Stand up to tyrants. STICK TO YOUR GUNS !)
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To: fishtank

Unfortunately Trump *asked* for Flynn’s resignation.

Apparently, Flynn made possibly ambiguous statements to others besides VP Pence, including Spicer, according to Spicer, who is the Trump press secretary.


10 posted on 02/14/2017 4:15:35 PM PST by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: fishtank

Unfortunately Trump *asked* for Flynn’s resignation.

Apparently, Flynn made possibly ambiguous statements to others besides VP Pence, including Spicer, according to Spicer, who is the Trump press secretary.


11 posted on 02/14/2017 4:15:40 PM PST by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Public Education/Academia are the farm team for more Marxists coming... infinitum.)
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To: EveningStar

He is a Democrat and was also hired and fired by Obama.

“Michael Flynn, fired once by Obama, now resigns to Trump. ... The center of a storm is a familiar place for Flynn. His military career ended when Obama dismissed him as defense intelligence chief. Flynn claimed he was pushed out for holding tougher views than the Obama administration about Islamic extremism”.


12 posted on 02/14/2017 4:25:41 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: EveningStar

Sally Yates?! The Sally Yates fired for refusing to do her job and posting a very unprofessional explanation for her actions?

The Logan Act?! The Logan Act that has never been used to prosecute anyone who “violated” it (most of whom appear to be Democrats)?

This timeline is a joke, isn’t it?


13 posted on 02/14/2017 5:03:35 PM PST by Vesparado (The American people know what they want and they deserve to get it good and hard --- HL Mencken)
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Jan. 12: Washington Post columnist David Ignatius first reports on Flynn's contacts with Kislyak. “What did Flynn say,” he asks, “and did it undercut the U.S. sanctions?”

They forgot the timeline when Ignatius got the information

oh wait, here it is: the Post\Times just don't say when Yates told them:

Feb. 13, about 9:30 p.m. EST: The Post and the New York Times disclose that Yates had warned the White House about Flynn's conversations.
14 posted on 02/14/2017 5:04:47 PM PST by stylin19a (Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
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To: sargon

(1) I didn’t know the President asked for his resignation.

(2) I didn’t know Flynn had covered it up.

I stand -— corrected.


15 posted on 02/15/2017 8:20:51 AM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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