Posted on 06/03/2018 6:41:13 PM PDT by bitt
A newly-leaked January 29 memo from President Trump's first legal team to special counsel Robert Mueller suggests the president believed fired national security adviser Michael Flynn was no longer under investigation when he famously asked FBI Director James Comey — by Comey's account — to let the Flynn case go. With a wealth of previously-unreleased information about the Flynn affair, the memo also supports the contention that the FBI did not believe Flynn lied to the agents who questioned him in the Trump-Russia probe.
The bureau interviewed Flynn on Jan. 24, 2017, about his transition conversations with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. In March 2017, Comey told the House Intelligence Committee that the agents "saw nothing that indicated to them that [Flynn] knew he was lying to them." Comey said the same thing to the Senate Judiciary Committee at around the same time; chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, wrote recently that Comey "led us to believe … that the Justice Department was unlikely to prosecute [Flynn] for false statements made in that interview."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
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Comey lied? But he was the head of the FBI! No, I just can’t believe it...
Comey=scum
Mueller=scum
“Comey=scum
Mueller=scum”
Yes, but Rosenschmeckel= pond scum, ditto for Sessions. I cannot write the words here I would use to adequately describe Sessions. He is far, far worse than scum. He is a traitor to his country and to the President who appointed him.
Thanks for posting - another solid piece of journalism from York. This clarifies much of my confusion over the Flynn case and his firing. Lest we forget, the deep state was out to get Flynn like they are out for Bolton. He does not think the same as they do.
I think what happened to Flynn was a travesty of justice. In fact, two of Mueller’s biggest catches (defendants) appear to be people whom the justice department previously declined to prosecute. Not much to crow about, but maybe its just me.
I think Flynn’s life work speaks for itself and like every other person his age with a clean record he should have been given the benefit of the doubt. It is sad he got in the way of a witch hunt.
Who in the Mueller investigation leaked the letter?
Yes, but Rosenschmeckel= pond scum, ditto for Sessions. I cannot write the words here I would use to adequately describe Sessions. He is far, far worse than scum. He is a traitor to his country and to the President who appointed him.
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Sessions is a COWARD who has allowed himself to become Rosenstein’s puppet. Rosenstein handles the important (to the Deep State) DOJ matters himself and allows Sessions to be the figurehead for less important matters. Sessions’ meekness is an embarassment.
There is no one to enforce law and order. Trump is our last hope.
“Sessions’ meekness is an embarassment.”
No, He’s a traitor! And to think there are still some here on FR who revere him! He deserves a prison cell or a rope for what he’s allowed to take place.
Flynn for new FBI director position.
Flynn for new FBI director position.
Hear, hear!!
Uh Oh!. Looks like Yates is going to get a subpoena and Flynn a lot of money.
Bye Bye Bitch!
I wouldn’t say I “revere” Sessions, I just think the anti Sessions trolling on FR is unfounded - nobody here has anywhere near enough information to justify the hyperbolic condemnation of Sessions.
Besides, the level of group-think displayed by Sessions haters here is a dead giveaway that it was an organized trolling effort aimed at discrediting Donald Trump as a weak and powerless POTUS who can’t control his own cabinet.
Have a little faith in the President - if he was that disappointed in Sessions he’s really not the type who would sit by for a year and a half and do nothing about it.
“Have a little faith in the President - if he was that disappointed in Sessions he’s really not the type who would sit by for a year and a half and do nothing about it.”
I have great faith in President Trump. And I think in due time, he will rid himself of Sessions. He would probably do so immediately, were it not for the fact that McConnell would not allow a vote on a replacement. That the GOPe “leadership” is actively doing everything in it’s power to thwart Trump and his agenda, is the reason, in my mind, that Sessions isn’t gone already,. So much to say, the President is having to “bide his time” at the moment, but it does not mean that he dosen’t want Sessions gone.
As far as Sessions is concerned, I think there is ample evidence or his lack of leadership, or more probably his active role in also trying to thwart the President’s agenda. You don’t have to know everything to be able to make a value judgement as to his fitness as AG. His selection was a mistake. He mislead the President about his true intentions.
Flynn is a DEMOCRAT....I NEVER trust a Democrat! I hope he is cleared though....and I hope he SUES them all PERSONALLY to get his Lawyers fees back!
“if he was that disappointed in Sessions he’s really not the type who would sit by for a year and a half and do nothing about it.”
President Trump has actually said “I’m very disappointed” in Sessions. And just for the record McConnell has said publicly that if he’s fired the Senate will not take up the nomination of a replacement AG.
So there’s that.
If Sessions had any shred of honor left he’d resign and save President Trump the grief of firing him.
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“I have great faith in President Trump. And I think in due time, he will rid himself of Sessions. He would probably do so immediately, were it not for the fact that McConnell would not allow a vote on a replacement.”
Thank you for your very reasoned reply - I don’t doubt your faith in Trump. Clearly you are not one of the over-the-top Sessions haters I have a problem with - they wildly exaggerate Sessions’ significance in the big picture. They wildly exaggerate the damage he’s supposedly done single handedly - to agree with them you’d have to believe Trump’s presidency is a total disaster - and it’s not. Their baseless presumption that with a different AG there would have been no witch hunt, and all sorts of high level Democrats would be in jail by now (or hanged?) - is just silly.
I don’t happen to agree, but it is perfectly reasonable for you to think Sessions was a mistake or to take Trump at his word that he wishes he’d picked someone else. I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump changed AGs sometime in the next 2-6 years - most POTUSs make numerous changes to their cabinets. Yes the GOPe leadership is not pro Trump. They are jealous of his political success. They are politicians who suck off the government teat and most don’t want the swamp drained.
Sessions may be guilty of that to some extent but if I were to make a list of the worst offenders in DC, he wouldn’t be anywhere near the top - EVERY Democrat and 90% of Republicans are worse than Jeff Sessions. To make Jeff Sessions out to be the worst thing that ever happened is just preposterous - especially since none of us really know anything.
I think a lot of MAGA people hoped Trump would be able drain the swamp a more forcefully - that we’d get to see a bunch of top Democrats perp walked to by now, or worse. That Trump would be able to brush off impeachment attempts as fake news - instead we have a year and a half long witch hunt and no Dems even charged.
Nobody wants to blame Trump, because in our hearts, we know draining the swamp is not a legal fight it’s a political fight - it’s not that easy to change public perception. We see what forcefulness Obama got away with weaponizing his DOJ and figure why can’t Trump and Sessions do that? Well, they can’t because the good guys don’t have the MSM and deep state on our side - we are fighting AGAINST them.
It’s not happening anywhere near fast enough - we want to blame someone, so let’s blame Sessions.
For me, the whole Sessions issue is a matter of degree - there are just a lot of people who take the #blameSessions obsession way, way too far - obviously you’re not one of them.
“President Trump has actually said “I’m very disappointed” in Sessions. And just for the record McConnell has said publicly that if he’s fired the Senate will not take up the nomination of a replacement AG.”
I’ve heard both those arguments many times, but I’m not even disputing that. Let’s say Trump is dissapointed in his AG. Let’s say McConnel wouldn’t take up the nomination of a replacement AG.
What I disagree with is the significance. What I disagree with is the extent of the damage Sessions has done to Trump’s presidency. What I disagree with is the presumption that with a different AG there would have been no witch hunt at all, or that a bunch of top Democrat crooks would be rotting in jail or swinging on a rope.
People are dissapointed the swamp creatures are still out there and there’s this relentless witch hunt that Trump can’t shake off. They want someone to blame so they blame Jeff Sessions.
All I’m saying is that nobody knows what would have happened differently with a different AG. Nobody knows whether a forceful AG and DOJ, like Obama’s would have gotten the desired results. For all we know it could have made it a lot worse A.K.A. Nixon’s Saturday Night Massacre. That’s what the deep state wanted Trump/Sessions to do - clearly Trump has chosen a more passive approach and Jeff Sessions is the poster child for that approach. Blame him if you want, but the jury is still out regarding a) whether passivity might turn out to be the smart play, and b) whether the directive to take a more passive approach came right from the top.
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