Mike Flynn & FBI Investigation: Bureau Had No Basis for It

National Review ^ | 3/18/17 | Andrew McCarthy

[Strac6]

Exactly.

Flynn effed up, then lied to VPOTUS about it.

Two strikes and you’re out.

[Godebert]

It is clear that you didn’t read the article.

[DouglasKC]

I think someone told him to resign and said it was Trump’s orders and then leaked it to the press. Trump couldn’t very well unfire him so he had to make the best of the situation. The press fully knows the story and they’re trying to pin “chaos” on his administration because of this. Trump is denying this which is driving the press crazy. But Trump has learned....which really worries them. Trump is rooting out the traitors.

[Strac6]

The article is BS, written by someone with no understanding of the law nor the legal process.

[Valpal1]

Andrew McCarthy was the federal prosecutor who put the Blind Sheikh in jail for life (where he just recently died).

Pretty sure he knows the law.

[Enchante]

Rofl, the author, Andrew McCarthy, is a former federal prosecutor who has handled terrorism and national security cases. He prosecuted the notorious “blind Sheikh” for the first WTC bombing (that nasty terrorist Sheikh who finally died the other day).

[Strac6]

Well, he missed this one.

[politicianslie]

Lying to an FBI agent is a serious felony. Just ask Dennis Hastert.

No it's not, ask Hillary Clinton.

It depends on what the FBI wants to do. J Edgar Hoover made political blackmail popular with his techniques.

[lonevoice]

I found this an interesting and informative read, perhaps you will too.

[Strac6]

Well, first, we could dismiss the entire thrust of the NYT story as soon as they reported he was “grilled” by FBI agents.

Bad Hollywood scriptwriters don’t even write that tritely any longer.

As for the justification for an FBI inquiry itself, under the writer’s a) there was obviously justification for looking into a possible violation of the Logan Act, and under his b), exactly how much information that LTG Flynn had received in classified briefings due to his position in the incoming Trump Administration was discussed with the Sovs? And if so, why?

These are two very valid lines of inquiry. Would you want the Bureau to not make such inquiries?

Let’s not keep chasing this rabbit that already ran down the hole.

Flynn was and is a good man, but he screwed up. Even if nothing improper was discussed on the phone, when he was asked about it by Mr. Pence, he lied. In President Trump’s world, and Mr. Pence’s, and probably yours and mine too, that’s a show-stopper.

Sorry, LTG Flynn, but adios.

[Strac6]

The problem is, “Gee, I don’t recall.” (ala Hillary) is not a crime. Yes or No can be.

[Strac6]

And one more thing, politely. This is again unfortunate proof of, “You can beat the rap for the act. It’s the cover-up that gets you.”

Hastert, Clinton, Nixon, etc.

[Pride in the USA]

Very interesting indeed.

[politicianslie]

And one more thing, politely. This is again unfortunate proof of, “You can beat the rap for the act. It’s the cover-up that gets you.”

Hastert, Clinton, Nixon, etc.

You forgot the biggest name yet, Hussein Obama. America's FIRST Muslim President, who has played a Jessee Jackson/Martin Luther King privileged negro role. Hussein has covered up so much that people are forgetting how shady this clown is.

But President Trump, fortunately, gets it. Hussein is going to loose it when they come for him. Donald is just giving him enough rope to hang himself even harder.

And of course Hillary and Bill can't be left out of this discussion either.