What I don’t quite get is why Trump, given that a bunch of laws were broken, doesn’t just change his mind and bring Flynn back on.
Flynn lost the trust of the WH by misleading Pence. That is the stated reason. However, there are probably other reasons. Flynn had the reputation of being a maverick and a hothead. No doubt the intelligence community expressed their dislike of him to Trump and his advisors. Trump cannot reverse his decision at this point.
Well I read the article at your link.
It pretty much sums up what I suspect. They DO have a recording of this innocent call.
I read your commentary about Trump not being able to turn this back but I am sorry, but I disagree.
A NSA nominee phones up a Russian ambassador to discuss things, like they all do. The ambassador asks about those silly sanctions Obama put in for messing up the American election and Flynn says something innocent I suspect, to the effect that they’ll deal with this later after the inauguration.
So there’s a plan to have Pence go out and deny any conversation with Russia about those sanctions and right there I must wonder ....why Pence? Yes I love Pence and most times I would not question having him be questioned by press or talk show host. But why not Trump himself?
Still and so, Flynn was evidently asked by Pence if he said anything on that call about sanctions and Flynn said No. I’m thinking Flynn probably didn’t think a tossed-aside comment such as they would deal with it after the inauguration was worth mention. I don’t know this and somewhere there is a tape of this conversation. But Flynn does not strike me as a blatant liar.
So given that it’s all been explained, and your article as linked does a very good job, I still don’t know why Trump can’t stand up tall and say his incoming administration was buffaloed and they’re not throwing out a perfectly fine guy to give them a victory.
For sure the Trump voters would understand.
It’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
I hope Trump keeps Flynn around as an unpaid advisor of some kind.
Sort of like Harry Hopkins was to FDR.
Sundance over at the Conservative Treehouse wrote a rather cryptic article about Pence/Flynn/Trump and “what might have gone on” re the Russian calls.
It generated a lot of anti-Pence comments. I found the whole thing disconcerting and decided just to stop reading the comments.