Posted on 12/15/2018 10:05:02 PM PST by ransomnote
I’ve focused on why Flynn pled guilty, now questioning why he was charged in the first place.
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There is also thought that Mueller team threatened to bring Flynn’s son into it, so he did this to keep his son safe. Could be a little bit of all of it...
Flynn is not a rookie, I’m sure he knows how the game is played either way.
June 23, 1960, The Aspermont Star, Aspermont, Texas
TREASON
The history of liberty often shows that a would-be tyrant likes to accuse his opponents of treason. So, to safeguard our liberty the constitution itself sets out the kind of proof we need to find some one guilty of treason.
For this reason America has had relatively few cases of treason. not so in early English and Roman law. "Treasonous acts" covered many things, in fact, anything that seemed to threaten the community safety.
In the fourteenth century the English tried to define treason: Since every subject owed allegiance to the King, trivial breaches of a private nature became "petite (small) treason." But a subject disloyal enough as to attack or plot against the king himself was guilty of "high" treason.
The kings liked this: For one to imagine the king's death became treason subject to death.
The broadened treason widen-ed further to include crimes against private persons. Later even the king himself was not exempt: In 1649 they indicted, convicted, and beheaded King Charles I for treason.
King Henry VIII made it high treason to slander Queen Anne or her children. Failure to take an oath not to slander the queen itself became treason.
Under Elizabeth I it became treason for anyone to hold a religion which did not conform to the crown's.
Conviction of treason was easy. In some cases you needed to witnesses. Trials were short and the accused could not have defense counsel.
In conflicts for power, the losing politicians often became "traitors" as they do in many countries to this day. Our early settlers lived in troubled times with the coming revolution creating new factions. For them treason was also a frequent accusation.
But after the revolution the founding fathers and the people had had enough.
They decided to limit "treason" and faced these problems: Should the new executive put down rebellious and define treasons himself? Should the Congress during 'troubled times' have the power to define treason?
No. The new Constitution took treason out of politics. It said treason "shall consist only of levying war against the United States or in giving aid and comfort to the enemy."
Conviction required testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act.
Hillary had 9 lawyers in her interview with the FBI.
Once you stop trying to make equivalence arguments (like Podesta did it too) you will see things more clearly.
Team Trump has no offense. They haven't brought one charge against a deep state operative.
Of course there are three future predictions of Q. But if those don't materialize then Trump is pretty much screwed, sadly.
"Trump the "GAME THEORY" False Court Jester"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnIOh_-Pnn8
Exactly! Finally the good rise up with the good. Perfect? Perhaps not, but good rising for good.
I do the same thing in normal life, have defended he rights of those who HATED me (as I did them), but what they were accused of wasn’t true. Good for Good!
Flynn is and continues to be a spook, doing spooky things. If they think they have him, they are wrong.
Great observations!
BTW you have mail
Agreed.
In the end, March sentencing date or NOT, FLYNN will be cleared.
Judge says he will take into consideration FLYNN’s cooperation with the “government”.
Curiously, Sully does not say exactly say, “cooperation with the FBI” (and the Mueller persecutors). Sully says, “government”.
Could Judge Sully be informed of FLYNN cooperating with another investigation and a *different* Special Counsel investigation? Huber, others?
Maybe this is quite a reach for a question of mine.
Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel
Reading further I was surprised at it poetically describes what we're doing on this thread.
The judge brought up the traitor label again today. Flynn doubled down on his guilty pleas.
I believe you are exactly correct!
Judge Sullivan got sandbagged by Team Meuller. Sullivan says Flynn is guilty of Treason then has to back track. Meuller feeding the wrong information and refusing to comply with the real information.
<< “ ...Flynn’s “on-air” name has been upgraded to “Michael” from “Mike” that was used earlier in the afternoon. “ >>>
Droning in the background, FOX is doing the same thing. Perino, Shepherd. It’s Michael. FLYNN.
Thanks for bringing that detail to our attention.
It’s purely an NPC attic to get you to respond, thats it. The ‘norms’ have a knee-jerk reaction to words like traitor, so they use it and use the excuse “well the judge said it” then refuse to admit that the judge took it back in a most humble(ed) fashion.
Thats what Im goin with, yep!
Just found your post, still learning my way around this site, and wanted to clear up a misunderstanding.
I am not a Marine and have never served. I was providing information on a True hero who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
Thank God for men such as Corporal Jesse Wade Stites (USMC)!
Sullivan did sound like he was doing double speak.....the plot thickens.
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