Michael Flynn Is Owed an Apology
One year after he pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, there is still no evidence that he is a traitor.
Remember when Michael Flynn was a traitor? It was early 2017. Democrats were still stinging from their defeat at the hands of Donald Trump. Every day, it seemed, brought news of another contact between Trumpworld and Russia.
Flynn, a retired three-star general, was forced to resign after serving less than a month as Trump’s national security adviser. He was said to have colluded with Russians during the presidential transition. For this he was defamed as a Russian agent and mocked as a bumbling Benedict Arnold. Former officials of Barack Obama’s administration hinted that Flynn had been compromised.
As it turns out, none of this was true. On Tuesday Flynn will receive a sentence for the one count to which he has pleaded guilty, lying to the FBI. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has recommended no jail time. Flynn will have a chance to get on with his life.
So how did Washington get sucked into believing that Michael Flynn had betrayed his country? Part of it, surely, is guilt by association; the proposition that Trump wants to appease Russia — even if he has not acted on his wishes — is not far-fetched. Trump has denied that the Russians hacked Democrats and released their emails, openly contradicting the U.S. intelligence community (and, for that matter, Flynn). During his campaign Trump flattered Russian President Vladimir Putin, and has continued to do so during his presidency.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-12-18/michael-flynn-sentencing-washington-owes-him-an-apology
thoughts on Flynn sentencing
one of the interesting things that we saw from today's sentencing hearing was that for the first time we have broached the subject of treason. while judge sullivan walked back those statements after the recess, the cat is now out of the bag. the mainstream media is going to run with the treason angle for the next 48-72 hours. they will not mention that it was walked back by the judge and the prosecutors. now the genius of this happenstance is that the msm will push this into the american home, they will define treason, the debate treason, they will make it a christmas dinner conversation. this will create a national awareness that will backfire in the future when the spotlight has been cast on the transgression of the dems and gop establishment. the nation will be educated and therefore it will be hard fo the msm to say "well it is different in this instance"
tl;dr - msm is going to push the treason angle, and it is going to backfire in the future.
The judge brought up the traitor label again today. Flynn doubled down on his guilty pleas.
I have definite ideas of what he has been doing since.
***Trump has denied that the Russians hacked Democrats and released their emails, openly contradicting the U.S. intelligence community (and, for that matter, Flynn)
Misleading (Bloomberg)... and I agree with Trump - until FBI forensic experts examine the DNC server.