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Exclusive: Obama says in private call that 'rule of law is at risk' in Michael Flynn case
Yahoo ^ | 5/08/20 | Michael Isikoff

Posted on 05/09/2020 2:05:40 AM PDT by Libloather

WASHINGTON - Former President Barack Obama, talking privately to ex-members of his administration, said Friday that the “rule of law is at risk” in the wake of what he called an unprecedented move by the Justice Department to drop charges against former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn.

In the same chat, a tape of which was obtained by Yahoo News, Obama also lashed out at the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as “an absolute chaotic disaster.”

“The news over the last 24 hours I think has been somewhat downplayed - about the Justice Department dropping charges against Michael Flynn,” Obama said in a web talk with members of the Obama Alumni Association.

“And the fact that there is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free. That’s the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried that basic - not just institutional norms - but our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk. And when you start moving in those directions, it can accelerate pretty quickly as we’ve seen in other places.”

**SNIP**

“That’s why, I, by the way, am going to be spending as much time as necessary and campaigning as hard as I can for Joe Biden,” he added.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: flynn; hussein; law; obama; obamaflynn; obamagate; obamaobamagate
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To: Libloather

Trump should make Flynn head of the FBI


21 posted on 05/09/2020 3:11:58 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: lee martell

Flynn opposed Obama’s Iran diplomacy / giveaways.


22 posted on 05/09/2020 3:12:56 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Nifster

Yeah, his private call just happened to get leaked to Yahoo. Sure.


23 posted on 05/09/2020 3:13:05 AM PDT by Obadiah (Kill the deep state or lose the Republic.)
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To: vis a vis

The General knew the Iran Deal was bad, and he was not afraid to say so on the air to a Fox reporter.


24 posted on 05/09/2020 3:14:53 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Libloather

I can’t believe how they’re doubling down on destroying a man’s life after the proof of their evil deeds is has been released


25 posted on 05/09/2020 3:18:25 AM PDT by jersey117
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To: Libloather

“The Cops acted stupidly,” Barry...


26 posted on 05/09/2020 3:25:41 AM PDT by 4Liberty (CoVid19, n. A seasonal respiratory infection politicized to harm the U.S. economy & its President.)
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To: Libloather

The next few months leading up to the election are shaping up to be one helluva show....

You can bet the Trump side is not going to let this go and keep exposing the coup that was attempted against his administration. Hopefully some indictments are forthcoming for members of the Obama Cabal.

You can also bet the Obama side is not going away and will get more and more desperate as their actions get exposed.

I fully expect other major shoes to drop before November and I can only imagine how bad they might be....


27 posted on 05/09/2020 3:27:46 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: Nifster

Gen Flynn called him out for arming, funding and training isis.


28 posted on 05/09/2020 3:29:36 AM PDT by Eagles6
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To: lee martell

Its probably as simple as Flynn being the guy who challenged Obama’s premises in meetings and exposed him consistently in front of his minions as being lazy, misinformed, ignorant and driven by electoral politics and not national security.You know, he told the truth.


29 posted on 05/09/2020 3:34:18 AM PDT by The Free Engineer
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To: Libloather

Did he also talk about stirring up another Ferguson event(Red Herring) in Atlanta for a 2 month old shooting?


30 posted on 05/09/2020 3:38:50 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Libloather
“That’s why, I, by the way, am going to be spending as much time as necessary and campaigning as hard as I can for Joe Biden,”

I could be wrong, but I seem to remember most Dem candidates not wanting Barry to help out their campaigns in 2012 and 2016.
31 posted on 05/09/2020 3:52:04 AM PDT by ratzoe
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To: Libloather

Ppfftt!! Isikoff...spit.

Did Isikoff get the talking points from The Sleuth or from Devlin Barrett? Perhaps, Isikoff picked up the crumpled notes from Christopher Steele’s trash can.


32 posted on 05/09/2020 4:04:25 AM PDT by ptsal
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To: ptsal

With Isikoff, we know he won’t put a story out there unless approved by a Dem President.


33 posted on 05/09/2020 4:19:18 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: Libloather

34 posted on 05/09/2020 4:25:39 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Libloather

I’d sure like a list of who the other “call”/staged recording were set up on the line. With so few “uhs” Obama was clearly reading a script. No one else said anything. Just saying.

Added “Just saying” because some FReeper said it was an irritation like “At the end of the day”. ;-)

BTW - Its been a few great years not to hear the bummer say “tuh” instead of “to” - now that was irritating.


35 posted on 05/09/2020 4:27:50 AM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: Libloather

Leaked, no believes that. I can’t wait to see the Obamination in lock up.

*I can dream...


36 posted on 05/09/2020 4:28:24 AM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: Libloather

Why are these losers so scared of General Flynn? He must be a serious threat to their lies and crimes. President Trump should put the general in a position where he can go after the corrupt lowlifes.


37 posted on 05/09/2020 4:30:38 AM PDT by Rdct29 (Democrats are the new Nazi's. They think they deserve total control over the people)
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To: Libloather
"there is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free"

Uh...think again.

As the Light of Truth illuminates the Obama Administration, the Democrats become more determined than ever to extinguish it--and more desperate--more unhinged--more dangerous.

38 posted on 05/09/2020 4:39:49 AM PDT by Savage Beast (President Trump, praying for guidance, giving his salary to charity, is on the Side of the Angels.)
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To: Libloather

Oh FUBO.

This is the man who gave an unconstitutional order (proven) to enact DACA.

This is the man who used his party to pass Obamacare by violating the rules of the legislature and which is in the process of finally being struck down.

This is the man who’s party refused to defend Prop 8 - a lawfully voted on proposition in the state of California that followed all laws and rules - so that the California courts could just strike it down because his party didn’t like it. THEN, his party publicly released the names of the donors to the Prop 8 committee so they could all be harassed and fired from their jobs.

This is the man who let soldiers die in Benghazi because he was too tired to get up.

This is the man who then LIED about the nature of the Benghazi attack and imprisoned an innocent person who put up a YouTube video about muslims that Obama LIED about causing the attack.

And now we know for a fact that he was personally involved in ordering the FBI to go after Trump before and after he was elected in an unconstitutional effort to swing an election. (we knew all along, of course)

Again I say FUBO - you are a blight on the Republic and I can only hope it survives so the real truth of your history will come out or be long forgotten


39 posted on 05/09/2020 4:42:06 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: Nifster

Yep, the dutiful MSM always convenienty has a stenographer standing by to echo Dems. No challenge or analysis, just the ‘leak’.


40 posted on 05/09/2020 4:43:09 AM PDT by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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