Posted on 02/13/2018 10:15:49 AM PST by Starman417
Michael Flynn spoke with Russian Ambassador Kislyak on December 29, 2016.
You will remember that the conversation Michael Flynn had with Kislyak was leaked to WaPo last January 12 :
According to a senior U.S. government official, Flynn phoned Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak several times on Dec. 29, the day the Obama administration announced the expulsion of 35 Russian officials as well as other measures in retaliation for the hacking. What did Flynn say, and did it undercut the U.S. sanctions? The Logan Act (though never enforced) bars U.S. citizens from correspondence intending to influence a foreign government about “disputes” with the United States. Was its spirit violated? The Trump campaign didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.A senior government official. In the obama administration. This was the beginning of the end for Flynn. At The Hill, it was argued that this leak was "illegal but utterly justified."
Admiral Mike Rogers said that releasing transcripts were harmful to national security. Catherine Herridge said that getting the transcript from the NSA had to come from very high up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMIoLAxt4f0
In February 2017 Intelligence officials said that Flynn had done nothing wrong
A current U.S. intelligence official tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that there is no evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the transcripts of former national security adviser Michael Flynn's conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, although the official noted that doesn't rule out the possibility of illegal actions.Today Byron York reports that in March 2017 James Comey briefed Congress and told them that the agents who interviewed Flynn did not believe he had lied:The official also says that there are recordings as well as transcripts of the calls, and that the transcripts don't suggest Flynn was acting under orders in his conversations.
Flynn resigned late Monday, after allegations that he discussed U.S. sanctions on Russia with Kislyak and then misled Vice President Pence about the nature of those conversations. Flynn initially denied discussing sanctions at all, but in his resignation Flynn said he "inadvertently" gave Pence "incomplete information" about the conversations.
NPR's Phil Ewing previously reported that it is not in dispute that Flynn spoke with Kislyak in late December. "The issue is what he said," Phil wrote.
Depending on the content of the conversations, Flynn could have violated a law called the Logan Act, which bars a private individual from conducting foreign policy without the permission of the U.S. government. For instance, if Flynn told the ambassador the Trump administration would drop the sanctions, that would have been illegal.
The intelligence official who has personally seen the transcripts told Mary Louise they contained "no evidence" of criminal wrongdoing, although the official said it can't be definitively ruled out.
The official also said there was "absolutely nothing" in the transcripts that suggests Flynn was acting under instructions "or that the trail leads higher."
"The Jan. 24 interview potentially puts Flynn in legal jeopardy," the Washington Post reportedin February. "Lying to the FBI is a felony offense."And then, boomThere was also a lot of concern in Congress, at least among Republicans, about the leak of the wiretapped Flynn-Kislyak conversation. Such intelligence is classified at the highest level of secrecy, yet someone — Republicans suspected Obama appointees in the Justice Department and intelligence community — revealed it to the press.
So in March, lawmakers wanted Comey to tell them what was up. And what they heard from the director did not match what they were hearing in the media.
According to two sources familiar with the meetings, Comey told lawmakers that the FBI agents who interviewed Flynn did not believe that Flynn had lied to them, or that any inaccuracies in his answers were intentional. As a result, some of those in attendance came away with the impression that Flynn would not be charged with a crime pertaining to the Jan. 24 interview.
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Rush just revealed that a Judge ordered Mueller to release FBI info to Flynn’s lawyers
when? recently?
If our enemies can do this to a General, just imagine what they can do to us “Privates?”
The Judge in the Flynn plea agreement was forced to recuse himself after his ruling accepting the Flynn plea bargain
He is a partisan Obama FISA judge who is suspected of approving much of the Trump FISA warrants, including the one that intercepted the Flynn conversation
So now Mueller goes after Flynn for a Login act violation or whatever else strikes his fancy. Mueller will not let Flynn go.
Don’t blame the artist; look what she had to work with.
Where does General Flynn go to get his good name back?
It may go way beyond that.
If you are charged with a crime, you almost always have no recourse against the prosecutor even if you're found not guilty.
If it is determined that the FBI and/or the prosecutor's office deliberately withheld exculpatory information from the defendant, then the defendant may have recourse to file suit to recover damages -- including compensatory damages to cover legal fees and maybe even punitive damages for malicious prosecution.
No, now it’s focusing on the “fact” that Trump LIED about Rob Porter matter, because FBI head Wray gave a different timeline re info released than WH.
It NEVER stops!
Judge screwed up so he steps down ?
What a crock. Mistrial.
Yes, John F’n Kerry! Just a few weeks ago it was reported that he told Abbas to ignore/not deal with Trump. I WANT TO SEE AN INDICTMENT, NOW!
That sounds like his normal MO.
He says something to make others think they have permission to act, so he does not have to do anything.
Like when thy killed Bin Laden- he had CANCELLED 3 attempts before, and so Lean Panetta asked him under what circumstances would they be able to get him- and then Panetta made sure those circumstances happened, and then only called in Obama from the golf course when it was underway and too late to stop it.
I even heard that he still tried to, but Panetta threatened to go public and expose him if he did.
He is a bit like Oliver North - he could definitely come back.
He needs to be Alinski'd..freepers in front of his house, office, etc...wish I was in the DC area.
The Judge in the Flynn plea agreement was forced to recuse himself after his ruling accepting the Flynn plea bargain
Judge screwed up so he steps down ?
What a crock. Mistrial.
Amen.
And, Mueller is complicit, as well.
Q. It has been reported that McCabe told agents to change 302 forms....which case? Flynn? Hillary e-mails? Both?
Q. Why did the judge recuse himself AFTER the plea deal...I don’t get it..somebody must have found something out
Trump should pardon him based on this and start sticking a stick in Mueller’s (and this “investigation’s”) wandering eye. This is all BS, WE NEED A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR!!!!
Wasn’t it just a couple of weeks ago (Feb 1)that Mueller asked the judge to hold off on the sentencing of Flynn? That when the ship hit the fan.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/01/mueller-team-seeks-delay-in-flynn-sentencing.html
You will remember that the conversation Michael Flynn had with Kislyak was leaked to WaPo last January 12... A senior government official. In the obama administration. This was the beginning of the end for Flynn. At The Hill, it was argued that this leak was "illegal but utterly justified." Admiral Mike Rogers said that releasing transcripts were harmful to national security. Catherine Herridge said that getting the transcript from the NSA had to come from very high up.
In Wisconsin,it was the John doe investigation...DEMOCRAT FROM HELL D.A.went after innocent republicans because they supported Walker...
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