Trump is out of excuses — but not necessarily out of office — as Flynn cooperates

NY Post ^ | Dec 01, 2017 | John Podhoretz

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Two possibilities arise from the guilty plea of former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

Flynn’s plea marks the beginning of the end of the Trump administration. Flynn’s plea marks the end of the desperate hope that America will be delivered from the Trump presidency by impeachment and removal from office on the grounds that his campaign colluded with Russia to win him the 2016 election. There are other ancillary events one can easily imagine. For example, Trump could fire independent counsel Robert Mueller and/or pardon Flynn and others. But those moves would eventually make the end of his administration far more likely, and so should be considered as part of Possibility #1.

He’s done for — or the impeachment dream is dead. That’s it.

If there was conspiratorial cooperation between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, Flynn was at the center of it. That much is clear. And Mueller has Flynn on the hook. Analysts speculate that Flynn was allowed to plead down to a relatively minor charge in exchange for a promise of full cooperation. Should Mueller believe Flynn is failing to cooperate, he could make Flynn’s future unendurable (in part by going after Flynn’s son).

It’s therefore fair to assume Flynn will come clean about what he knows.

And that’s why this will lead either to Trump going down in flames or the impeachment-now movement getting its heart ­broken.

For my friends in the impeachment camp, I’d recommend preparing for heartbreak (and not just because you should never expect things to go the way you want; trust me, I wanted Rubio).

[SunkenCiv]

Haven't you heard?!? Trump is *finished!!!*