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Michael Flynn filed with the DOJ as a foreign lobbyist
Youtube ^ | March 9, 2017 | Foxnews

Posted on 03/09/2017 4:39:14 PM PST by map

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: flynn; flynnresigns; flynnturkey; foreignagent; foreignlobbyist; lobbyist; turkey
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Now we know the reason Gen. Flynn was fired. It wasn't that he "lied" to Mike Pence. According to Fox, he accepted $500,000 to lobby for Turkey.
1 posted on 03/09/2017 4:39:14 PM PST by map
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To: map

Trump did say other things during his presser lead to Flynn being let go, but he didn’t elaborate. This maybe one of those other issues.


2 posted on 03/09/2017 4:41:36 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: map

Figures... the only Democrat selected by Trump and he was previously an Obama appointee...

He learned from the previous administration...


3 posted on 03/09/2017 4:42:32 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: map

You’d think someone would check the databases first. Then again, it depends on whether or not the agency doing the checking was actually interested in providing reliable information.


4 posted on 03/09/2017 4:43:24 PM PST by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: map

A few weeks ago Alex Jones said something to the effect that the real reason involved Turkey, but he wasn’t specific.


5 posted on 03/09/2017 4:44:29 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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It is VERY difficult to find an honest politician....that is one of the various reasons Trump was elected.


6 posted on 03/09/2017 4:45:01 PM PST by EagleUSA
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President Trump has no use for lobbyists, Flynn knew that and did it anyway. Glad he is gone, maybe now people will stop defending him.


7 posted on 03/09/2017 4:45:02 PM PST by madison10 (Bless you, Mr. DJ Trump.)
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To: 9YearLurker; Jim Robinson

Alex Jones is now literally tied into the Trump Administration. He talks to
President Trump several times a week. The White House sends him stuff before it is released to the MSM.

It is true me to lift the ban on Infowars, Jim.


8 posted on 03/09/2017 5:08:15 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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Now I'm disappointed Trump fired him.

He should have set him on fire instead.

9 posted on 03/09/2017 5:09:47 PM PST by Alberta's Child (President Donald J. Trump ... Making America Great Again, 140 Characters at a Time)
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To: SubMareener

No. He’s still a 9/11 truther nutbar and all around conspiracy freak. Trump will get burned if he aligns himself with conspiracy freaks.


10 posted on 03/09/2017 5:16:45 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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SO WHAT
Isn’t Turkey a NATO member?


11 posted on 03/09/2017 5:21:41 PM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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Jim! President Donald J Trump is a 9/11 Truther!! WT 7 came down and it was not hit by any aircraft. Donald Trump is on record saving that the towers were designed to absorb such damage.


12 posted on 03/09/2017 5:24:00 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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To: map

Every time I hear V.P. Pence speak, I think, we have to make sure this guy is our next president.


13 posted on 03/09/2017 5:30:37 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: silverleaf

According to what was reported by Brett Baier, Gen. Flynn just filed papers that he had been lobbying during the campaign.

One of Trump’s proposals was a lifetime ban on executive branch employees from lobbying for foreign countries.

Flynn betrayed Trump. “Lying” to Pence was a weak cover argument.


14 posted on 03/09/2017 5:31:27 PM PST by map
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“Every time I hear V.P. Pence speak, I think, we have to make sure this guy is our next president.”

Yes, I agree. In 2024.


15 posted on 03/09/2017 5:33:16 PM PST by map
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Flynn wrote a nauseatingly pro-Islamist op-ed that appeared on ELECTION DAY. It was just bizarre. He was a loose cannon and it was only a matter of time until he got fired, IMO.


16 posted on 03/09/2017 5:49:03 PM PST by lodi90
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Unless Trump had that restriction as an actual term of accepting the position as his advisor ( which Flynn did before Trump was even elected)! and Flynn signed it, he didn’t “ lie”


17 posted on 03/09/2017 5:49:58 PM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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I was thinking the same thing. Flynn was the first to violate Trump’s Foreign Lobbying ban. I’m glad he was fired. We talked about Flynn’s Turkey connections here on FR months ago.


18 posted on 03/09/2017 5:53:29 PM PST by TexasCruzin (Trump is the man. #TrumpPence16)
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To: Jim Robinson

More people than you may suspect have serious questions about 9/11.


19 posted on 03/09/2017 6:03:58 PM PST by thoughtomator (Purple: the color of sedition)
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The drumbeat that “Flynn was fired because he lied to Pence about a call with the Russian ambassador” always struck me as absurd, and as an excuse.

It appears that it was a convenient cover story. Loyalty is a two way street. Trump wouldn’t turn on a trusted advisor for a miscommunication between Flynn and Pence. It was obvious that there was a hidden reason for the sudden firing.


20 posted on 03/09/2017 6:08:38 PM PST by map
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