[Golden Eagle]

Pence and Trump must have had the recording of the Flynn meeting with the Russian ambassador provided by the intel community. They had no choice but to fire Flynn who was probably exceeding his authority. Still, there is no crime with discussing these matters with the Russians, only the process crime of lying about it to the FBI.

I want to revisit my response to you on this. What Flynn was discussing COULD be a crime of conspiracy, if a quid pro quo was offered and received on the call. The fact he was fired so quickly could increase that likelihood, as they may not have fired him if the subject had only very briefly been mentioned, and they thought they could (and wanted to) make that argument in his defense.

[kabar]

What Flynn was discussing COULD be a crime of conspiracy, if a quid pro quo was offered and received on the call

What kind of quid pro quo are you talking about? Conspiracy to do what?