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KT McFarland: FBI tried to set me up for 'perjury trap' in Trump-Russia probe
Fox News ^ | February 21, 2020 | By Julia Musto

Posted on 02/21/2020 8:33:16 AM PST by Hojczyk

Former Deputy National Security Adviser K.T. McFarland said Friday that the FBI -- under the purview of the Mueller investigation -- tried to set up her up in a "perjury trap."

Appearing on "Fox & Friends" with host Brian Kilmeade, McFarland -- who served under former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn -- explained that her life "went to hell" at the beginning of the Russia probe because investigators were convinced she was President Trump's to the Russians.

"The FBI showed up at my house unannounced. I was all by myself. They come in and I said, 'Do I need a lawyer for anything? I have never met with any Russians. I have never dealt with any Russians,'" she explained.

The agents said that while they couldn't tell her not to get a lawyer, they just wanted a "little bit of information" to help them with the investigation.

"So, I naively went along with it. The whole time they were setting me up for a perjury trap," she told Kilmeade. "Because Brian, they seized all of my files, my documents, text messages, cell phones from the period I was in government...They had control of them. They wouldn't let me have control of them."

However, the search turned out to be fruitless for all parties involved.

"They thought they could pressure me to say, 'Well, I lied in one of my early talks with you guys when I didn't have access to my information,'" she mused.

McFarland added that she was questioned about a 90-minute period spent in the president's Mar-a-Lago Club in which she didn't have any recorded correspondence or conversation in her phone records. That's when, McFarland said, they asked her whether that was the time she met with Trump to get marching orders.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: corruptdems; flynn; iran; irandeal; ktmcfarland; maralago; mcfarland; michaelflynn; mikeflynn; obamaholdovers; perjurytrap; trumpnsa; trumprussia; witchhunt
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To: Hojczyk
The FBI showed up at my house unannounced.

Should have been followed with "I do not answer questions from law enforcement, agents of the state or the press, without the presence of my attorney. If you wish to schedule an interview, we can do so at my attorney's office were the entire encounter will be video recorded."

61 posted on 02/21/2020 9:24:07 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: USS Alaska
The entire fbi and doj needs to be closed down and rebuilt from scratch.

Yes, but it will never happen. They will probably try to overthrow the entire government if any such attempt was made. Schumer had a point there.

62 posted on 02/21/2020 9:27:06 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Hojczyk

******************NEVER, NEVER, NEVER*******************

Talk to any anyone from the gubmit, especially police, without a lawyer!

To any investigator, ANY, the ONE word you say is “LAWYER”.

Where were you? LAWYER.

Do you know this person? Lawyer.

What is your address? Lawyer.

How many times have you beat your wife? LAWYER!


63 posted on 02/21/2020 9:27:35 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Hojczyk

“So, I naively went along with it.”

Maybe I am exploiting hindsight, but I can’t get over how Trump brought in so many naïve, fresh off the cabbage truck, suckers into national security positions. Who was the White House Counsel who failed to train all staff never to answer questions without notifying his office first? If a team of Russian spies had walked in, said they were from the National Archives, and give us all your most secret files like your predecessors did, these folks would have probably done it.


64 posted on 02/21/2020 9:28:43 AM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: bantam

Seriously, indeed! He is insufferable anymore. I get sick of hearing the same crap coming out of his mouth. And while I’m at it, it’s disgusting how he’ll be conversing with a guest on the radio, and then break mid-stride to do some damn commercial. I get so sick of him, Gallagher, Hewitt, even Rush at times, breaking/pivot mid-stride to add a commercial.


65 posted on 02/21/2020 9:29:07 AM PST by nfldgirl
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To: faucetman

True, and a sad commentary on what America has become.


66 posted on 02/21/2020 9:29:16 AM PST by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: Hojczyk

If you ask “do I need a lawyer?”, YOU DO!

If you even THINK it, YOU DO!

We’er from the government, and we’er here to hep you. /s


67 posted on 02/21/2020 9:31:30 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Hojczyk
because investigators were convinced she was President Trump's to the Russians.

I assume the word conduit is missing from the above sentence, as the sentence makes no sense.

because investigators were convinced she was President Trump's conduit to the Russians.

68 posted on 02/21/2020 9:33:43 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: All

KT was on Lou Dobbs last night and FF this morning. She was stuck with ~$200K in legal bills and was never charged.


69 posted on 02/21/2020 9:40:47 AM PST by EVO X
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To: Hojczyk

The FBIAS and the CIA are STILL working against the President, the citizens, the rule of law and the Constitution.


70 posted on 02/21/2020 9:41:00 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: VTenigma

“Never speak without your legal counsel present.”

IMO, just give name and address, verify anything they show you as far as your ID goes and then say I am not answering further questions, unless you want to run up a huge legal bill. DO NOT TAKE THE FIFTH AMENDMENT. Your taking it CAN be used in a grand jury to establish suspicion of guilt. It cannot be used at trial but if you don’t open your mouth they cannot have a perjury trap unless you lie about your ID.

If they give you that song and dance about establishing a few facts, say if they are facts then you have what you need already. If you get indicted for something, you would have been indicted anyway so why give them more ammo??


71 posted on 02/21/2020 9:41:12 AM PST by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: Hojczyk

Don’t talk to the FBI.

Ever.

L


72 posted on 02/21/2020 9:42:12 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Hojczyk

Wow.

Never, ever, ever speak to the FBI without a good lawyer present.


73 posted on 02/21/2020 9:43:19 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: KarlInOhio

Those at the center hired their own lawyers rather than use the company’s ones which made management at HQ very unhappy.

Probably, but when push comes to shove later, whom is that attorney representing, the worker or the company. I’ve seen company paid attorneys roll over on employees when cutting the final deals.


74 posted on 02/21/2020 9:47:16 AM PST by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: SmokingJoe

Why does Trump keep putting his enemies in positions of power to do him maximum damage?
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The GOP Senate swamp creatures will only confirm swamp creatures.


75 posted on 02/21/2020 9:48:10 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Hojczyk

“... she was President Trump’s to the Russians ...”

What?


76 posted on 02/21/2020 9:49:10 AM PST by Theo (FReeping since 1998 ... drain the swamp.)
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To: Hojczyk
The proper response, is "Sure, I'd be glad to talk with you. When would you like to set up a time for my lawyer, recording devices and me to meet with you?"

When they respond that they do not allow recording devices in their "interviews", ask them what exactly it is that they have to hide.

77 posted on 02/21/2020 9:54:14 AM PST by zeugma (I sure wish I lived in a country where the rule of law actually applied to those in power.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
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The GOP Senate swamp creatures will only confirm swamp creatures.

True. That will have to change in his second term. President Trump has much more power within the Republican Party today then he did before.

78 posted on 02/21/2020 9:55:41 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

They will probably try to overthrow the entire government if any such attempt was made.
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They already did that on Usurpation Day, January 20, 2009

That is what they are desperate to keep covered up.

Obama is not a natural born citizen.


79 posted on 02/21/2020 9:56:25 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Alberta's Child

Meanwhile, the Democrats gave us the Serv-Pro Impeachment (”like it never even happened”).


80 posted on 02/21/2020 9:57:00 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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