[Emmett McCarthy]

He’s very reserved in his comments and has always been that way. What he’s saying here is stronger and more direct than anything I can recall. It may be a career habit of not saying much about “ongoing cases”?

[Zhang Fei]

[He’s very reserved in his comments and has always been that way. What he’s saying here is stronger and more direct than anything I can recall. It may be a career habit of not saying much about “ongoing cases”?]

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Flynn screwed the pooch from the very beginning by talking to the FBI without counsel present. At the same time, this gives Trump the political cover he needs to issue a pardon. Flynn’s crucifixion has basically cured anyone on the right of the urge to talk to the cops without a lawyer present. In that respect, the FBI’s all-round crookedness has rendered anyone who might end up in a prosecutor’s gun sights a public service.