Posted on 05/11/2020 7:26:08 AM PDT by karpov
Barack Obama is a lawyer, so it was stunning to read that he ventured into the Michael Flynn case in a way that misstated the supposed crime and ignored the history of his own Administration in targeting Mr. Flynn. Since the former President chose to offer his legal views when he didn’t need to, we wonder what he’s really worried about.
“There is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free,” Mr. Obama said in the Friday call to about 3,000 members of the Obama Alumni Association. The comments were leaked to Yahoo News and confirmed by Mr. Obama’s spokeswoman to the Washington Post and other outlets. Mr. Obama added: “That’s the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried that basic—not just institutional norms—but our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk. And when you start moving in those directions, it can accelerate pretty quickly as we’ve seen in other places.”
Even discounting for Mr. Obama’s partisan audience, this gets the case willfully wrong. Mr. Flynn was never charged with perjury, which is lying under oath in a legal proceeding. Mr. Flynn pleaded guilty to a single count of lying to the FBI in a meeting at the White House on Jan. 24, 2017 that he was led to believe was a friendly chat among colleagues.
As for “scot-free,” that better applies to former President Bill Clinton who lied under oath in a civil case and was impeached for perjury but was acquitted by the Senate. We understand why Mr. Obama wouldn’t bring that up.
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The halfrican strikes out again. Time for a perp walk performed by Obama with Flynn on one side and PDJT on the other
Hussein O is an affirmative action lawyer, so it’s not really the same thing.
“He got a Law Degree...whether he attended is questionable.”
Exactly. How he obtained his law degree is a whole another question/matter.
Lawyer my a## he was and still is an agitator.He is truley the Manchurian candidate, a half black man touted as the first black president (with unquestionable tephlon protection) , a non citizen signed off by pelousi and the rats, controlled by outside forces and weaponized all of the agencies for their political purposes. The only question I have is when the rats had the trifecta, senate, house and presidency why wasn’t their Utopian agenda realized complete and activated. Doesn’t seem to smart. It seems like they let that opportunity slip through their fingers, no?
"...Barack Obama is a lawyer, so it was stunning to read..."
Correction:
Barack Obama is a [corrupt] lawyer, so it was [not at all] stunning to read. ...
There, fixed it!
It’s 0bama and his minions who are the threats to justice.
Good point.
Had to listen to that lisping voice again.Yuk!
These were prepared statements and they weren’t leaked. And, despite being prepared, Obama still sounded like an idiot trying to string words together to form a sentence.
and everyone who was complicit in the conspiracy to have an ineligible person on the ticket needs to be tried as well.
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That’s what they are afraid of and why the GOP has had his back since Usurpation Day.
We were just lucky that the Kenyan from Indonesia was a lazy stoner.
Considering that Lincoln had the army break in to newspapers that wrote against the war and smash their presses I wouldn’t put Lincoln in greatest respecters of the constitution column.
He also banished a former Ohio member of the House of Representatives who was a vocal political opponent of Lincoln to Canada. A Copperhead who believed it was the right of the states to secede.
Uhhhh, didn’t McCabe get charged with Perjury (Lack Of Candor), and get off scott-free?
Mr. Flynn was **never charged with perjury**, which is lying under oath in a legal proceeding. Mr. Flynn pleaded guilty to a single count of lying to the FBI.
That confuses the hell out of the left and the media ignores it but twists it to fit their agenda.
They forgot to add “Constitutional Law Expert”...
Obama needs to be lynched for his crimes against the Republic
Both the Obama’s ‘voluntarily’ returned their licenses to practice law back in the 90’s. They are NOT LICENSED to practice law (unless they got them back without the public knowing about it).
What a POS.
Yeah, scot-free. He ended up with over $3 million in legal fees, had to sell his house, and all the stress that goes along with being told if you don’t cop to a non-crime, will put your son in jail. The only one that has gotten off scot-free is Obama and the rest of his alumni.
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