This hack judge called Flynn a traitor.
“This hack judge called Flynn a traitor.”
Lying about talking to the Russian ambassador is certainly not the same as levying war or adhering to an enemy, and the substance of Flynn’s conversations weren’t either. They spoke about U.S. sanctions against Russia and a UN resolution involving Israel.
The judge was quick to retreat on this line of thinking.
It seems that the judge may have been inspired by a misunderstanding of Flynn’s contacts with Turkey, which Flynn had also lied about. Sullivan said that Flynn had acted “an unregistered agent of a foreign country, while serving as the national security adviser to the president of the United States.”
A member of Mueller’s team had to point out that this was not the case, and that Flynn had stopped dealing with Turkey before he took office.
The judge begins by clarifying that he wasn’t suggesting Michael Flynn committed treason, he was asking to get a sense of offenses — “I was just curious.” Prosecutor Brandon Van Grack says the government had no reason to believe Flynn committed treason