If you’ll remember what was going on, Obama had just blamed Russia for Trump’s victory, and kicked Russia’s diplomats out of the country in hopes of provoking a diplomatic crisis that would blow up in Trump’s face.
So of course Flynn talked to them, and told them essentially the same thing Trump was saying in public. Which was, don’t worry about it, we’ll be in the White House in a couple of weeks.
This humiliated Obama, which was a good thing, and they’ve been trying to turn it into an impeachable crime ever since.
I still believe Flynn fell on his sword to protect Pence. Because you can’t have a cover-up when he didn’t do anything wrong in the first place. It makes no sense to assume he lied when there was nothing to lie about. He was Trump’s national security advisor, that’s why he was on the phone with the Russians in the first place. Obviously with Trump’s knowledge and at Trump’s direction. Obviously the purpose of the call was to blunt the damage of Obama’s sanctions. For Pence to imagine the call was about anything else was silly... of course Pence would know that’s what the call is about, on the day Obama kicks out Russia’s embassy staff.
I believe Flynn took the hit for Pence. Its the only thing that makes sense to me.
Flynn took the hit for Trump, and for Trump alone.
I would like to know why Pence’s nose was so out of joint about this.
This situation called for a united front, not a hissy fit.
Something in Pence’s reaction has my radar lit up.
I have been wrestling with this too, but I don’t understand your explanation. How did he protect Pence?