Posted on 12/01/2017 9:02:16 AM PST by hcmama
Important - Flynn says he was told to contact Russians: According the FBI statement, Flynn communicated with Kislyak after being asked by a senior Trump transition official to find out how foreign governments stood on the coming UN Security Council resolution about Israel.
Crime of the Century here, folks.
OMG!
The guy who was going to be named as the National Security Adviser was tasked with talking to foreign governments!
If these recordings were done pursuant to FISA warrants based on trumped up (no pun intended) information from the Fusion GPS dossier, they are "fruit of the poisoned tree," and of no judicial value. But, if Flynn is broke, as is rumored, he can't last until final resolution.
I too would call it prudent (!), especially after the State Department series of debacles under the Obungler administration and in the international community.
Mueller now has him lying to the Federal Inquisition, which brings all his previous testimony under closer scrutiny.
Now the Fed will look closer at his previous statements, and now they figure that they 'own him', and will begin to squeeze him for more information, even if it is a created fantasy.
Don't forget : it was a falsely created fantasy that began the Inquisition in the first place !
OH NOES Trump did the unthinkable..he cared about ISRAEL heavens to betsy
Supposedly Flynn was implicated due to recordings of his conversation with Kislyiak.
Why don’t they just release the call or the transcripts and disclose exactly what was discussed?
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of course this takes us full circle to barak hussein bin soetoro’s abuse of the FISA court to gain “wire taps” on political enemies.
absent the recordings with kislyiak no basis for investigation, much less charges, imo.
You’re right, Fruit of the Poisonous Tree!
The Media is blasting “FLYNN TO TESTIFY AGAINST TRUMP AND HIS FAMILY ABOUT RUSSIAN COLLUSION!!!” “MUELLER LOOKING TO PROSECUTE TRUMP!!”
If this doesn’t precipitate CWII nothing will.
Walk in blind, deaf, and dumb indeed that was Obama’s gig for 8 years.
Not only fruit of the poisonous tree, but an indication as to why the Democrats are fighting so hard to keep as much information about the dossier and the FISA warrant authorization secret.
Mueller’s whole enterprise would collapse. All that’s left is a Martha Stewart-like charge against Flynn for lying during an interview about something that shouldn’t have been an issue in the first place.
OMG this sounds like a super serious scandal of the most biggest majorest horrendousest proportions!
/sarcasm
/sarcasm
1. so what if he was asked to contact them?
2. if not him, then someone else would have received the assignment to make the calls, so what?
3. nobody gives a shit about the UnitedNazis anymore, anyway!
4. this isn’t even a “tempest in a teapot” its of zero importance at all, nada nil zilch
Where the HE## are all these leaks coming from? Why isn’t Mueller under arrest for the leaking?
Regardless would this not be a violation of the Logan Act?
The dumb secretary that I am forced to listen to all day certain is giddy. She is the dumbest that I ever had to work with.
I heard Matt Lauer is looking.
I think she weighs close to 400lbs. He might be interested.
Agree that was how they pressured Flynn, Sr., but that’s off now according to what I’ve read and they’re not going to pursue any charges against Flynn Jr.
So the elder Flynn took a plea to a process violation in order to spare his son’s reputation rather than try to prove his innocence in court and have his son try to do the same.
I don’t find anything to quarrel with in that.
She'd probably pass out over that desk in a matter of minutes...plenty of time for ol' Matt, I'm sure.
lol
The Logan Act makes it criminal for any unauthorized citizen to negotiate with any foreign power against the interests of the USA.
When Flynn did so, Trump had been elected but not sworn in. That’s the kicker.
Then, Flynn lied to the FBI about those contacts, another crime.
Additionally, Flynn was not registered as a foreign agent, and that’s against the law also, to negotiate on behalf of a foreign power.
The FBI did wiretap a few calls between Flynn and the Russians but there was only very minimal incrimination.
But, Kislyak and other Russians were reporting back to Russia, contacts of a much more substantial nature that were clear violations of the Logan Act, that happened before Trump was sworn in.
So, the FBI figured out that Flynn was meeting with the Russians in person to avoid FBI eavesdropping, that’s what Flynn lied about. Instead of about 4 conversations with the Russians, there were about 30, mostly face to face, no records.
In fact, the Russians agreed to change their tactics at the UN because of an agreement with Flynn and his Trump contacts, before Trump was sworn in, that’s against the law, the Logan Act.
Additionally, Flynn was not registered as a foreign agent, and that’s against the law also, to negotiate on behalf of a foreign power.
Whomever, on the Trump transition team was Flynn’s handler is in big, big trouble. If Trump was told about any of these goings on before he was sworn in, he was obligated to tell the Justice Dept./FBI.
If not, that’s conspiracy and/or obstruction of justice. It may seem petty, because if they had waited just a couple of weeks, all these contacts would have been completely legal.
What’s your source on all this?
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