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Why Did The Feds Go After General Flynn In The First Place?
Townhall.com ^ | May 1, 2020 | Marina Medvin

Posted on 05/01/2020 3:25:20 AM PDT by Kaslin

Michael Flynn's lawyers filed astounding new evidence this week, showing federal government agents intended to set up Michael Flynn.

Quick Recap

In 2014, Obama dismissed Michael Flynn from his job as director of national intelligence, after giving him the highest security clearance. Obama never explained why. Flynn then went into the private industry and gave speeches for a hefty fee, a common practice among those in the political field. Leading Authorities, Inc., a talent booking agency for speaking engagements, booked a speech for Flynn in Russia in 2015. They also booked Flynn for paid speeches in D.C. Indeed, the company books speaking engagements for their famous clients "around the world." Two months after the Russian speaking engagement, Flynn joined the Trump campaign.

Flynn's speaking event in Russia was unremarkable, according to Jill Stein, a Green Party candidate who was sitting at the same table as Flynn and Putin. The engagement only became remarkable a year later, after Hillary Clinton's campaign decided to leverage it politically against Trump, by concocting a Russian Collusion story. Later in 2016, Trump named Flynn as his national security adviser.

In the meantime, The Deep State Crew (Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page) was devising a plan to get rid of Trump and his team. In a panic over the potential of an untraditional, unpredictable politician like Trump, The Deep State Crew came up with an "insurance policy" to get rid of the Trump team, one by one. They were using any and all means necessary to ensure their survival in the deep state with continued access to dark power.

The Interview

Flynn's call with the Russian ambassador broke no laws. After all, the conversation at the heart of the Flynn case was not about Flynn helping the Russians. Flynn's discussion appears to have been Flynn asking the Russians not to retaliate against the U.S. for Obama's actions against the Russians, to wait for the new administration to take office - easing U.S./Russia relations, in essence. None of what Flynn did was criminal in any respect.

So why did the feds interview Flynn? They needed to create a crime if they were going to get rid of him. All they had was "open source information" that Flynn traveled to Russia and spoke at that unremarkable speaking engagement. He also had made Russian friends. That was enough, The Deep State Crew decided, as Flynn's team unveiled in mindboggling new evidence they filed with the court. "What is our goal? Truth/Admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute [Flynn] or get him fired?" An agent wrote in a notepad.

The proof, in their own words - to get him to lie, to prosecute him, to get him fired. United States federal government agents intended to set up Michael Flynn. Sidney Powell has been telling the truth all along. The fact that Flynn dedicated his life to serving the United States of America, that he passionately fought terrorism, that all knew him as a kind, honest man - it was all irrelevant to The Deep State Crew. They prioritized their own agenda above their duty to this Nation. They knew they could get away with this too, as Democrats were readily pushing the Russian hoax in a wild attempt to discredit the President. So what did Flynn do wrong during this interview? What was his crime? Did the agents succeed and "get him to lie"? "The only basis for the allegations against Mr. Flynn depends on the agents' characterizations of his statements to them," explained Flynn's lawyers, Jesse Binnall and Sidney Powell, in a November brief. So the agents must have characterized Flynn as a liar, right? Nope. "The agents did three briefings the day of the interview. They reported he had a sure demeanor, and he was telling the truth or believed he was," Flynn's lawyers write. They simply changed the story later.

DOJ Helped FBI Conceal This Evidence

In 2018, Mueller wrote in Michael's Flynn's sentencing memorandum that "nothing about the way [Flynn's] interview was arranged or conducted caused the defendant to make false statements to the FBI." Did Mueller lie or misrepresent the facts to the tribunal? After all, this claim is entirely inconsistent with the evidence. Moreover, at the time of Flynn's interview, "[Sally Yates] was 'unclear' why the FBI was investigating or interviewing Mr. Flynn," according to Flynn's lawyers. But something is amiss. "Obviously, someone in DOJ understood Mr. Flynn was accused of being a Russian agent, because there is an internal document dated January 30, 2017, exonerating Mr. Flynn," wrote Flynn's lawyers. Were Flynn's lawyers lied to? Did Yates lie? Don't forget that Yates testified in May 2017 that Flynn was targetted because he was "compromised" by the Russians and subject to blackmail. The new explosive evidence reveals this was political pretext without substance. What evidence did Yates have that Flynn was compromised or subject to blackmail?

I wasn't teasing when I wrote that Flynn's lawyers exposed KGB-style behavior at the DOJ and FBI.

Looking Forward To A Free Flynn

What we now know about the Michael Flynn case is that: (1) the feds intentionally targetted Flynn without a legitimate basis, turning entirely innocent facts into politically-motivated criminal suspicion, (2) irrespective of whether he did anything wrong, the feds intended to charge Michael Flynn or get him fired, plotting carefully to set him up, and, (3) Flynn did not commit a crime but pled guilty to one upon bad advice of counsel. "As God as my witness, the truth is I am innocent," concluded Gen. Michael Flynn in a declaration of innocence filed with the court back in January. "I will fight to restore my good name." President Trump wants to see that happen as well. Michael Flynn's legal team has been painstakingly working with scrupulous care to expose the unprecedented federal frame-up of an American patriot. For that, and for saving an innocent man, the American people are eternally grateful.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: doj; fbi; flynn; michaelflynn; mikeflynn; trump
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1 posted on 05/01/2020 3:25:20 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Because he takes Jihad serious and Obama didn’t like that which is why Flynn was ousted. Then when Trump brought him into his admin, the Obama admin didn’t like that so they re-ousted him in a different way. Something about though shall not slander the name of allah


2 posted on 05/01/2020 3:28:32 AM PDT by Pollard (shadowbanned)
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To: Pollard

Also, Gen. Flynn knew where all the bodies were buried and who was a globalist traitor holdover. He could name names.


3 posted on 05/01/2020 3:33:44 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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I wish I saved the links to the stories but he stated that as a stance in the Trump administration, he was going to “clean up” the FBI, CIA, NSA and DIA.

They instantly decided a good offense was the best defense and took him out.


4 posted on 05/01/2020 3:46:26 AM PDT by USCG SimTech
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To: Kaslin

It sounds like it was a back door. To whom/what?


5 posted on 05/01/2020 3:48:36 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: central_va

Name names
Write names - ALL NAMES. From the big fish to the tiny guppies.
What this man had to endure is as unAMERICAN as BO and his minions.

Gen. Flynn, find the right key and sing your heart out! If it takes such time till all HELL freezes over, American patriots will be happy to assist; we’ll bring the ICE and if need be - the rope.


6 posted on 05/01/2020 3:54:44 AM PDT by V K Lee ("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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To: Kaslin

Andy McCarthy said they needed to get rid of Flynn to get to Trump


7 posted on 05/01/2020 4:01:53 AM PDT by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: griswold3

I believe Flynn stood up for a lady who accused Andy of sexual misconduct or something. I have a feeling involving Flynn was partly revenge.


8 posted on 05/01/2020 4:10:26 AM PDT by DainBramage
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To: griswold3

plenty of media collusion, which explains why FakeNewsMSM have attacked The President ever since:

30 Apr: Youtube: Ep. 1240 It’s Worse Than We Thought - The Dan Bongino Show
In this episode, I address the astonishing new revelations in the FBI targeting scandal of General Mike Flynn. I also address the cowardice on the left, and their failure to address this grotesque violation of civil liberties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iayPQ8S5wlU


9 posted on 05/01/2020 4:11:18 AM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: griswold3

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2017/06/28/did_fbi_retaliate_against_flynn_by_launching_russia_probe_414067.html


10 posted on 05/01/2020 4:11:52 AM PDT by DainBramage
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To: Kaslin

>> Flynn did not commit a crime but pled guilty to one upon bad advice of counsel.

The process is the punishment. Flynn was being bled dry from the cost of lawyers and the Feds were threatening his son with prosecution if Flynn didn’t plea out, IIRC.


11 posted on 05/01/2020 4:14:21 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: USCG SimTech

“... he was going to “clean up” the FBI, CIA, NSA and DIA.”

Dan Bongino’s podcast yesterday asserts that the reason obozo fired him in 2014 was that Flynn saw stuff, spoke up, did not like what was going on in the agencies, which included the Pentagon. He was alleged to be a voice in the wilderness about how obozo was dealing with Afghanistan, and was against the Iranian agreement. That is, he was not with the program. Your comment/recollection about Flynn’s Trump campaign statements support that.

There is more to this story. There has to be more than a personal vendetta against Flynn by agency players. He had to be a way to get at Trump. The question still is who was the center of the criminal conspiracy to which all these people acted to advance the insurance policy?

I recommend listening to Bongino from yesterday if you have an hour. This article is either out of date, or incomplete with other facts, and does not make as strong a case as could be made. It’s focused on these bad guys working hard to get rid of hero, patriot Flynn, but Flynn is not the real target. Just like Steele and the dossier. Lots of “journalists” eventually painted Steele as a former spy with a great animosity towards Trump and wanted him stopped from being POTUS at all costs. The new coat of paint was done on a new fire wall up - an attempt to protect the ringleaders of the conspiracy, as well as the reputations useful dunces like McCain (who passed the dossier to the FBI who already had it in their possession). Yeh, right.

Too many people were being used to take Flynn out. Steele was not a rogue. They were being “used” or “useful” to set up candidate, POTUS-elect, and POTUS.


12 posted on 05/01/2020 4:24:26 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot
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To: Kaslin

He knew to much about the Obama administration shanangans and now being in the trump administration, he could help them nail thier a##es to the wall when the time came


13 posted on 05/01/2020 4:38:19 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Kaslin

Flynn was forced to sell his home in order to pay his legal bills. This travesty of justice must be corrected and those responsible heavily punished.

Flynn needs to have those responsible pay for a new home to be built to the same standards/features as what he lost. He needs to have every penny of his legal expenses paid by those involved in his malicious prosecution. He also needs to collect damages for his pain and suffering which should also be paid for by his prosecutors. This sum should be in the $30-50 million dollar range and should also be paid by his prosecutors.

Finally everyone who was involved in this crime should spend a minimum of 10 yrs in a Federal Penitentiary with no chance of parole. Perhaps if a strong enough signal is sent the scumbags will have second thoughts about doing this sort of thing again. Oh and there should be no statute of limitations on prosecuting things of this kind.


14 posted on 05/01/2020 4:44:00 AM PDT by billyboy15
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To: Susquehanna Patriot
The question still is who was the center of the criminal conspiracy to which all these people acted to advance the insurance policy?

Obama.

15 posted on 05/01/2020 4:44:12 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!)
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To: FreedomPoster; Kaslin

“Flynn did not commit a crime but pled guilty to one upon bad advice of counsel.”

I am not ready to jump on the band wagon that his first set of DC white-shoe K-Street attorneys gave him bad advice, at this time.

But one thing I know, for the price he paid to them,he didn’t get his moneys worth. They apparently lacked the knowledge / experience that Sidney Powell has on federal prosecutorial and FBI malfeasance. And if they had it, there is no indication had the fight in them. Of course, they won’t speak out because of attorney-client privilege. One time an attorney can’t speak.

In addition, I heard (I haven’t verified) that Eric Holder was a partner in the firm. So Flynn gambled that the obozo connection could help protect him. He should ask for a refund.


16 posted on 05/01/2020 4:45:17 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot
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To: Maris Crane

Ironic, that the start of this fiasco was with General Flynn, with all the horrible months that followed, and it appears to be General Flynn that started the unraveling of the scheme that may destroy the rats who began it.


17 posted on 05/01/2020 4:47:11 AM PDT by Maris Crane
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To: FroggyTheGremlim

I think you are right.

Else Cheryl Mills would not have written that CYA email to herself on Inauguration Day that a recent meeting with obozo and biden present, that obozo told everyone to do things “by the book.” obozo was most likely behind that as well.


18 posted on 05/01/2020 4:48:50 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot
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To: Maris Crane

“it appears to be General Flynn that started the unraveling of the scheme that may destroy the rats who began it.”

You could be right. We know if wasn’t a single Congressional hearing by the incompetent GOP(e).


19 posted on 05/01/2020 4:50:14 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot
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To: Kaslin

The ‘BLUE QUEEN’ rules (Since the MSM changed the colors on us!), conviction first, trial afterwards. Lewis Carroll / Charles Dodgson wrote “Alice in Wonderland” as a fantasy, not as a Swamp instruction book!


20 posted on 05/01/2020 5:01:09 AM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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