It appears that General Flynn is about to help Trump and Barr get to the "origins" of investigation?

[kentuck]

There is a recording and an unredacted portion of a transcript of a phone call, that has been ordered to be released by Judge Emmett Sullivan.

A "personal lawyer" has a conversation with the General that sounds a lot like witness tampering. It is my understanding that if he is charged, there is no "executive immunity". There could also be obstruction of justice.

It will be interesting to hear Robert Mueller's comment on this.

Also, it could implicate others, including Donald Trump, in the discussion with the Russian Ambassador, Kisylak. If there is a quid pro quo mentioned, that could be bad news for Mr Trump.

It is getting rather interesting.

[Mike Nelson]

1. Not surprised if...

… the origins lead to the orange one. Trump supporters and most Republicans won't care, however.

[kentuck]

3. But the majority of Americans will care....

..in my opinion.

And that could be bad news for the Trump Party at the polls.

[Mike Nelson]

4. I agree...

… the majority of Americans never supported Trump - and they never will.

[empedocles]

14. The unrelenting flow of incriminating information through the holes in the dikes of

trump's defenses can hurt trump. I agree.

[dem4decades]

7. Apparently Mueller didn't care either.

[Mike Nelson]

9. I always said...

… he released one statement during the investigation - supportive of Trump. He may not have leaked the disappointment in Barr stuff - that could have been people on his staff. My jury is still out on Mueller - he has a telephone and he can look up the phone numbers for the NYT, WP, 60 minutes, or anyone else... the person in the office of President matters; the security of the country matters - there should be no margin of error.

[DeeDeeNY]

16. You speak sense

Not questioning Don Jr was strange. And he is not looking to set the record straight on anything, judging by how his negotiations” to come in and testify to the House are dragging on. There are a lot of unanswered questions.

[justie18]

20. Exactly!

We should not get our hopes up. Not questioning Don Jr. was inexplicable. How would he know Don Jr. was ignorant of campaign finance laws if he was never interrogated. He also left the sharing of poling data with KK unresolved. Also, what happened to the counter-intelligence investigation?

[kentuck]

12. Mueller gave General Flynn a big break for his cooperation...

...and the Judge did not agree with it at the last sentencing.

Mueller seemed to be partial to generals and military service?

He didn't charge Flynn with "possible obstruction" because of the cooperation agreement he made with him, perhaps?

[madaboutharry]

2. From what I heard on Rachel last night,

it sounded like a call that a mob lawyer would have made.

[empedocles]

13. Rachel seemed enthusiastic that the Judge was doing a good thing.

[Uncovering redactions].

[Kurt V.]

5. i hear its john dowd. but unsure

[watoos]

6. One of the guests on Lawrence last night

threw out Dowd's name, maybe it was even Lawrence himself, I forget.

[watoos]

8. It all depends how much coverage

the complicit M$M gives this. I would hope that an audio recording would get more coverage but the M$M is complicit with the right wing traitors.

[rainy]

19. This is why I believe Nancy et al

are so reluctant to make bold moves. The press protects the right because of their owners and donors and advertisers.

[rownesheck]

10. Seems to me

the ratio of evidence to convictions is way off. If we were looking at a scale, the evidence side has fallen through the floor. Our justice system operates like molasses when you're rich and white.

[watoos]

11. Yip, it seems my college professor back in the 60's was wrong,

when he told us there were 2 systems of justice, there are 3. 1 for the poor, 1 for the rich, and 1 for Republicans.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. All this was known, yet we were stalled because

The truth was withheld from us. Think about how much of Trump’s agenda has been executed because we were denied the truth at the time that the investigators knew it. Someone should pay for this.

[kentuck]

17. Truth delayed is truth denied.

[DeminPennswoods]

18. Doesn't Flynn's plea agreement require him to cooperate

with all investigations? I know Nadler, Schiff, etc want Mueller and McGahn first, but since Flynn is legally obligated to cooperate, he might make a very nice leadoff witness for the Judiciary Committee. Given his case is being handled by Judge Sullivan, who could decide to throw the book at him and who literally suggested Flynn should find ways to cooperate more, he might not be willing to comply with Trump's order of "omerta". His testimony could be as significant as John Dean's was during Watergate.