Michael Flynn ignored official warnings about receiving foreign payments

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EXCLUSIVE: My story in the Guardian: "The DOD inspector general has uncovered evidence that Michael Flynn accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from foreign interests & governments, despite repeated warnings that his conduct might be illegal."

Michael Flynn ignored official warnings about receiving foreign payments
Trump’s former national security adviser was warned about taking foreign money as far back as 2014, the defense department’s inspector general has found, undermining claims of political persecution
theguardian.com
2:01 AM · Apr 8, 2021

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/08/michael-flynn-ignored-official-warnings-receiving-foreign-payments

The defense department inspector general has uncovered evidence that Michael Flynn accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from foreign interests and governments, despite repeated warnings by the DoD and the justice department that his conduct might be illegal, the Guardian can reveal.

After the retired general pleaded guilty in 2017 to federal criminal charges that he had lied to the FBI during its investigation of Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, then-president Donald Trump, Flynn and their supporters claimed that Flynn was the victim of political persecution.

Flynn’s prosecution, they insisted, without evidence, was the result of a vast conspiracy by the FBI and US intelligence agencies to sabotage Trump’s presidential campaign and presidency. Trump pardoned Flynn in the final days of his presidency.

But while pleading guilty in 2017, Flynn also admitted to committing another crime: related to his acceptance of hundreds of thousands of dollars from the government of Turkey without registering with the justice department as an agent of a foreign government, which was required by law.

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1. Flynn knew what he was doing

But the dice he rolled on his criming came up four the hard way, and the pardon from the former guy was in the bag. Ignore the guilty plea, because Flynn wants it both ways, and now he's a victim of political persecution instead of a convicted felon. Flynn now joins the august ranks of such luminaries as Oliver North, Caspar Weinberger, and Elliott Abrams in the annals of Republican criminal activities.

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2. This guys f**kin brother was involved in stopping the response to troops saving the capital during

... Trumps 1/6 terrorist attack