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CNN confirms that WH lawyer Don McGann told Trump that NSA Michael Flynn lied to the FBI. Trump refused to fire Flynn until the WaPo article came out nearly two weeks later.
If its true the President knew that Flynn had misled the FBI before the Comey meeting on Feb 14, thats very problematicobstruction of justice & abuse of power. - Michael Zeldin, former Special Asst to Robert Mueller
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)madaboutharry
(40,250 posts)Whether Flynn had been told by Kushner to contact the Russians during the campaign as opposed to during the transition. It concerns a different issue.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)we'll know when more dust settles.
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)And that Flynn was prepared to testify to that.
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)Blecht
(3,803 posts)This time around it will be a lot easier to answer those questions thanks to the moron's inability to control his twitching Twitter fingers.
dchill
(38,675 posts)but this time around will there be a Republican with the honor and guts to ask it? I'm not buying any stock in that endeavor.
erronis
(15,524 posts)BadgerMom
(2,775 posts)I see public lands destroyed, RWNJ judicial appointees confirmed, a backbreaking tax bill in the offing, the end of net neutrality looming and a child molester supported for the Senate. I really need some good news thats even bigger than this.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)Loud and clear.
58Sunliner
(4,444 posts)Trump knew all about Flynn. The lawyer is trying create reasonable doubt about Pence and Trump. Why is the lawyer suddenly coming forward? He could care less about obstruction of justice. He wants to create doubt about DT knowing Flynn was a liar and that DT was in the loop. Did DT tell his lawyer, I colluded? Probably not. And how exactly did CNN find out? Who told CNN this story?
dchill
(38,675 posts)He's in way over his head. His best move would be to tell the truth and resign. But that would presuppose a sense of ethics and a modicum of intelligence.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)dchill
(38,675 posts)That swamp won't drain.
riversedge
(70,585 posts)Bingo. Mr. President meet Lady Justice!
Duke Dubuque? @DukeDubuque
4h4 hours ago
Replying to @GuardianRover @Re_lDonaldTrump @CNN
Obstruction, meet justice. There's a reason Trump's lawyers are now making "argument" that president can't obstruct justice: they know Trump did.
certainot
(9,090 posts)trump is getting set up for impeachment by the deep state obama/clinton swamp people. the teabag talk radio base will enable the republican reps to keep obstructing.
this would be over a lot sooner with more people in jail and a lot fewer compromises and delays if the progressive orgs and the dem party would finally do something about republican talk radio. it's really fucking stupid of them.
dchill
(38,675 posts)TRUMP.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Well, you might remember from law school, there are these things called laws ....
This basically blows up the whole lie about Pence not knowing and the entire cover story about why Flynn was fired. Pence is sooo screwed now.
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erlewyne
(1,115 posts)This is misleading ... the lawyer told him what he already knew!
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