Friday, November 24, 2017

Has Mueller Flipped Flynn?

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The Trumpanzee and Flynn camps are beginning to turn on each other. This  morning on Fox, Trump loyalist/lobbyist Corey Lewandowski said that "The bottom line is if Michael Flynn did something wrong by not disclosing the relationships he had with Turkey and other governments, then he should be accountable for that." Yesterday, Trump seemed to be making a veiled reference to Flynn when he told Coast Guard members that "even if they’re allies, you never know about an ally; an ally can turn." That came right after Flynn's lawyers told the Trumpanzee legal team that they are no longer willing to communicate with them about Mueller’s investigation into Putin-Gate, a big change in strategy. Most observers say that that's an indication that Mueller has Flynn over a legal barrel and that he's decided to cooperate in the investigation of someone up the ladder, presumably Kushner-in-law or Trump himself.




Flynn's counsel was reportedly disclosing information on Mueller's investigation into the potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, until they notified Trump's legal team of the stop, four sources involved in the case said to the Times.

Withholding information from Trump's counsel does not necessarily mean Flynn is cooperating with Mueller's investigation, given that lawyers sometimes do so when they begin the negotiation process with prosecutors, the Times reported. Sharing information amongst defense lawyers during investigations is also common, though the defendant's counsel must stop when a conflict of interest is raised, the report continued.




"This is not entirely unexpected," said Jay Sekulow, one of Trump's attorneys, in a Washington Post report Thursday. "No one should draw the conclusion that this means anything about General Flynn cooperating against the president."

Previously, Flynn reportedly told the FBI and investigators that he would submit himself to be interviewed in exchange for immunity, according to officials cited in a Wall Street Journal report in March.

...Flynn and his son, Michael Flynn Jr., are believed to be at the center of Mueller's widening investigation, in which Mueller is believed to have enough evidence to indict the two. Mueller is believed to be shifting his focus towards Flynn after a federal grand jury indicted Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort in October, on various counts related to his work as a foreign agent and other financial crimes.


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At 4:41 AM, Anonymous Hone said...

I think it is extremely likely Flynn is cooperating, given the immunity that he asked for way back when, as you stated. He was fearful even before Mueller's investigation was heating up as he knew he was dirty and a traitor, colluding with the Russians as well as serving as a foreign agent for Turkey without registering as such. I would bet Mueller is holding off on indicting Flynn and his son to avoid the opportunity for Trump to pardon him before he spills the beans.

There is no way in hell all of these sycophants floating around Trump during the campaign did not inform Trump of every move they made, especially towards Russia. None of them would have dared to meet or promise anything without Trump's direct approval. Trump stinks to high hell and I sure hope he gets his comeuppance. His extended family is an embarrassment to our country. Traitors and criminals all. Money launderers all. Psychopaths all.

The press really failed us during the campaign,. Everyone was hesitant to expose Trump, fearing to look "one sided". And look where that got us.

 
At 7:39 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

"The press really failed us during the campaign..."

They did, but not in ignoring Trump's evil. They were VERY complicit in ensuring the rubes who are his base were too invested to hating HER! (and deservedly so) to even notice just how vile Trump is. The corporatists who own the media were all sold a bill of goods by Trump, including how much richer they would become once he eliminated Obamacare and taxation. He didn't, and they will make him pay.

"Everyone was hesitant to expose Trump, fearing to look "one sided". And look where that got us."

The media is all about looking one-sided. For well over a year, during the campaign, the only candidate presented favorably was Donald Trump. Even other Republicans were given a measure of the Hillary abuse to ensure that ONLY Trump had favorable coverage to ensure that no one else even had a chance of winning.

Deep Throat's advice remains viable. Follow the Money. Trump's media-aided victory was intended to be the culminatiion of the corporatist coup which began with the Powell Memo. IF Trump had delivered on the promises he made to be chosen for the office, we'd not hear a single word about Trump's negatives. That he hasn't delivered means that the media will be used to remove him once there is nothing more he can do to serve the Oligarchy.

 

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