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Well actually, Flynn case was based on him lying to an FBI agent during a party. The case was pure entrapment. It was so bad, that eventually the government its

• mhh__ 6y ago
  > It was so bad, that eventually the government itself asked for the case to be dismissed. I'm sure that's why and not Flynn's relationship with the President...
  • dukeofdoom 6y ago
    If you think the courts are on Trump's side, you haven't been paying attention.
    • objectivetruth 6y ago
      Because they didn't throw away 7 million votes to hand him the election? If you think the courts haven't been overwhelmingly overloaded by GOP appointees for the past decade, you are willfully NOT paying attention.
    • lazide 6y ago
      It wasn’t the courts who asked for the dismissal, it was the DOJ under Barr (appointed by Trump) that did. The courts were dumbfounded.
• namdnay 6y ago
  > It was so bad, that eventually the government itself asked for the case to be dismissed “The government” being William Barr... I’m not sure how him pushing to drop charges on a fellow Trump ally signals anything about their validity
  • useragent86 6y ago
    This is a great example of how public perception has been manipulated by the media. In fact, the Obama DOJ set Flynn up, sending two FBI agents to question him before the transition to the new administration. They pretended that he was not the subject of the investigation, so Flynn felt no need to have an attorney present while being questioned. Afterward, the FBI agents themselves, on the form they filled out regarding the interview, stated that they did not think that Flynn lied. Regardless of that, the DOJ continued to prosecute Flynn for doing something completely normal for an incoming National Security Advisor to do, speak with a foreign diplomat. Only after bankrupting him with legal fees, which even forced him to sell his home, did they relent. And then, when the DOJ refused to further prosecute Flynn, a federal judge refused to dismiss the case, a bizarre act forcing Flynn's attorneys to file a plea with a superior court. The judge even appointed his own prosecutor to continue prosecuting Flynn! Now, why did all this happen? Is it because the then-newly elected President's incoming National Security Advisor spoke with a foreign diplomat? Or is it because the Obama administration hated Flynn because of what he did while running DIA (which they fired him for), and the incoming President appointed him to be his National Security Advisor, and the DOJ is apparently full of "#resist"ers? But that's not a perspective you'll hear from NYT, CNN, WaPo, etc. From them, you hear, "Treason!" The old saying applies: You can fool some of the people some of the time...
    • namdnay 6y ago
      > the DOJ continued to prosecute Flynn for doing something completely normal for an incoming National Security Advisor to do, speak with a foreign So normal that he lied about it to the press and his own entire incoming administration? Yeah right
    • munk-a 6y ago
      > Regardless of that, the DOJ continued to prosecute Flynn for doing something completely normal for an incoming National Security Advisor to do, speak with a foreign diplomat. Only after bankrupting him with legal fees, which even forced him to sell his home, did they relent. Just to clarify here... Michael Flynn was retained by a Turkish firm to try and run PR against a cleric that had fled to the US - he was not "reaching out" or "establishing open lines" - he was employed as a hatchet man against an American resident while employed as a National Security Advisor. When you take a cabinet level position in the US government it's generally accepted that you sever all foreign financial ties.
• 8note 6y ago
  Didnt the government ask for the case to be dismissed after flyn had already pled guilty?