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Originally Posted by spence
This is such utter horse hockey. Flynn was under an active investigation because of his contacts with Russians which the IG said was justified.
He also criticized the FBI's method: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...igate-campaign
The interview was predicated on his meddling in US policy and his cover up which could compromise him as the Russians could prove he was lying.
Funny, The Obama administration is shaking their heads at the lack of a Russian response to sanctions and dismissals, the reality is Flynn's intervening and this is no reason for the FBI to see what the hell is going on???
At the time that you say the Obama administration would be shaking their heads at the lack of a Russian response, the FBI, having eavesdropped on the Kislyak conversations would have known why and would not have needed to further see "what the hell is going on".
This would require the complete suspension of logic to believe, or just a corrupt attorney general. |
Flynn didn't meddle in US policy. He meddled in Russian policy. He didn't offer to change US policy. He didn't offer to rescind the decisions on sanctions and dismissals. And he was speaking about the dismissals, not the sanctions:
https://thefederalist.com/2020/05/29...against-flynn/
And it is a hoot to say that because of his discussions with Kislyak he would be compromised (subject to Russian bribery). Flynn would have known that Kislyak calls would be eavesdropped on. So there would be no secret that the Russians could use to bribe Flynn.
The FBI had not found any derogatory info on Flynn. So they set up an unauthorized interview with him in which "To better the odds that he would agree to talk and make inaccurate statements that could be portrayed as willful falsehoods, the FBI would not tell him the purpose of the interview. Agents would not formally advise him of his rights, as they would in a normal case, even if they were dealing with a real criminal. They would just buzz him with questions about what exactly was said, in conversations that had occurred weeks before, at a time when Flynn was having hundreds of similar conversations. They would press him about what exact words had been uttered, even though they knew the exact words because they had recordings. They would try to put him in fear that they could prove the falsity of his public statements about not discussing sanctions. They would put him in fear that he could be prosecuted for violating the Logan Act (an absurd suggestion, but Flynn is not a lawyer and many commentators were discussing this moribund, constitutionally suspect provision as if it were a real crime). In the hotly partisan collusion climate of the time, they would make Flynn understand he could be framed as a sinister collaborator with Russia."--Andy McCarthy speculation.