Trump Team Knew Flynn Was Under Investigation Before He Came to White House
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[B][U]Trump Team Knew Flynn Was Under Investigation Before He Came to White House[/U][/B]
[url]https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/politics/michael-flynn-donald-trump-national-security-adviser.html?_r=0[/url]
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Michael T. Flynn told President Trump’s transition team weeks before the inauguration that he was under federal investigation for secretly working as a paid lobbyist for Turkey during the campaign, according to two people familiar with the case.
Despite this warning, which came about a month after the Justice Department notified Mr. Flynn of the inquiry, Mr. Trump made Mr. Flynn his national security adviser. The job gave Mr. Flynn access to the president and nearly every secret held by American intelligence agencies.
Mr. Flynn’s disclosure, on Jan. 4, was first made to the transition team’s chief lawyer, Donald F. McGahn II, who is now the White House counsel. That conversation, and another one two days later between Mr. Flynn’s lawyer and transition lawyers, shows that the Trump team knew about the investigation of Mr. Flynn far earlier than has been previously reported.
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The Justice Department also took notice. The op-ed in The Hill raised suspicions that Mr. Flynn was working as a foreign agent, and in a letter dated Nov. 30, the Justice Department notified Mr. Flynn that it was scrutinizing his lobbying work.
Mr. Flynn hired a lawyer a few weeks later. By Jan. 4, the day Mr. Flynn informed Mr. McGahn of the inquiry, the Justice Department was investigating the matter.
Mr. Kelner then followed up with another call to the Trump transition’s legal team. He ended up leaving a message, identifying himself as Mr. Flynn’s lawyer. According to a person familiar with the case, Mr. Kelner did not get a call back until two days later, on Jan. 6.
Around the time of Mr. Flynn’s call with Mr. McGahn, the F.B.I. began investigating Mr. Flynn on a separate matter: phone conversations he had in late December with Sergey I. Kislyak, Russia’s ambassador to the United States. Current and former American officials said that, on the calls, Mr. Flynn discussed sanctions that the Obama administration had imposed on Russia for disrupting the November election.
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:goodjob:
Let the hits keep coming
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[url]http://www.businessinsider.com/elijah-cummings-letter-to-mike-pence-about-flynn-turkey-lobbying-2017-3[/url]
[B][U]Top Democrat sent letter to Mike Pence in November warning of Michael Flynn's Turkey lobbying[/U][/B]
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But Rep. Elijah Cummings, the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent Pence a letter on November 18 requesting more information about the potential conflicts of interest posed by Flynn's lobbying work.
Cummings sent the letter four days after both The Daily Caller and Politico reported that Flynn's consulting firm, Flynn Intel Group Inc., had been hired to lobby for Turkish interests.
"Recent news reports have revealed that Lt. Gen. Flynn was receiving classified briefings during the presidential campaign while his consulting firm, Flynn Intel Group, Inc., was being paid to lobby the U.S. Government on behalf of a foreign government's interests," Cummings wrote.
"Lt. Gen. Flynn's General Counsel and Principal, Robert Kelley, confirmed that they were hired by a foreign company to lobby for Turkish interests, stating: 'They want to keep posted on what we all want to be informed of: the present situation, the transition between President Obama and President-Elect Trump.' When asked whether the firm had been hired because of Lt. Gen. Flynn's close ties to President-elect Trump, Mr. Kelley responded, 'I hope so.'"
Pence's office did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
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[media]https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/865018251243380736[/media]
My dearest Christmas wish is that someone secretly record and leak one of these Trump tantrums we keep hearing about. At this rate, with all the dirt they're digging up on him, he must be having a meltdown daily.
This is gonna be good. And by good, I mean a disaster.
[Media]https://twitter.com/SteveKopack/status/865014069446791168[/media]
What's the reasoning for that conference?
I'd say these aren't the actions of an innocent man, or that at this point if you're still denying it you're basically so gullible that you could see a corpse with stab wounds and trump holding a bloody knife and believe him if he said he didn't do it and also you should turn around, but these things that obviously tip off how guilty he is turn up so often at this point that the discussion itself is tired.
[QUOTE=Potus;52242857][media]https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/865018251243380736[/media][/QUOTE]
Hahaha holy fuck, FOUR bombshells in one night! Dear God, the Intelligence Community is going all out. When it rains, it pours!
EDIT: If you or somebody else wants to post a new thread for this too, that might be worthy of another discussion.
[QUOTE=markfu;52242825]What's the reasoning for that conference?[/QUOTE]
nothing extraordinary. just your run of mill foreign dignitaries visit.
i imagine trump is gonna wish he didn't have to go though
[url]http://www.businessinsider.com/elijah-cummings-letter-to-mike-pence-about-flynn-turkey-lobbying-2017-3[/url]
[B][U]Top Democrat sent letter to Mike Pence in November warning of Michael Flynn's Turkey lobbying[/U][/B]
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But Rep. Elijah Cummings, the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent Pence a letter on November 18 requesting more information about the potential conflicts of interest posed by Flynn's lobbying work.
Cummings sent the letter four days after both The Daily Caller and Politico reported that Flynn's consulting firm, Flynn Intel Group Inc., had been hired to lobby for Turkish interests.
"Recent news reports have revealed that Lt. Gen. Flynn was receiving classified briefings during the presidential campaign while his consulting firm, Flynn Intel Group, Inc., was being paid to lobby the U.S. Government on behalf of a foreign government's interests," Cummings wrote.
"Lt. Gen. Flynn's General Counsel and Principal, Robert Kelley, confirmed that they were hired by a foreign company to lobby for Turkish interests, stating: 'They want to keep posted on what we all want to be informed of: the present situation, the transition between President Obama and President-Elect Trump.' When asked whether the firm had been hired because of Lt. Gen. Flynn's close ties to President-elect Trump, Mr. Kelley responded, 'I hope so.'"
Pence's office did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
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[QUOTE=Potus;52242857][media]https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/865018251243380736[/media][/QUOTE]
For more context, Flynn blocked an operation that would've allowed the Kurds to retake the capital of ISIS because Turkey felt it would give the Kurds validation. Considering we're at war with ISIS, this is straight out treason.
[QUOTE=Overworld;52243041]Considering we're at war with ISIS, this is straight out treason.[/QUOTE]
Add it to the list.
He also switched opinions on that coup attempt after his firm got paid, from another tweet that I saw
I believe this also means that Pence lied when he stated he learned about Flynn when the media reported it. Which means he could go down too with Trump.
[QUOTE=Potus;52243728]I believe this also means that Pence lied when he stated he learned about Flynn when the media reported it. Which means he could go down too with Trump.[/QUOTE]
As big of a hilarious shitshow that would be to see both POTUS and VPOTUS removed from office, I wouldn't get your hopes up.
[QUOTE=Overworld;52243041]For more context, Flynn blocked an operation that would've allowed the Kurds to retake the capital of ISIS because Turkey felt it would give the Kurds validation. Considering we're at war with ISIS, this is straight out treason.[/QUOTE]
while that's definitely iffy, is it treason if ISIS is not considered a legitimate government by the US?
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