Tag: Michael Flynn

Reports on Flynn pardon leave out elephant in the room: Israeli interference in US policy

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Reports on Flynn pardon leave out elephant in the room: Israeli interference in US policy

There’s a second false statement in the same plea document. Flynn actually contacted Kislyak six days before the sanctions matter (on Dec. 22, 2016) to ask Russia to veto a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements. President Obama was planning to allow the resolution to pass, and Israeli officials contacted the Trump team, and Jared Kushner then initiated a “blitz” of calls by several officials to call foreign countries to step in. The blitz failed.

White House Weighs Pardon Blitz Before Trump’s Exit

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

White House Weighs Pardon Blitz Before Trump’s Exit

So far, Mr. Trump has granted 28 pardons, which wipe out convictions, and 16 commutations, which reduce prison sentences. The combined total is the lowest so far for any president since at least William McKinley, who took office in 1897, according to an analysis by the Pew Research Center.

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Trump Says He Pardoned Michael Flynn, Ex-National Security Adviser

The Spies Who Hijacked America

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Spies Who Hijacked America

At first, I was drawn to and respected him for his bold books opposing brain-dead Republican orthodoxies on the Iraq War and China policy. It seemed his real-world government experience eerily mirrored my own. I had yet to discover his checkered past, including: his reported role in organizing ex-CIA operatives to steal Jimmy Carter’s 1980 debate materials; 1990’s crack cocaine arrest; and FBI firing in 2011 for “mercurial” behavior, demanding more “compensation” and “questionable allegiance to [intelligence] targets.”

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FBI’s Steele story falls apart: False intel and media contacts were flagged before FISA

Judge Sullivan isn’t done with Flynn just yet, case going to full court of appeals

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Judge Sullivan isn’t done with Flynn just yet, case going to full court of appeals

Flynn’s only hope for avoiding sentencing doesn’t lie with any legal claim. It’s with the White House, and with Attorney General William Barr’s effort to give Flynn a pardon without Trump having to dirty his pardon pen by withdrawing the case. Two weeks ago, a three-person panel of the Washington, D.C. Court of Appeals shockingly went along with Barr and told Flynn to go home, grab a beer, and revel in the ability of Trump to run rampant over the law. But now Judge Sullivan has replied with a not-so-fast, sending the case back to the Washington, D.C. Court in full—where the outcome is likely to be considerably different.