We're referring to the fiasco Tuesday of what was supposed to be the sentencing of Michael Flynn.
On Monday, just in time for Mr. Flynn's sentencing, prosecutors in Virginia unveiled FARA charges against two former Flynn associates, accusing them of illegally lobbying for Turkey.
As we've written, Mr. Flynn had no incentive to lie to the FBI agents who interviewed him in January 2017 about his contact with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. Those talks were legal and normal for a new national security adviser.
Government documents related to the Flynn sentencing suggest that the FBI lured the former general into a meeting without a lawyer, never making clear that Mr. Flynn was himself under criminal investigation.
According to the FBI's 302 account, "The interviewing agents asked FLYNN if he recalled any conversation with KISLYAK in which the expulsions were discussed, where FLYNN might have encouraged KISLYAK not to escalate the situation, to keep the Russian response reciprocal, or not to engage in a 'tit-for-tat.' FLYNN responded 'Not really. I don't remember. It wasn't"Don't do anything.
" '" No wonder the interviewing agents, according to an FBI summary, "Both had the impression at the time that Flynn was not lying or did not think he was lying."
Judge Sullivan noted that the Flynn defense filing about the FBI's behavior "Concerned the court," and he offered Mr. Flynn several opportunities to withdraw his guilty plea.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-flynn-fiasco-11545182606
On Monday, just in time for Mr. Flynn's sentencing, prosecutors in Virginia unveiled FARA charges against two former Flynn associates, accusing them of illegally lobbying for Turkey.
As we've written, Mr. Flynn had no incentive to lie to the FBI agents who interviewed him in January 2017 about his contact with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. Those talks were legal and normal for a new national security adviser.
Government documents related to the Flynn sentencing suggest that the FBI lured the former general into a meeting without a lawyer, never making clear that Mr. Flynn was himself under criminal investigation.
According to the FBI's 302 account, "The interviewing agents asked FLYNN if he recalled any conversation with KISLYAK in which the expulsions were discussed, where FLYNN might have encouraged KISLYAK not to escalate the situation, to keep the Russian response reciprocal, or not to engage in a 'tit-for-tat.' FLYNN responded 'Not really. I don't remember. It wasn't"Don't do anything.
" '" No wonder the interviewing agents, according to an FBI summary, "Both had the impression at the time that Flynn was not lying or did not think he was lying."
Judge Sullivan noted that the Flynn defense filing about the FBI's behavior "Concerned the court," and he offered Mr. Flynn several opportunities to withdraw his guilty plea.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-flynn-fiasco-11545182606
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