The excerpt contends that that there was no basis in fact or law for the investigation of General Michael Flynn, an argument I began making when reports about the investigation first emerged in early 2017.
After Obama fired him from the DIA post, Flynn became an important Trump-campaign surrogate, which gave him a national media platform from which to rip Obama's foreign policy.
Flynn worked on the Trump transition and incensed Obama officials by lobbying against a U.N. resolution against Israel that the Obama administration, in its profiles-in-courage style, orchestrated and then abstained from voting on.
President Trump eventually dismissed Flynn as national-security adviser on February 13, 2017, and Flynn was later prosecuted by Special Counsel Mueller.
Flynn's firing and prosecution were not due to his discussion of sanctions with Kislyak, as tirelessly portrayed by the collusion narrative.
According to Yates, "The first thing we did was to explain to Mr. McGahn that the underlying conduct that General Flynn engaged in was problematic in and of itself." The "Underlying conduct," of course, was Flynn's communication with Kislyak - his temerity to engage in talks with foreign officials without approval from the Obama administration.
What the FBI and the Justice Department did to Flynn, what the Obama administration did to Flynn, was not illegal.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/criminalizing-politics-the-investigation-of-general-flynn/
After Obama fired him from the DIA post, Flynn became an important Trump-campaign surrogate, which gave him a national media platform from which to rip Obama's foreign policy.
Flynn worked on the Trump transition and incensed Obama officials by lobbying against a U.N. resolution against Israel that the Obama administration, in its profiles-in-courage style, orchestrated and then abstained from voting on.
President Trump eventually dismissed Flynn as national-security adviser on February 13, 2017, and Flynn was later prosecuted by Special Counsel Mueller.
Flynn's firing and prosecution were not due to his discussion of sanctions with Kislyak, as tirelessly portrayed by the collusion narrative.
According to Yates, "The first thing we did was to explain to Mr. McGahn that the underlying conduct that General Flynn engaged in was problematic in and of itself." The "Underlying conduct," of course, was Flynn's communication with Kislyak - his temerity to engage in talks with foreign officials without approval from the Obama administration.
What the FBI and the Justice Department did to Flynn, what the Obama administration did to Flynn, was not illegal.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/criminalizing-politics-the-investigation-of-general-flynn/
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