Mike Pence says Turkey ties are "affirmation" of decision to fire Michael Flynn

[DonViejo]

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday that former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s work to further the interests of the government of Turkey is “an affirmation” of President Donald Trump’s decision to ask for his resignation.

Pence told Fox News’ Bret Baier in an interview airing Thursday evening that media reports about Flynn’s work were “the first I heard of it and I think it is an affirmation of the President’s decision to ask General Flynn to resign.”

White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Thursday that Mr. Trump was not aware of Flynn’s ties to Turkey before appointing him. Spicer’s comments came two days after Flynn and his firm, Flynn Intel Group Inc., filed paperwork with the Justice Department formally identifying him as a foreign agent and acknowledging that his work for a company owned by a Turkish businessman could have aided Turkey’s government.

Asked whether Trump knew about Flynn’s work before he appointed him as national security adviser, Spicer said, “I don’t believe that that was known.”

Flynn and his company filed the registration paperwork describing $530,000 worth of lobbying before Election Day on behalf of Inovo BV, a Dutch-based company owned by Turkish businessman Ekim Alptekin. In an interview with The Associated Press, Alptekin said Flynn did so after pressure from Justice Department officials.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-pence-says-turkey-ties-are-affirmation-of-decision-to-fire-michael-flynn/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=35312067

[Lucinda]

1. Perhaps they should have tried VETTING - BEFORE hiring?

Or perhaps they already knew and are shoveling caca here...

[Renew Deal]

3. They knew

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028774686

[Lucinda]

6. Yep. I can see Trump being stupid enough to assume he could get away with this...but this isn't the

Veeps first rodeo....so I have to wonder what angle he has been working, or if he is also a member of the Not Too Bright" club too.

[KittyWampus]

2. He resigned. He wasn't fired.

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Pence is trying to appear above board, he is anything but.

Even if he was completely out of the loop on everything, all the treason, he is still such a terrible person he was being run out of his state for putting hatred of gays above common sense and society.

Hillary won the election. The rust belt states were stolen by a variety of methods, including DIRECT interference with the voting process and probably manipulation of counting.

The reason minority voting was down wasnt from lack of interest, it is because cross check and other methods prevented them from voting.

Republicans like that therefore hate democracy.

[spanone]

5. mike pence is a liar.

Top Democrat sent letter to Mike Pence in November warning of Michael Flynn's Turkey lobbying

"Hearing that story today was the first I'd heard of it," Pence said, adding that he "fully" supported "the decision that President Trump made to ask for General Flynn's resignation."

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.

http://www.businessinsider.com/elijah-cummings-letter-to-mike-pence-about-flynn-turkey-lobbying-2017-3

[sinkingfeeling]

7. IMO, it's proof that you guys couldn't vet your way out of a

paper bag. You both lack executive skills and the People of the USA want you fired.