F.B.I. Interviewed Flynn in Trumps First Days in Office, Officials Say

[leftynyc]

Source: NY Times

WASHINGTON — F.B.I. agents interviewed Michael T. Flynn when he was national security adviser in the first days of the Trump administration about his conversations with the Russian ambassador, current and former officials said on Tuesday.

The interview raises the stakes of what so far has been a political scandal that cost Mr. Flynn his job. If he was not entirely honest with the F.B.I., it could expose Mr. Flynn to a felony charge. President Trump asked for Mr. Flynn’s resignation on Monday night.

While it is not clear what he said in his F.B.I. interview, Mr. Flynn maintained publicly for more than a week that his conversations with the ambassador were innocuous and did not involve Russian sanctions, something now known to be false.

Shortly after the F.B.I. interview, on Jan. 26, the acting attorney general, Sally Q. Yates, told the White House that Mr. Flynn was vulnerable to Russian blackmail because of inconsistencies between what he had said publicly and what intelligence officials knew to be true.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/us/politics/fbi-interviewed-mike-flynn.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=64912735&pgtype=article

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This does take it to a new level. Lying to the FBI. Tsk, Tsk.

[kimbutgar]

1. What do you bet they have recordings of these conversations?

[leftynyc]

2. They definitely do

That's how the FBI knew he was lying when he said he didn't mention sanctions. What I don't understand is how he didn't know we tap the russian ambassador's phone.

[bettyellen]

3. There are reports he used encryption.... so a false sense of security? It appears there is

A lot of the nuts and bolts of this he did not know.
And maybe he knew he could blame DT in the end.

[leftynyc]

4. That could be a lot harder now

that Spicey has claimed he wasn't told by degenerate donnie to talk sanctions.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141701458

But I had forgotten the encryption thing. You're absolutely right - a false sense of security.

[DeminPennswoods]

9. Maybe he knew, but didn't care?

Flynn and Trump were thick as thieves both before and after the election. It strikes me as highly unlikely Flynn would have made these calls on his own. He had either the implicit (from his closeness with Trump) or explicit approval from Trump to proceed.

What are the other theories that explain why Trump would be ok with Flynn for 19 days, then fire Flynn when the story became public?

[fleur-de-lisa]

5. Never, EVER lie to the Feds!

By the time they come knocking on your door, they already know just about everything. When they interview you, they may not have enough to prosecute, but they basically know what happened. They're giving you a chance to hang yourself by lying.

LOCK FLYNN UP!

[leftynyc]

6. Maybe that's why I just

got one of those LBN reports on my phone from CNN claiming McConnell says it's "highly Likely" the senate intelligence committee will examine Flynn's talks with the russian ambassador.

[fleur-de-lisa]

7. Boy, do I hope so! eom

[FreeStateDemocrat]

8. Why didn't Comey send an openly circulated letter to Congressional oversight committees notifying

the world that Flynn was under investigation for talking to the Russkies on the sly???

[leftynyc]

10. We already know the answer

to that. He has something on Donnie that he can use.

[Stuart G]

11. Good News..!!!!.. Felony Charge..arrest him now.

He might be on a plane to Russia tomorrow.....you heard it here.....

...wouldn't that be something,

Flying off to Russia to avoid prosecution and testimony.......

[mpcamb]

12. Sally Q. Yates, an American Hero!

Trump fired her for suggesting Flynn was compromised.