Tue Nov 24, 2020, 09:12 PM
octoberlib (13,679 posts)
Trump's planning on pardoning Michael Flynn
President Trump has told confidants he plans to pardon his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI about his Russian contacts, two sources with direct knowledge of the discussions tell Axios.
The big picture: Flynn's pardon would be the culmination of a four-year political and legal saga that began with the FBI's investigation into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and the Russian government in the 2016 election https://www.axios.com/trump-pardon-michael-flynn-131c78e2-eb58-4294-9ca1-3c5fb00bf96e.html?utm_campaign=organic&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=twitter
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octoberlib | Nov 2020 | OP |
riverwalker | Nov 2020 | #1 | |
Dan | Nov 2020 | #2 | |
GoCubsGo | Nov 2020 | #3 | |
WhiteTara | Nov 2020 | #5 | |
MyOwnPeace | Nov 2020 | #4 | |
Hong Kong Cavalier | Nov 2020 | #6 | |
UTUSN | Nov 2020 | #7 | |
Ohio Joe | Nov 2020 | #10 | |
UTUSN | Nov 2020 | #15 | |
Solomon | Nov 2020 | #17 | |
DesertRat | Nov 2020 | #8 | |
C_U_L8R | Nov 2020 | #12 | |
keithbvadu2 | Nov 2020 | #9 | |
Xolodno | Nov 2020 | #11 | |
louis-t | Nov 2020 | #13 | |
AmericanCanuck | Nov 2020 | #14 | |
Gothmog | Nov 2020 | #16 |
Response to octoberlib (Original post)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 09:21 PM
Dan (2,207 posts)
2. Pardon, but then he has to testify about everything....
Response to octoberlib (Original post)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 09:23 PM
GoCubsGo (26,064 posts)
3. There's still plenty more they can get him on once Fat Bastard is gone.
As I understand it, he has only been charged with a fraction of his crimes. Get him on other stuff, and throw the book at the traitor.
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Response to GoCubsGo (Reply #3)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 09:26 PM
WhiteTara (27,012 posts)
5. Indict the son too.
Response to octoberlib (Original post)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 09:26 PM
MyOwnPeace (12,076 posts)
4. I'm anticipating a whole list of cons
that will be given their "get out of jail free" card!
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Response to octoberlib (Original post)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 09:26 PM
Hong Kong Cavalier (4,399 posts)
6. Tangeranus can pardon him all he wants.
Flynn's still a goddamn traitor to this country.
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Response to octoberlib (Original post)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 09:35 PM
UTUSN (58,123 posts)
7. What in heck is the attraction between FLYNN and the UNpresident?!
Response to UTUSN (Reply #7)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 09:45 PM
Ohio Joe (15,663 posts)
10. I would bet it's because Obama warned him off Flynn...
That simple I believe.
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Response to Ohio Joe (Reply #10)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 11:14 PM
UTUSN (58,123 posts)
15. Sounds like it. I really believe, too, that OBAMA's mocking him tipped him to run.
Response to octoberlib (Original post)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 09:40 PM
DesertRat (27,781 posts)
8. It could backfire on him
Trump will pardon Michael Flynn, strengthening potential obstruction charges against himself for witness tampering in dangling pardons to witnesses who didn’t cooperate fully with Robert Mueller’s investigation into Trump’s ties to Russia.
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Response to DesertRat (Reply #8)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 09:50 PM
C_U_L8R (39,992 posts)
12. He's not exactly a bastion of good judgment.
He's sure to fuck this up just like he's done with so many things.
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Response to octoberlib (Original post)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 09:43 PM
keithbvadu2 (19,794 posts)
9. Two generals... Flynn & Arnold
Two generals... Flynn & Arnold
Gen Michael Flynn and Gen Benedict Arnold both started out as patriots who served their country well. Arnold died a traitor in England. He was not lucky enough to have a Donald Trump on his side. ![]() |
Response to octoberlib (Original post)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 09:50 PM
Xolodno (4,581 posts)
11. I suspect there will...
...be a lot more pardons.
One, those who stayed loyal to him, not because of loyalty, but to rub it in the nose who turned on him. And I still think he'll resign at some point with a deal with Pence pardoning him. |
Response to octoberlib (Original post)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 10:27 PM
louis-t (20,733 posts)
13. He pardons traitors, con men and child molesters. Nice.
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Response to octoberlib (Original post)
Tue Nov 24, 2020, 10:29 PM
AmericanCanuck (1,102 posts)
14. yay -- which means he will have to spill the beans!!
He can no longer use the 5th amendment
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Response to octoberlib (Original post)
Wed Nov 25, 2020, 07:37 AM
Gothmog (92,278 posts)
16. Who is surprised by this?
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