I have figured out Flynn's immunity plea

[jmowreader]

He is going to walk into Congress and paint a picture of an honest, hard-working administration that only thinks of America's best interests. After he leaves, the alt-right media will begin to bully the rest of us over how we ever could have thought that wonderful man was anything but Our Savior.

They pulled that shit with the Capone's Vault tax return, and they still have it in them.

[NBachers]

1. Yeah, this guy's such a slimy wormy slippery piece of weasel shit that I don't trust him.

To hell with the immunity, full prosecution ahead. Build a case, and put him away. No immunity for Flynn.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. In other words, the next Oliver North? nt

[Wounded Bear]

17. I hate that fucking weasel...

IMNSHO he disgraced the uniform I wore.

[JTFrog]

3. And I've figured out why they've declined. They have everything they need without him. nt

[MBS]

6. Fingers crossed. n/t

[NurseJackie]

7. That's my view as well. But, now the Trump admin knows he's willing to "betray" them...

... and the Russians do as well. I wonder if he's hired any bodyguard and food tasters... or if he's invested in any radiation proximity detectors.

[mercuryblues]

4. If he is caught

lying under oath, the immunity deal is off.

[NurseJackie]

5. I don't believe it works that way.

They're going to know exactly what he's got to offer before they sign-off on any immunity. And I'll bet the actual immunity would be contingent on his making an identical sworn statement in public, without which, all deals would be cancelled.

I think they're probably smart enough to know how to avoid this kind of "gotcha".

[MFM008]

8. I watched someone on CNN say

That if they dont take his immunity offer they have him on tape.
They also probably don't want him coming in there with his "own" version of things
and try to make Donald J. Maggot look NOT guilty and fall on his sword.

[OriginalGeek]

9. a high school friend was spouting off this morning

about how Flynn and some other guy were itching to testify but it won't be what liberals want to hear. He says we gonna be highly disappointed.

He also regularly cites infowars as a source (for other things - he's a self-described conspiracy theorist) though so I don't think I can trust much of what he says nowadays.

[tavernier]

10. Because most high school guys

are close friends with generals and they share secrets.

Why am I so skeptical?

[OriginalGeek]

12. I meant a friend from high school

we graduated in 1981. He reads nothing but right-wing propaganda and they are already talking about how the testimony Flynn and some other guy (I just don't remember who he said) were going to confirm trump's allegations re: wiretapping and such. Not give testimony of trump's malfeasance.

I mean, this guy was a good friend in high school but we went to a private, christian (fundamentalist) high school. He stayed with the faith but I left it. He's not a complete idiot - he had his single engine pilot's license before we graduated. He was the valedictorian of our class. He built up a business and sold it for a couple million and now lives on a farm in the midwest where he keeps goats and bunnies and lives in a hay bale-house he built and is into permaculture (which I admittedly don't really understand because I don't care how he lives). He spent 20,000+ dollars to adopt a child from Guatemala. I think his wife left him a while back though because of his right-wing loony-toons views. He's convinced that mainstream media is brainwashing us on the left. lol.

we lost touch after high school and found each other on Facebook in the last few years where I was thrilled to read about his farming and other friends from high school but am horrified to find what kind of loon he's become. I keep thinking my objections to his tin-foil hat nuttery will get him to thinking but I doubt it will.

[tavernier]

16. Pardon, I misunderstood that he was an hs student.

Still, I doubt his "inside" information.

[OriginalGeek]

19. You and me both!

[Thomas Hurt]

11. They are not going to give him immunity to say whatever he likes

He has to prove to the FBI that he has real evidence and or testimony regarding crimes before they will give him a deal.

[Skidmore]

13. He's no Ollie North.

Hell. Ollie North was no Ollie North.

[leftynyc]

14. Not going to happen

The procedure is for him to offer a proffer - a statement of what EXACTLY what he'll testify to. He only gets immunity if the "prosecutors"

believe him
it helps whatever case they're building
if the evidence can't be gotten any other way
he never lies again in which case his immunity is gone

Where on earth did so many people get the idea they would give immunity for nothing?

[LeftInTX]

15. Congress won't give it to him

Both houses and both sides are against it.

[Jersey Devil]

18. Just subpoena him, let him take the 5th

He is making his offer now so he doesn't have to invoke the 5th Amendment when he gets a subpoena. So let him sweat it out, take the 5th and only then consider immunity after a proffer to prosecutors in which he implicates Trump. Why spare him the embarrassment?