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kentuck

(110,950 posts)
Fri Apr 28, 2017, 03:43 PM Apr 2017

The White Houses Creeping Fear About Michael Flynn

Perhaps this has been posted already?
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-white-houses-creeping-fear-about-michael-flynn

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In early March, as part of my “Innocent Explanation” series, I discussed what I called the Mailer Standard. You can read the full background here. But the gist is that sometimes people cover up not because they know they’re guilty but because they don’t know. They don’t know whether they’re guilty or not. So they don’t know what investigators might find. In that case it was about the Kennedy assassination and the almost endless list of bad guys, unreliables and unknowns the CIA was working with in the early 1960s. I have long thought that something similar might be at work with the Trump administration with respect to the campaign’s ties to Russia and possibly Russia’s election interference campaign.

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Here’s the transcript …

It suggests to me that the White House doesn’t know where this goes. They didn’t seem to have much of an idea of what Michael Flynn was up to when he was working for the campaign, when he was in the transition, and even when he was in the white house. And so it’s not surprising that they’re trying to kind of limit the scope of how deep this investigation is going because if you don’t know what investigators are going to necessarily find or what they’re looking for, it’s hard to want to open the door to them. That’s why this is such a big problem. As this investigation goes on, there’s a limit to how much it seems the White House believes they have a handle on what’s going on. On what might be found. And that makes it a very dangerous political situation.

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Remember, who’s making these document production and compliance decisions? Probably the White House Counsel’s Office. That’s Donald McGahn. He wasn’t on the campaign. He’s a party loyalist GOP lawyer. Does he even know the full story on Flynn? I doubt it. Does he even know all the details about Trump himself? I wouldn’t assume that either.

Is the White House covering up? Of course they are. Maybe it’s because they know the truth is that explosive. Or maybe it’s because they simply don’t know what a real investigation would find.

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The White Houses Creeping Fear About Michael Flynn (Original Post) kentuck Apr 2017 OP
The thing is that not only does the WH know this is huge malaise Apr 2017 #1
Bingo.....they all have a pretty good idea where Grammy23 Apr 2017 #2
Justice delayed is justice denied. kentuck Apr 2017 #3

malaise

(267,799 posts)
1. The thing is that not only does the WH know this is huge
Fri Apr 28, 2017, 03:58 PM
Apr 2017

so do ReTHUGs in the Senate and House of Representatives

Grammy23

(5,807 posts)
2. Bingo.....they all have a pretty good idea where
Fri Apr 28, 2017, 04:34 PM
Apr 2017

the bodies are buried. Who wouldn't LOVE to be a fly on the wall when these ass clowns think they are in a safe place to talk?? I am willing to bet that on some days their asses are puckered so tight you couldn't shove a soda straw up there.

When all of this comes out for hearings, investigations, TRIALS, etc I am going to have a front row seat, popcorn and a tasty beverage. This is gonna be fun to see who squirms and who breaks out in flop sweat. Goodness knows, we deserve to see this with our own eyes!!

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