Tries to Blame Obama for Flynn Scandal
DAVID A. GRAHAM
MAY 8, 2017
... Trump fired off a pair of tweets Monday morning. In one, he focused on defending his decision to hire his former national security adviser ... In another, he suggested that senators ask Yates whether she knows how information she passed to the White House about Flynn leaked to the public ... This is not the first time that Trump has sought to pin the blame for the Flynn fiasco on his predecessor ... But it looks especially weak after a series of reports that President Obama specifically warned Trump not to choose Flynn for the post of national security adviser ...
Since Flynn stepped down, he has encountered more trouble. He was revealed to have lobbied for the Turkish government from summer until November 2016, but failed to register as a foreign lobbyist until March. The chairman and ranking member of the House Oversight Committee recently said they believe he broke the law by receiving payments from the Russian and Turkish governments—both because he did not seek requisite permission ahead of time, and because he did not disclose them after the fact. Flynn, who in 2016 said, “When you are given immunity, that means you probably committed a crime,” has reportedly sought immunity from the bodies investigating Russian interference ...
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/trump-flynn/525816/
