White House Lawyers Warned Trump: Stay Away From Michael Flynn

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Source: Daily Beast

White House lawyers have had to warn President Donald Trump repeatedly against reaching out to his fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, two people familiar with the matter tell The Daily Beast.
Trump, angered by press coverage of the Russia investigation and Gen. Flynn, has asked senior staff and the White House counsel’s office multiple times if it was appropriate to reach out to the fired National Security Adviser, according to a source close to Flynn and a Trump administration official with direct knowledge of the exchanges.
“While the president does not regret firing Gen. Flynn, he feels he is a good man who served his country bravely and honorably and who is being treated unfairly by the press and the Democrats on Capitol HIll,” another Trump administration official said. These officials requested anonymity as a condition of discussing legal advice to the president.

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[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Authoritarians, Autocrats, and Dictators value loyalty above all else. . . nt

[zentrum]

2. Yeah, he wants to reach out to

...find out what the hell Flynn meant when he asked for immunity.

He wants to make sure Flynn won't flip. Wants to threaten or bribe him. Nothing to do with "old friend" or "loyalty". Two thugs are not loyal. They are two rats looking for the one to blame.

[murielm99]

3. Maybe 45 will get his loyal muscleman,

Keith Schiller, to reach out instead.

[NewRedDawn]

5. That old bald headed stooge

looks as strong as wet toilet paper. Looks the part of a old Nazi.

[Flaleftist]

7. Or maybe the Russians

He would probably want to meet them privately in person as he wouldn't trust a secure line given to him. Hmmm

[NewRedDawn]

4. Ding Ding Ding.

We have the winner.

[jberryhill]

9. One of the thugs has pardon power

[zentrum]

11. Not if one of the

...thugs flips and tells the truth about the thug with the pardon, who then is out of power.

But I understand---you're thinking Trump wants to tell him to hang tough and wait and Trump will get him out. But Trump will never keep his word on this---too much blow back. And Flynn knows it.

God---I hate these people.

[wildeyed]

6. So instead he sends him a long love letter via the press.

I still love ya, Flynn-bae! Don't flip on me for immunity! I will make it right later. mwah!

[NastyRiffraff]

8. Oh dear Flying Spaghetti Monster!

He doesn't KNOW you don't reach out to the guy you fired over something you yourself are in the middle of an investigation for?

I know Dump is said to be smart because he's rich and something Republicans love: A BUSINESSMAN! But he's as dumb as dirt. Actually, I hope he doesn't listen to the lawyers and reaches out to Flynn anyway.

[benld74]

10. Drump thinks Flynn is good man because

His handlers told him Flynn was!
Drump very susceptible to outside voices
Especially since becoming a Russian mole for Putin
All the news about loans from Russia
Laundering money for them
All roosting in the WH now