flynn Randy Blue: Ryder Flynn Fucks Rustin Peace By www.queerclick.com Published On :: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 05:09:00 +0000 New on RandyBlue: Rustin Peace and Ryder Flynn don’t even have to speak much to show how much they like each other. You can see it in the way they act towards each other. Not words, but actions. We can see it when Rustin sucks Ryder and his cock visibly grows in his mouth. Later... View Article The post Randy Blue: Ryder Flynn Fucks Rustin Peace appeared first on QueerClick. Full Article Porn Site Updates RandyBlue Rustin Peace Ryder Flynn
flynn Workshop 16: Partners in True Crime, Kevin Flynn & Rebecca Lavoie By audioboom.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 04:00:01 -0000 In this episode, married co-authors Kevin Flynn & Rebecca Lavoie. Together, they have written four true crime books, most recently Dark Heart: A True Story of Sex, Manipulation, and Murder. They are also two of the eponymous crime writers behind the podcast Crime Writers On... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Full Article
flynn Peter Flynn By www.ukoln.ac.uk Published On :: 2001-06-25 Peter Flynn runs the academic project support service in the Computer Centre at University College Cork and was Ireland's first Webmaster. He trained at the London College of Printing and has an MA from Central London Poly. Peter was on the design team for HTML and XML and currently edits the XML FAQ. He holds the dubious distinction of being the first person to break a link on the Web. Full Article
flynn SNP MSP welcomes contest with Flynn as she declares bid to restand for seat By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 10:16:08 +0000 "I look forward to any contest, where of course it will be for branch members to select those they wish to represent them in Holyrood in the 2026 Scottish Parliament elections.” Full Article
flynn Stephen Flynn slammed by SNP colleagues over Holyrood bid By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:56:08 +0000 Stephen Flynn has been criticised by SNP colleagues after saying he would stay on at Westminster, even if elected to Holyrood. Full Article
flynn SNP's Stephen Flynn announces bid to become MSP in 2026 election By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 07:39:26 +0000 The SNP's Westminster leader has announced he is to contest a seat at Holyrood – and will ‘double-job’ as an MP and MSP if he wins. Full Article
flynn Joanna Cherry says SNP rules won't stop Flynn 'double-jobbing' By www.heraldscotland.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:02:00 +0000 Former MP Joanna Cherry has said that the SNP rules which prevented her from standing for a seat at Holyrood would not block Stephen Flynn from doing the same. Full Article
flynn Flynn aims to stand for SNP at Holyrood election By www.bbc.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:29:43 GMT The MP is aiming to hold seats at both the UK and Scottish parliaments, sparking criticism from colleagues. Full Article
flynn The narrative grotesque in medieval Scottish poetry [Electronic book] / Caitlin Flynn. By encore.st-andrews.ac.uk Published On :: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2022. Full Article
flynn Vanity Fair features Podcast by Bikeman author Tom Flynn By andrewsmcmeelpublishing.blogspot.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:45:00 +0000 Tom Flynn Reads from Bikeman by Vanity Fair April 6, 2009, 12:26 PM Bikeman by Tom Flynn Journalist Tom Flynn decided to respond to the events of September 11, 2001, by writing an epic poem in which he recalled how, on that fateful day, he had hopped on his bicycle, braved the chaos, and headed down to the World Trade Center to cover the attacks for CBS News. When the second tower was hit, Flynn found himself in the middle of the unraveling horror. In his book, Bikeman: An Epic Poem (Andrews McMeel), Flynn's poetic dispatches reflect on the sorrow, fear, and humanity shared by the nation on that “forever September morning.” In celebration of National Poetry month, VF.com presents an exclusive audio excerpt.http://www.vanityfair.com/online/culture/2009/04/06/tom-flynn-reads-from-bikeman.html Full Article Bikeman Vanity Fair
flynn REPORT: Here’s What Comey Told Congress About Whether Flynn Lied To FBI: Transcript By dennismichaellynch.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 02:03:38 +0000 The DML News App offers the best in news reporting. The post REPORT: Here’s What Comey Told Congress About Whether Flynn Lied To FBI: Transcript appeared first on Dennis Michael Lynch. Full Article News Feed Powered by DMLNewsApp.com
flynn Mark Levin on Michael Flynn Bombshell Documents: This Is “Barack Obama’s Blue Dress” Without The DNA By 100percentfedup.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 18:01:57 +0000 The following article, Mark Levin on Michael Flynn Bombshell Documents: This Is “Barack Obama’s Blue Dress” Without The DNA, was first published on 100PercentFedUp.com. Mark Levin nailed the importance of the newly released documents that cleared Michael Flynn and pinned Obama to the wall. He says that the documents are “Barack Obama’s Blue Dress” without the “DNA” alluding to the blue dress from Monica Lewinsky that proved Bill Clinton’s guilt. Levin begins by praising AG Bill Barr and then […] Continue reading: Mark Levin on Michael Flynn Bombshell Documents: This Is “Barack Obama’s Blue Dress” Without The DNA ... Full Article Breaking Featured Politics
flynn ‘Not a Bonafide Counterintelligence Investigation’: Barr Slams Comey’s Handling of Flynn Probe By news.yahoo.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 15:05:03 -0400 Attorney General Bill Barr explained that the FBI did not conduct “a bonafide counterintelligence investigation” in the case that led former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn to plead guilty to federal investigators in 2017.Barr, speaking in an exclusive interview with CBS News after the Justice Department dropped its case against Flynn on Thursday, said that his review of the case found Bureau investigators laid “a perjury trap” for Flynn in a January 2017 White House interview.“They didn’t warn him, the way that would usually be required by the Department, they bypassed the Justice Department, they bypassed the protocols at the White House, and so forth,” Barr stated. “These were things that persuaded me that there was not a legitimate counterintelligence investigation.”Former FBI director James Comey admitted in a December 2018 interview that he “sent” the agents to interview Flynn, adding that it was “something I probably wouldn’t have done or maybe gotten away with in a more organized administration.”In its Thursday court filing, the Justice Department explained that it was “not persuaded” that Flynn’s interview, which led to his guilty plea for lying to FBI agents Peter Strzok and Joe Pientka, had proper predication and was materially relevant.Comey tweeted his disappointment, following the decision, saying "the DOJ has lost its way."> The DOJ has lost its way. But, career people: please stay because America needs you. The country is hungry for honest, competent leadership.> > -- James Comey (@Comey) May 7, 2020Barr pointed to recently-released information that showed the FBI moved to close its surveillance of Flynn after finding “no derogatory information” about the retired general’s contacts with Russians, only for Strzok to keep the case open, leading to the eventual interview.“They were closing the investigation, in December [2016], they started that process and on January 4, they were closing it. When they heard about the phone call, which the FBI had the transcripts to — there was no question as to what was discussed, the FBI knew exactly what was discussed — and General Flynn, being the former director of the DIA, said to them, ‘you listen to everything, you know what was said,’” Barr explained.“So there’s no mystery about the call, but they initially tried some theories of how could open another investigation, which didn’t fly, and then they found out that they had not technically closed the earlier investigation, and they kept it open for the expressed purpose of trying to catch — lay a perjury trap — for General Flynn,” he added. A different filing released last week showed handwritten notes from an FBI official that questioned if the goal of Flynn’s White House interview was “to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired.”Barr also did not comment on whether those that sought to entrap Flynn would face criminal charges, pointing to U.S. Attorney John Durham’s probe into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation and saying his team was “in the middle” of “looking at the whole pattern of conduct.”“I’m going to wait until all the evidence is [in], and I get their recommendations as to what they found and how serious it is. But, if we were to find wrongdoing, in the sense of any criminal act, obviously we would follow through on that,” Barr said. “But again, just because something may even stink to high heaven, and appear to everyone to be bad, we still have to apply the right standard and be convinced that there is a violation of a criminal statute and that we can prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. The same standard applies to everybody.” Full Article
flynn Tucker Carlson slams Ilhan Omar as 'loathsome' over Flynn comments By www.jpost.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 02:28:23 GMT "Can a single human actually be as loathsome as Ilhan Omar? It's hard to believe. She's like a parody of repulsiveness," the Fox News anchor said. Full Article Donald Trump Michael Flynn Ilhan Omar
flynn Defense lawyers rail about unfair prosecutions. Flynn's case shows why. By www.nbcnews.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 20:09:51 GMT Analysis: It's rare to get a behind-the-scenes look at how federal investigators do their jobs. Full Article
flynn Obama White House may have seen 'opportunity to disrupt' Flynn, ex-FBI official says By www.foxnews.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 02:22:00 GMT It would be "abominable" if the Obama White House was behind the FBI's controversial interview of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, a former assistant director of intelligence for the bureau said Friday night. Full Article 96b4f08d-9e3c-50bc-b7fd-4484dafb61a3 fox-news/shows/ingraham-angle fox-news/media/fox-news-flash fox-news/media fox-news/tech/topics/fbi fox-news/person/barack-obama fox-news/news-events/russia-investigation fox-news/person/donald-trump fox-news/politics/executive/national-security fnc fnc/media article Fox News Victor Garcia
flynn Hannity blasts Obama, Schiff over Russia probe, Flynn case: 'This can't happen in America' By www.foxnews.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 03:19:45 GMT Sean Hannity blasted the Obama administration and Democrats on Saturday night for the Russia investigation and targeting of former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn. Full Article 071b10e8-91b4-502f-b671-14527d239f5a fox-news/shows/watters-world fox-news/media/fox-news-flash fox-news/media fox-news/shows/hannity fox-news/news-events/russia-investigation fox-news/person/barack-obama fox-news/person/adam-schiff fnc fnc/media article Fox News Victor Garcia
flynn 'Somebody's having a bad day': John Brennan seems VERY troubled by DOJ dropping Flynn charges (and the ongoing Durham investigation) By twitchy.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:44:57 Z Full Article <![CDATA[CIA]]> <![CDATA[Donald Trump]]> <![CDATA[John Brennan]]>
flynn Storm builds around Barr over Flynn case... By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-10T08:25:37Z Storm builds around Barr over Flynn case... (First column, 6th story, link) Full Article
flynn Elle Macpherson shares incredibly rare photo of son Flynn as he graduates from university By www.hellomagazine.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 20 08:15:42 +0000 Elle Macpherson is incredibly private about her personal life and rarely shares any... Full Article
flynn Episode 961 Scott Adams: Flynn, Freedom, Vitamin D, Biden’s Brain and More By feed.dilbert.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 03:39:40 +0000 My new book LOSERTHINK, available now on Amazon https://tinyurl.com/rqmjc2a Content: There WAS…a genuine coup attempt Governor Abbott’s Coronavirus strategy CNN promotes their choice for Biden’s VP Hoaxes, hoaxes and hoaxes Vitamin D and groups vulnerable to coronavirus If you would like to enjoy this same content plus bonus content from Scott Adams, including micro-lessons on […] The post Episode 961 Scott Adams: Flynn, Freedom, Vitamin D, Biden’s Brain and More appeared first on Scott Adams' Blog. Full Article Podcast Coronavirus General Flynn Governor Abbott politics president trump Scott Adams Vitamin D
flynn Readers Write: Herd immunity, reopening, Sweden, Michael Flynn, lockdown By www.startribune.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T22:26:05+00:00 Herd immunity has a cost. Full Article
flynn Judge Could Hold Up Trump Administration's Bid to Clear Flynn, Legal Experts say By feeds.drudge.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 20:51:52 -0400 The notoriously independent-minded federal judge who once said he was disgusted by the conduct of Michael Flynn could block the administration's bid to drop criminal charges against the former adviser to President Donald Trump, legal experts said. Full Article news
flynn The DOJ's Lawless Reversal on Michael Flynn By feeds.drudge.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 21:30:10 -0400 Randall D. Eliason: The government's motion to dismiss the case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn is like nothing I've ever seen. It's a political screed dressed up as legal analysis, promoting the "deep state" conspiracy fantasies of President Trump. It epitomizes the politicization of the Justice Department under Attorney General William P. Barr. It is, in the truest sense of the word, lawless. Full Article news
flynn Trump praises Barr for dropping charges against Flynn By www.inlander.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 11:06:17 -0700 By Michael Crowley The New York Times Company… Full Article News/Nation & World
flynn Trump blasts 'human scum' who investigated his administration as Justice Department drops criminal case against Michael Flynn By news.yahoo.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:59:18 -0400 President Trump excoriated the administration of President Barack Obama as “human scum” who attempted to undermine him by “targeting” former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Full Article
flynn Exclusive: Obama says in private call that 'rule of law is at risk' in Michael Flynn case By news.yahoo.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 21:41:21 -0400 Former President Barack Obama, talking privately to former members of his administration, said Friday that the “rule of law is at risk” in the wake of what he called an unprecedented move by the Justice Department to drop charges against former White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Full Article
flynn Former acting AG says Flynn decision was 'just,' blames Comey for bad culture at FBI By www.foxnews.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 17:23:43 GMT Former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker defended the Justice Department's decision to dismiss its case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, arguing that a corrupt FBI culture led to Flynn's entrapment. Full Article 51ca323f-46ad-525c-81bd-624c93c75c03 fox-news/media/fox-news-flash fox-news/person/james-comey fox-news/tech/topics/fbi fox-news/news-events/russia-investigation fnc fnc/media article Fox News Sam Dorman
flynn Week In Politics: U.S. Jobs Report, DOJ Drops Criminal Case Against Michael Flynn By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:59:00 +0000 Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. Full Article
flynn News Brief: Unemployment Data, Michael Flynn Case, Georgia Shooting By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 09:24:00 +0000 Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: Often, a new monthly jobs report is of interest, you know, mostly to economists and policymakers. The one coming out today could be much more significant. NOEL KING, HOST: Right. Because of COVID-19, we could see the highest unemployment rate in this country since the Great Depression. GREENE: And let's talk about this moment with NPR's Scott Horsley. Hi, Scott. SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: Good morning, David. GREENE: So how ugly do we think these numbers are going to be? HORSLEY: Very ugly. To put this in some perspective, David, the worst monthly job loss we saw during the Great Recession, the financial crisis, was 800,000. This morning's report is going to show job losses in the millions, maybe as many as 20 million. And as painful as that is, it's still not going to tell the full story of the economic wreckage that the coronavirus pandemic has been causing. GREENE: Why not? HORSLEY: Well, a couple of reasons. This report is Full Article
flynn DOJ Will Drop Case Against Ex-Trump Adviser Michael Flynn By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 09:24:00 +0000 Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: Yesterday, the Department of Justice reversed one of the most high-profile cases in the Mueller investigation. Michael Flynn served as President Trump's first national security adviser. He pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia. Now, the DOJ is dropping its case against him, and let's talk this through with NPR justice correspondent Ryan Lucas. Hi, Ryan. RYAN LUCAS, BYLINE: Good morning. GREENE: Feel like a lot has happened in the world since we last talked about Michael Flynn. Can you just remind us what his story is? LUCAS: Right. The FBI began investigating Flynn back in 2016 as part of the broader Russia investigation. FBI interview - FBI agents interviewed him at the White House in January of 2017, and in that interview, Flynn lied to them about conversations he had had with the Russian ambassador to the United States. A few weeks later, Flynn left the administration for allegedly lying to Full Article
flynn Michael Flynn Pleaded Guilty. Why Is The Justice Department Dropping The Charges? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 13:57:00 +0000 Why is the government seeking to drop charges against Michael Flynn even though he pleaded guilty — in two admissions in court — to committing the crime at issue? The short answers: The Justice Department is giving him a break. And Flynn has played his cards well. The long answer: It's a long story. The deal Flynn admitted to lying to the FBI about conversations he had had with Russia's then-ambassador to the United States as he and the rest of President-elect Donald Trump's camp waited in the wings early in 2017. That case appeared clear. But the former Army lieutenant general also had been involved with other enterprises that might have resulted in more charges — including undisclosed foreign lobbying — and his deal with prosecutors swept that off the table. It also apparently avoided prospective charges for Flynn's son. Flynn and his attorneys considered the deal to be the least bad way out of the jam. "My guilty plea and agreement to cooperate with the special counsel's office Full Article
flynn Week In Politics: U.S. Jobs Report, DOJ Drops Criminal Case Against Michael Flynn By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:59:00 +0000 Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. Full Article
flynn Trump Praises Barr and Revels in Dismissal of Charges Against Flynn By www.nytimes.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 21:26:01 +0000 In a Fox News interview, Mr. Trump also angrily revived grievances about the special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and promised a swift economic rebound. Full Article Russian Interference in 2016 US Elections and Ties to Trump Associates Presidential Election of 2020 United States Politics and Government Abbott Laboratories Fox News Channel Barr William P Flynn Michael T Mueller Robert S III Trump Donald J
flynn In Michael Flynn Case, William Barr Again Takes Aim at Robert Mueller Inquiry By www.nytimes.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 23:31:34 +0000 The Justice Department’s move was the latest example of the attorney general’s effort to chisel away at the special counsel investigation and emphasize an alternate narrative. Full Article Russian Interference in 2016 US Elections and Ties to Trump Associates United States Politics and Government Special Prosecutors (Independent Counsel) Federal Bureau of Investigation Justice Department Barr William P Durham John H Mueller Robert S III Trump Donald J Flynn Michael T
flynn Dropping of Michael Flynn Case Heightens Fear of Justice Dept. Politicization By www.nytimes.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 01:36:59 +0000 Across the country, rank-and-file prosecutors cringed at another extraordinary intervention by Attorney General William P. Barr. Full Article Russian Interference in 2016 US Elections and Ties to Trump Associates United States Politics and Government Presidential Election of 2020 Special Prosecutors (Independent Counsel) Federal Bureau of Investigation Justice Department Barr William P Flynn Michael T Trump Donald J Wray Christopher A Shea Timothy J (1960- )
flynn ‘Never Seen Anything Like This’: Experts Question Dropping of Flynn Prosecution By www.nytimes.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 01:35:28 +0000 Abandoning the case is the latest step in a pattern of dismantling the work of the Russia investigators. A former prosecutor likened it to eating the department from the inside out. Full Article Russian Interference in 2016 US Elections and Ties to Trump Associates Presidential Election of 2016 Special Prosecutors (Independent Counsel) Presidential Election of 2020 Federal Bureau of Investigation Justice Department Barr William P Flynn Michael T Trump Donald J Shea Timothy J (1960- )
flynn U.S. Drops Michael Flynn Case, in Move Backed by Trump By www.nytimes.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 10:45:16 +0000 The extraordinary move came after Mr. Flynn, the former national security adviser, fought the case in court for months, a reversal after pleading guilty twice and cooperating with investigators. Full Article Russian Interference in 2016 US Elections and Ties to Trump Associates United States Politics and Government United States International Relations Justice Department Federal Bureau of Investigation Flynn Michael T Barr William P Trump Donald J
flynn News Brief: Unemployment Data, Michael Flynn Case, Georgia Shooting By www.npr.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 05:04:00 -0400 The Labor Department is expected to report a very bad jobless report. The Justice Department drops a case against an ex-Trump adviser. And, an update on the death of an unarmed black man in Georgia. Full Article
flynn DOJ Will Drop Case Against Ex-Trump Adviser Michael Flynn By www.npr.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 05:04:00 -0400 After months of wrangling following the Russia probe, prosecutors will not go ahead with the case against Michael Flynn based on the former national security adviser's false statements to the FBI. Full Article
flynn News Brief: Unemployment Data, Michael Flynn Case, Georgia Shooting By www.npr.org Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 05:04:00 -0400 The Labor Department is expected to report a very bad jobless report. The Justice Department drops a case against an ex-Trump adviser. And, an update on the death of an unarmed black man in Georgia. Full Article
flynn Justice Department drops charges against Michael Flynn By arktimes.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:02:22 +0000 Michael Flynn is a free man. But he's still a liar. The post Justice Department drops charges against Michael Flynn appeared first on Arkansas Times. Full Article Arkansas Blog Michael Flynn
flynn AFL players Flynn Appleby and Marty Hore in Cohuna By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:51:19 +1000 Full Article Sport Sports Organisations Australian Football League Regional Community and Society Rural
flynn AFL players Flynn Appleby and Marty Hore train at Cohuna oval By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:51:19 +1000 Full Article Australian Football League Sport Community and Society Regional
flynn AFL player Flynn Appleby with his dad Graham on their Cohun dairy farm By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:51:19 +1000 Full Article Rural Sport Australian Football League Community and Society Regional
flynn Restoration leader John Flynn at the Gympie workshop By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 14:30:00 +1000 Full Article ABC Sunshine Coast widebay sunshine Business Economics and Finance:Industry:Transport Community and Society:History:All Lifestyle and Leisure:Travel and Tourism:All Australia:QLD:Gympie 4570 Australia:QLD:Maroochydore 4558
flynn Flynn and the Anatomy of a Political Narrative By news.yahoo.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 13:09:49 -0400 The FBI coordinated very closely with the Obama White House on the investigation of Michael Flynn, while the Obama Justice Department was asleep at the switch. That is among the most revealing takeaways from Thursday’s decision by Attorney General Bill Barr to pull the plug on the prosecution of Flynn, who fleetingly served as President Trump’s first National Security Advisor. Flynn had been seeking to withdraw his guilty plea to a false-statements charge brought in late 2017 by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.While working on the Trump transition team in December 2016, Flynn spoke with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak, in conversations that were intercepted by our government (because Russian-government operatives, such as Kislyak, are routinely monitored by the FBI and other U.S. intelligence agencies). Among the topics Flynn and Kislyak discussed was the imposition of sanctions against Russia, which President Obama had just announced.That these conversations took place has been known for over three years -- ever since a still-unidentified government official leaked that classified information to the Washington Post. For almost as long, it has been known that the FBI became aware of the Flynn–Kislyak discussions very shortly after they happened. What was not known until this week was that then–acting attorney general Yates was out of the loop. She found out about the discussions nearly a week afterwards -- from President Obama, of all people.This was at a White House pow-wow on January 5, 2017. That was the day when the chiefs of key intelligence agencies briefed top Obama White House officials on their assessment of Russia’s meddling in the campaign. After the main briefing, the president asked Yates and FBI director James Comey to stick around to meet with him, along with Vice President Biden and National Security Advisor Susan Rice. Yates was taken aback when Obama explained that he had “learned of the information about Flynn” and his conversation with Kislyak. She was startled because, she later told investigators, she “had no idea what the president was talking about.”Yates had to figure things out by listening to the exchanges between President Obama and FBI director Comey. The latter was not only fully up to speed, he was even prepared to suggest a potential crime -- a violation of the moribund Logan Act -- that might fit the facts.According to an FBI report, which was appended (as Exhibit 4) to the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the Flynn case, Yates later said she was “so surprised by the information she was hearing that she was having a hard time processing it and listening to the conversation at the same time.”I’ll bet.That Yates was in the dark was not the FBI’s fault. Two days earlier, the bureau’s then–deputy director, Andrew McCabe, had briefed Assistant Attorney General Mary McCord, the head of DOJ’s National Security Division, about the Flynn–Kislyak discussions. Evidently not appreciating what the FBI regarded as the urgency of the matter, McCord did not pass the information along to the acting AG before her White House meeting.Ms. Yates’s astonishment at how well-informed the bureau was keeping the president calls for revisiting something to which I’ve called attention before. It now seems even more significant.When General Flynn was forced to resign as national-security adviser after just three weeks on the job, the New York Times did its customary deep dive, in which seven of its best reporters pressed their well-placed sources for details. It was a remarkable report, which recounted -- as if it were totally matter-of-fact -- that Flynn’s communications with Kislyak had been investigated by the FBI in real-time consultation with President Obama’s aides. For example (my italics):> Obama advisers heard separately from the F.B.I. about Mr. Flynn’s conversation with Mr. Kislyak, whose calls were routinely monitored by American intelligence agencies that track Russian diplomats. The Obama advisers grew suspicious that perhaps there had been a secret deal between the incoming [Trump] team and Moscow, which could violate the rarely enforced, two-century-old Logan Act barring private citizens from negotiating with foreign powers in disputes with the United States.Interesting. The FBI tells Obama “advisers” about Flynn’s discussions with Kislyak. Between this and their surprise that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin did not retaliate when Obama imposed sanctions, the Obama “advisers” dream up a non-existent pact between Trump and the Kremlin -- collusion! And they’re already thinking about nailing Flynn on the Logan Act . . . an obsolete, unconstitutional vestige of the President John Adams administration that has never, ever been prosecuted in the history of the Justice Department (the last case appears to have been in 1852; DOJ was established 18 years later).Who came up with that? Well, Ms. McCord (whose interview is Exhibit 3 in DOJ’s Flynn dismissal motion) later told investigators that the Logan Act flyer originated in the office of Obama’s director of national intelligence, James Clapper -- specifically proposed by ODNI’s general counsel, Bob Litt. Obviously, by January 5, Comey was already discussing it with Obama.Let’s look at some more of that Times report on Flynn’s downfall. For the legal analysis of Flynn’s exchanges with Kislyak, the president’s aides consulted the FBI, not DOJ:> The Obama officials asked the F.B.I. if a quid pro quo had been discussed on the call, and the answer came back no, according to one of the officials, who like others asked not to be named discussing delicate communications. The topic of sanctions came up, they were told, but there was no deal.So no misconduct. To the contrary, the incoming national-security adviser asked a Russian counterpart to discourage his government from escalating tensions, which is what we would want any American diplomat to do. “There was no deal.” Sanctions were merely mentioned, as one would expect since they’d just been imposed, but Flynn made no agreement to accommodate the Kremlin in any way.But see, those are the actual facts. Who cares what actually happened? What matters, it turns out, is what “Obama advisers” and their FBI co-creators could imagine it into: There must be Trump collusion with Russia because we’ve concluded Putin would otherwise have retaliated.This was nothing new for the FBI. Remember, at that point, they’re already in the FISA court (and at that time, were about to go back for a renewal warrant) telling the judges they suspect members of Donald Trump’s campaign are in a “conspiracy of cooperation” with the Putin regime. Their proof of that? The Steele dossier -- uncorroborated Democratic-party- and Clinton-campaign-sponsored propaganda that they already have immense reason to know is claptrap.Meanwhile, with Yates at the helm, the Justice Department had major reservations about the FISA warrants’ reliance on the Steele dossier, but swallowed hard and went along with it. The Justice Department had major reservations about the Logan Act as a predicate for investigating Flynn, but Yates was too startled to speak up at the White House meeting. The Justice Department wanted Comey to alert the Trump White House about the Flynn–Kislyak discussions, but the FBI refused . . . and Yates did nothing. By the time, after days of temporizing, she finally decided to put her foot down, Comey told her he had already dispatched agents to do an unauthorized ambush interview of Flynn. Yates was “dumbfounded,” McCord recalled.The Justice Department appears to have spent much of its time “flabbergasted,” to quote McCabe again. But in the end, it would always go with the collusion flow. Meanwhile, empowered and emboldened, the FBI ran rings around its nominal superiors.So what did President Obama make of all this theorizing from the FBI and his “advisers”? Well, intriguingly, as she was leaving her office for the last time, Obama’s top adviser, Susan Rice, decided that her last official act, moments after Trump was inaugurated, would be to craft -- 15 days after the fact -- an email memorializing Obama’s directive at the January 5 meeting:> President Obama said he wants to be sure that, as we engage with the incoming [Trump] team, we are mindful to ascertain if there is any reason that we cannot share information fully as it relates to Russia.Hmm, you mean a reason like “Trump and his minions just might be colluding with the Kremlin”?You’d almost think the Obama White House and its intelligence apparatus was weaving a political narrative out of . . . nothing. Full Article
flynn (500) https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/justice-dept-moves-to-void-michael-flynns-conviction-in-muellers-russia-probe/2020/05/07/9bd7885e-679d-11ea-b313-df458622c2cc_story.html By www.washingtonpost.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T05:47:01+00:00 RT @mrbromwich: I have been in and around DOJ since 1983. I have never seen a case dropped after someone has pled guilty and the underlying facts demonstrate beyond any shadow of a doubt he is guilty. This is simply a pardon by another name. A black day in DOJ history. Full Article
flynn Fmr RNC Chair Steele: Trump Will Bring Back Flynn -- 'That's His Russia Guy' By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 20:04:48 +0000 Friday, former Republican Party chairman Michael Steele said to "bet on" President Donald Trump would bring back former National Security Adviser Gen. Michael Flynn to his administration "in some form." Full Article 2020 Election Clips Politics Andrea Mitchell Donald Trump Michael Flynn Michael Steele MSNBC Russia
flynn Hans von Spakovsky: Flynn Still Needs Liberal Judge to Accept Dropped Charges By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 20:35:30 +0000 Discretion over acceptance of the DOJ's bid to drop charges against Michael Flynn lies with a left-wing judge, explained Hans von Spakovsky. Full Article Politics Radio Brandon Van Grack Emmet Sullivan Hans von Spakovsky Michael Flynn MSNBC Rachel Maddow Robert Mueller The Rachel Maddow Show