Now we know why Flynn wanted immunity.

[Letssnuggle]

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn likely broke the law by failing to disclose foreign income he earned from Russia and Turkey, the heads of the House Oversight Committee said Tuesday.

Committee Chair Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and ranking member Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) said they believe Flynn neither received permission nor fully disclosed income he earned for a speaking engagement in Russia and lobbying activities on behalf of Turkey when he applied to reinstate his security clearance. They reached this conclusion after viewing two classified memos and a financial disclosure form in a private briefing Tuesday morning.

“Personally I see no evidence or no data to support the notion that General Flynn complied with the law,” Chaffetz told reporters following the briefing.

“He was supposed to get permission, he was supposed to report it, and he didn’t,” Cummings said.



In response to the Trump administration is refusing to cooperate.

Until you actually have tweets without "probably" in them... try to refrain from being a useful idiot pushing this Russia narrative.

Hate to be rude like that but we're like 6 months into this Russian thing and you're still posting tweets with "probably" as some kind of "news".

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

Not only that but Trump didn't fire him until things starting coming out in the media. Trump had already been briefed on Flynn's conversations with the Russian ambassador well before any media reports. Pence only found out through the media. Apparently Trump was keeping it from Pence as well. Then Trump proceeded to complain about the "illegal leaks" to the media that got Flynn fired.

#lockhimup
#crookedflynn
#whatdidthepresidentknowandwhendidheknowit
#he'saspygetoverit

 

[Rex Kwon Do]

I hope Lord Trump locks this traitorous cuck up. Working for foreign governments? What a scumbag.

 

[blackhat]

 

[GSP_37]

Old news though. Lock him up!

Extreme vetting... done incompetently or they knew and were fine with it... as long as they got a cut of the foreign money. Either is bad, so distraction time! Canada trade tariffs! Why not?

There's probably a team of 50 staffers in charge of coming up with a list of things to do as distractions.

 

[Orgasmo]

Looks like the only thing winning these days are the enlarged swamp under Trump.

 

[HomerThompson]

He's being singled out for something which is nearly universal in Washington.

The DNC/Hillary leaks needed a smoke screen (sloppy Russia story nobody believed) and a witch hunt ensued when the public wouldn't conveniently forget the accusations.

It became apparent they had nothing on Trump (imaginary pee fetish videos), but abnormal scrutiny was applied to everyone around him. Finding anything at all would be a participation trophy of sorts (See the bizarre, kangaroo-court style game of "gotcha" that took place with the Sessions questioning).

Flynn is a Trump-Democrat too, ie a guy with no friends, so nobody in their right mind would take the fall for him. Walls closed in.

In our wildest dreams something good would come of this -- it would set a precedent for stricter screening for suspect foreign business affiliations in federal politics -- but we all know that won't happen. It will be back to normal right after he's gone and everyone will go back to turning a blind eye. Flynn was the nearest convenient object they could throw at Russia's head.

Your mind has weaved quite the bizarre narrative there. You might might to check the doses on your meds. Just FYI.

 

[Aegon Spengler]

Well that settles it then. Because Trump brags about hiring good people that totally proves he was stealing the election via Flynn's lobbying. Makes total sense.

 

[skold]

How's all that winning coming along?

 

[HomerThompson]

How's all that winning coming along?

Bigly.

 

[second sight]

The Daily Caller reports:

“A LOBBYING FIRM CLOSELY ALLIED WITH HILLARY CLINTON HAS REGISTERED AS A FOREIGN AGENT FOR A UKRAINIAN ORGANIZATION WITH TIES TO RUSSIA’S PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN.

PAUL MANAFORT, THE FORMER CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN FOR DONALD TRUMP’S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, ALSO PLANS TO REGISTER WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FOR WORK HE DID FOR THE SAME GROUP, THE EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR A MODERN UKRAINE.

A SPOKESMAN FOR MANAFORT MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT JUST AFTER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED THAT THE PODESTA GROUP HAS REGISTERED WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT (FARA) FOR WORK DONE FOR THE EUROPEAN CENTRE BETWEEN 2012 AND 2014.

THE PODESTA GROUP, WHICH RECEIVED $1.2 MILLION FOR THE WORK, IS OPERATED BY TONY PODESTA, A MAJOR DEMOCRATIC DONOR AND THE BROTHER OF CLINTON CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN JOHN PODESTA.”

This is not the Clinton’s or the Podesta’s only shady ties to Russia.

While she was Secretary of State, Clinton headed one of nine federal agencies that could have recommended President Obama to stop a deal where an energy company connected to the Russian government purchased 20 percent of North America’s uranium stock.

The Clinton Foundation failed to disclose a contribution from the company’s CEO and it led many to wonder why they were hiding the money.

In addition, campaign chairman John Podesta was financially linked to the Russian government.

The Daily Caller reported he was the possible target of a Russian influence campaign:

“THE ADVISOR’S CLOSE ASSOCIATIONS WITH RUSSIAN BUSINESS LEADERS STARTED IN 2011, WHEN AGREED TO JOIN THE BOARDS OF THREE INTERTWINED COMPANIES: BOSTON-BASED JOULE UNLIMITED, ROTTERDAM-BASED JOULE GLOBAL HOLDINGS AND JOULE GLOBAL STICHTING, THE COMPANY’S CONTROLLING INTEREST. STICHTING WAS BASED IN THE HAGUE.

THE NONPROFIT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INSTITUTE (GAI) FIRST EXPOSED PODESTA’S RUSSIAN LINKS AT JOULE IN A HIGHLY-DETAILED REPORT RELEASED IN 2016.

PODESTA LEFT JOULE LEADERSHIP IN JANUARY, 2014, THE SAME MONTH HE JOINED THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.

HIS TIME ON THE JOULE BOARD COINCIDED WITH CLINTON’S STATE DEPARTMENT TENURE WHEN SHE WAS PURSUING THE “RUSSIAN RESET” POLICY WITH MOSCOW…

… LATER, ARAM GRIGORIAN JOINED VARDANIAN ON THE JOULE BOARDS. HE WAS TROIKA’S MANAGING DIRECTOR WHO ENGINEERED AN HISTORIC MERGER OF HIS BANK WITH SBERBANK, THE COUNTRY’S LARGEST BANK. GRIGORIAN CURRENTLY SERVES AS JOULE’S VICE CHAIRMAN.

SHORTLY AFTER PODESTA JOINED JOULE, ANOTHER TOP RUSSIAN APPEARED: ANATOLY CHUBAIS, CEO OF A STATE-OWNED COMPANY CALLED RUSNANO. THE COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED BY PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN. CHUBAIS ALSO BROUGHT WITH HIM ONE BILLION RUBLES [WORTH AN ESTIMATED $35 MILLION] AS INVESTMENT CAPITAL TO JOULE.”

 

[Anung Un Rama]

This is old news.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-flynn-idUSKBN17401F

 

[PainIsLIfe]

And now we know why Trump asked him to step down.

Actually Trump didn't ask him to step down when he found out. He waited another 2+ weeks until the media found out and then asked him to step down.

 

[TheComebackKid]

Actually Trump didn't ask him to step down when he found out. He waited another 2+ weeks until the media found out and then asked him to step down.

And my statement stands

 

[PainIsLIfe]

And my statement stands

Your statement implied that Trump canned Flynn for 'probably' breaking the law or at best for being a foreign agent.

Trump didn't have a problem with either; so long as the media didn't know about it. That should really bother you regardless of party affiliation.