Friday, May 1, 2020

Russiagate - Flynn, The Fix Was In

As the title implies, most of today's chapter will be devoted to the Flynn case. First, to get  it out of the way, there is a continued pouring of outrage from the first release this week, showing how Priestap, McCabe, Strzok, Sally Yates and James Comey plotted to bring down Gen. Flynn. John Dietrich at AmThink, General Flynn vs. The Deep State, Julie Kelly at AmGreat, The Betrayal of General Mike Flynn,  Matt Palumbo, Newly Unsealed Flynn Documents Prove Trump Was Right to Fire Sally Yates, Capt. Ed at Hot Air, FBI Notes: Hey, How Do We Trap Flynn In A Lie And Get Him Fired — Or Prosecuted?, and  Trump To Acosta: I Sure Hope CNN Will Cover What These FBI “Dirty Cops” Did To Flynn.  From atop Da Hill, Trump: CNN, others 'should pay a big price for what they have purposely done' to Flynn.  From "Tyler Durnden" at Zero Hedge, "Something Far More Troubling Here" - Trump Rages At Docs Exposing FBI Entrapment Of General Flynn. Sundance at CTH, President Trump Oval Office Remarks About New Discoveries in Flynn Case…. and from Fox, Trump says he would 'certainly consider' bringing Flynn back into his administration. Nevertheless, WaPoo found three anonymous experts who claim FBI notes on Michael Flynn unlikely to convince judge he was entrapped. They might be right.

The Flynn saga inspired Smitty at The Other McCain to wax poetic in Flynn Won Twitter.
An interesting twitter thread from Kimberly Strassel starting here. To which, Insty replies, THE FBI IS A CESSPIT OF CORRUPTION AND SHOULD BE ABOLISHED. Scott Shackford at Reason, Much of the FBI's Treatment of Mike Flynn Was Business as Usual, and That's the Scandal. David Reboi is Waiting for a single honest NeverTrumper to finally apologize for cheering on the destruction of Michael Flynn and calling him a traitor for several years. An honest, heartfelt “I’m sorry” is a good place to start. Good luck with that. Tom Maguire at JOM asks at good question, The Deep State In Action "So basically the interview was exactly the set-up it looked like. Does Trump pardon Flynn now or let the Durham investigation play out?" Daniel John Sobieski at AmThink details how Flynn Entrapment was McCabe's Revenge, while Tristan Justice at Da Fed reminds us how Comey Bragged About Violating FBI Policy To Ambush Flynn In Corrupt Setup, and Jeff Dunetz at Da Lid thinks Gen. Flynn Never Violated Logan Act, But John Kerry Violated It Often. We need a judicial opinion on the Logan Act. Stop using it politically or get it off the books. News Thud, Nikki Haley on New Flynn Docs “People need to pay for this and the FBI needs to answer”. Sen. Grassley via Twitchy, ‘The ppl deserve answers’: Sen. Chuck Grassley has some Mueller-related questions about the new Flynn documents (based on what’s stamped on them)
Sundance, Sidney Powell Reacts to Latest Revelations in Flynn Case…



Liz Vaughn at Red State claims Joe diGenova says Former FBI General Counsel James Baker Has Flipped and There’s a Mole Inside the FBI. "DiGenova told Carr there is now a mole inside the FBI “who is leaking to the press about the current conduct of FBI Director Christopher Wray and his general counsel, Dana Boente."  A mole telling the truth? Ace, Joe DiGenova: FBI General Counsel James Baker Has "Flipped" and There's A Mole Inside the FBI - UPDATE: MORE DAMNING RECORDS RELEASED. Jim Hoft at Gateway, BREAKING: Former FBI General Counsel James Baker Has Flipped! Durham is Building Conspiracy Case on All of Those Who Lied to the Court! We should be so lucky.

Interesting news to me, at least from Sean Davis at Da Fed, Flynn’s Original Defense Team Repeatedly Rejected Congressional Immunity Overtures
After Flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements to federal investigators, representatives of multiple congressional committees with oversight responsibility for national security matters asked Flynn’s lawyers if Flynn would testify before Congress in exchange for a congressional grant of immunity. Robert Kelner, Flynn’s attorney at the time, immediately dismissed the overtures, sources told The Federalist. During one conversation, Kelner allegedly responded that in situations like the one facing Flynn, the prosecution essentially “owns” the defendant and added that he would be unlikely to pursue congressional testimony without the approval of former Spygate Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office.

Flynn was not told of these immunity conversations with congressional officials before they were rejected on his behalf, a source familiar with Flynn’s case told The Federalist. The former White House national security adviser and three-star Army general fired Kelner and the rest of his defense team at the Covington law firm in June 2019 and is currently trying to withdraw his guilty plea.
It appears Gen. Flynn's original team, the firm that included Eric Holder among it's partners, was actually working for the other team.

From Sundance, Jim Jordan Discusses Newly Release FBI Documents in Case Against Michael Flynn…



And now, onto the news alluded to by Ace above.
Gregg Re at Fox, Strzok stopped FBI from ending Flynn probe despite lack of 'derogatory' evidence, unsealed documents reveal
Chuck Ross at Da Caller, FBI Planned To Close Michael Flynn Investigation, And Then Peter Strzok Intervened. Ace, Documents: FBI Found No Derogatory Information On Michael Flynn and Ordered the Investigation Into Him to Be Closed. Then Trump Deranged Political Operative Peter Strzok Ordered the Case Be Reopened to Find Anything. "Necks need to be stretched."Including an appearance of Stefan Halper, who tried to set Flynn up to appear a Russian stooge. Twitchy, Newly unsealed texts show Peter Strzok intervened to keep Michael Flynn’s case open after FBI declared case ‘no longer viable’ after intervention of James Comey.
Old new verified by News Thud,  New Texts Show Peter Strzok, Lisa Page Altered Flynn Interview Notes
Per Newsmax, yet another bombshell development emerged Thursday in the case of former National Security Adviser Gen. Michael Flynn: the release of additional exculpatory evidence FBI officials had withheld from the courts and the defense for three years.

Crucially, this includes evidence that the Bureau’s official “302 report” filed by the lead agent who interviewed Flynn was edited multiple times, including by an official who never participated in the interview.

Thursday’s revelations come on top of yesterday’s disclosures indicating an apparent attempt by FBI officials to trap Flynn into committing a criminal offense during an interview.

The new revelation could prove even more significant: In addition to the apparently calculated effort to get Flynn to commit perjury or obstruction, top FBI figures, including FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok and FBI lawyer Lisa Page, repeatedly altered the “302 report” that was filed after the Flynn interview.
And saving the most for last, sundance claims evidence Obama White House ordered continued Flynn persecution, Additional 11-Pages of FBI Documents Unsealed – Biggest Surprise: President Obama Implicated…
Which leads to a 2:22pm message where Peter Strzok notes “7th floor involved”. That means FBI Director James Comey is now engaged on the issue.

James Comey being actively engaged is important. Previously Comey said he was unaware of what they were doing… Additionally this text and activity is January 4, 2017.

The very next day, January 5th, James Comey goes to the White House for a meeting with President Obama and Vice-President Biden.

January 5th is the White House meeting where National Security Advisor Susan Rice, FBI Director James Comey (Crossfire Hurricane), and Deputy AG Sally Yates (Flynn FARA) are talking to President Obama about the status of the Flynn FBI investigation and President Obama says “by the book”.

  • 1/4/17 – FBI wants to close investigation.
  • 1/4/17 – Peter Strzok says no wait… I have a plan.
  • 1/4/17 – James Comey involved. “7th Floor Involved”
  • 1/5/17 – James Comey goes to White House.
  • 1/5/17 – President Obama says: OK, but make sure “by the book”. [Susan Rice Memo]
Skipping ahead to the early days of the Trump administration Breitbart reports Joe Biden Was at Meeting Where James Comey Was Told to Brief Trump on Steele Dossier. Trump being briefed was the "newshook" that allowed the Steele Dossier, already in wide circulation among the media and politicians, to be made public. Curiously 53% of American Voters Still Believe Fake News that Steele ‘Pee’ Dossier Was Accurate, probably all Democrats, and a smattering of left leaning indies. Chuck Ross at Da Caller again, Steele Gave New Details About Clinton Ally’s Interest In The Dossier
"Strobe Talbott, the former president of the Brookings Institution, contacted him in the months leading up to the 2016 election inquiring about an investigation he was conducting at the time into Trump’s possible ties to Russia, Steele said in a sworn deposition on March 18."
Miscellaneous, at Da Caller, Angelo Codevilla says I Helped Write FISA. Let’s Destroy It. Yup. Tristan Justice at Da Fed, GOP Senators Request Records And Interviews With Key State Department Players In Biden Probe. Hmm. And Roger Stone gets a 30 day reprieve thanks to WuFlu, Roger Stone Gets Good News, Gets 30 Day Delay In Reporting To Prison To Begin Sentence, but from CNN Roger Stone to appeal guilty verdict, denial of new trial of course.
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