If that was Obama's national security advisor or personal lawyer, or campaign manager, or deputy campaign manager -- would you be talking all of that "its just a technicality" shit??
Flynn if not accused of any crime of substance but rather for making misstatements to the FBI
Lying to the FBI is a pretty substantial charge. Clinton was impeached for lying about a consensual blowjob. Flynn lied about secretly dealing with Russia on behalf of Trump's campaign.
What lie did flynn tell?
He is not accused of any other crime except a misstatement given without legal council present
Not true. He spoke with Russian officials on what to do about Obama's sanctions. Then he lied about it. Then Pence, based on Flynn's lies, told falsehoods. Then Flynn lied again. Then he got caught.
The Mueller report's account of Michael Flynn's lies
Yet is flynn had told the FBI “Sure I talked to the russians” ,which is not a crime, that would be the end of it
Flynn was called by Andrew McCabe before the FBI Investigators came to talk with him, and given a heads up that they were coming to talk to him about his calls with Ambassador Kislyak, so Flynn was well aware their questions would be about what he and Kislyak discussed.
Then, the court documents say, that Flynn joked back with McCabe with a comment something like, why talk with me when they likely have the recordings...?
Do I feel sorry for Flynn... yes, certainly... but more in the sense that it's sad to see him involved in things that I would have never imagined... in my perceived views of a General and his ingrained honor.... not the crap with the Turks, being an agent of a foreign power without legally declaring it, and being stupid enough to LIE about the content of his conversations with the Russian Ambassador to the gosh darn FBI, when he KNEW from his years and years of experience, that the Russian Ambassador's calls, were monitored... and why would he lie to VP Pence and Priebus about it? And then let Priebus and Pence go out and lie to the American people about it? What the heck?
That's simply bonkers for a General and a previous head of National Intelligence to do.... doesn't it seem bonkers to you??
So, my thoughts are... either the good Lord stupefied him... thus the revealing of his lying character....
Or, maybe he wanted to cover, for the commander n chief elect, who likely told him to talk with Kislyak and tell him to ignore the new US sanctions by Obama and kicking out all the Russian operative diplomats, and not retaliate.. and to do this in secret.....? And the good military entrenched man the General was...
for some reason, was trying to take a hit, for the commander n chief elect???
The lesson learned, is always tell the truth....when the FBI is questioning you...because they likely know the answers to some of those questions they ask, before they ask them...
