UNLESS -- you know that Flynn informed them about the links to the same
Turkish groups that the PODESTA was mining for contracts as well. Mueller wouldn't WANT to charge Flynn with FARA issues if that meant he'd have to do it to PODESTA as well..
Turkey's coup attempt a boon for lobbyists
The other side's most prominent response has been through the Alliance for Shared Values, a non-profit umbrella group for Gülen-inspired U.S. organizations. The alliance hired The Podesta Group, a lobbying and public relations firm, in the spring to shape its image amid the avalanche of legal and political attacks.
So, working for U.S. organizations (as opposed to working for the Turkish government as Flynn did) requires registering as foreign agent now? When did that happen?
That group was SHELTERING an alleged mastermind and organizer of the Coup in Turkey.. That was their SOLE purpose.. To back and fund a coup in Turkey on behalf of this Guilen guy.. It quickly MAGNIFIES into a foreign interest lobbying effort. ESPECIALLY with Turkey as (theoretically) a strategic ALLY of the US...
Podesta was also on the "other side" of the lobbying for Ukranian govt interests from Manafort. But unlike Manafort, he was allowed to FARA register after the fact with no consequences..
But more IMPORTANTLY, Podesta was representing the interests of 100s of powerful Russian Oligarchs and Mafioso thru SberBank DURING THE CAMPAIGN. SberBank literally OWNS 1/3 of ALL RUSSIAN assets. And Putin himself as well as the Oligarchs have MAJOR holding in SberBank.
Any ONE of those oligarchs had ample motive to spy on Podesta and campaign and could have EASILY hacked Podesta's phone. For instance. No justice... No sense of equality of justice. Yet MAJOR "russian connections" yet again for the Dem party....