Trump says he would ācertainly considerā bringing convicted felon Michael Flynn back into administration
Flynn pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador before Trump's inauguration. He is trying to withdraw his guilty plea.
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President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would ācertainly considerā bringing Michael Flynn, a convicted felon who served as Trumpās first national security advisor, back into his administration.
āI think heās a fine man, I think itās terrible would they did to him,ā Trump told a reporter at the White House who asked if he might bring Flynn back into the fold.
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One never knows if these musings of lunacy are done for effect or perhaps to once again test the blind loyalty of The Following.
If you cut through the wing nut conspiracy theories and feigned outrage by the Liar-in-Chief you'll find a man, Flynn, who confessed to and was convicted of a crime. A man who was excoriated by the presiding judge for a betrayal of his country.
With every day that passes the Orange Fraud goes a little further down the rabbit hole.
Show us hwere he said that. Here is the whole transcript-
Jim: (
17:17)
Mister president, can I ask you about General Flynn?
Donald Trump: (
17:20)
Yeah.
Jim: (
17:21)
Are you going to pardon them? This is what you tweeted back in December of 2017. I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the vice president and the FBI. Do you still believe that he lied to the vice president and the FBI?
Donald Trump: (
17:32)
Yeah. Well, I tell you, sure. When I looked at what they did to him, they tormented him. Dirty cops tormented General Flynn. General Flynn is a fine man. 35 years or so in the military. You donāt get to be where he is by being bad. That I can tell you. And then right at the beginning of the administration, the dirty cops came in and youāve seen the notes, Jim. I mean whether youāre on our side, that side, whatever, I mean I assume, letās all talk about fairness. What they did to General Flynn, and by the way to Roger Stone and to others was a disaster and it would disgrace and it should never be allowed to happen in this country again. And what I really hoped, because CNN tormented him in all fairness, I really hope to see, because they havenāt been doing it. And I appreciate your question. I hope to see that CNN will not even apologize, which they should, but just cover it fairly because heās in the process of being exonerated.
Donald Trump: (
18:36)
If you look at those notes from yesterday, that was total exoneration. These were dirty, filthy cops at the top of the FBI. And you know the names better than I do, and they were dishonest people. Now we have to see whatās going to happen. But General Flynn was treated like nobody should. And Iām not talking about generals, Iām saying like nobody at this country should be treated. And they did it right at the beginning. They did it right-
Jim: (
19:04)
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Donald Trump: (
19:05)
Well, look at what they did to the guy. I mean he couldnāt have known too much what was happening. They came at him with 15 buses and heās standing in the middle of a highway. What they did to this man, they tormented him. They destroyed him. But heās going to come back, like I say, heās going to come back bigger and better. But what they did to him, and I hear thereās a lot of other stuff coming out if I believe everything Iām reading because I like to stay out of it. I donāt have to stay out of it at all, but I like to stay out of it. And Jim, what they did to him is terrible and I hope that CNN is going to give them a fair shake and cover it because I think itās very important. Yes?
Jim: (
19:44)
Just a follow up on was it a mistake to fire him? Would you bring him back on to the administration?
Donald Trump: (
19:49)
Well, what I wish I had was all the information where they were out to get him. They wanted him ⦠They were trying to force him to lie. You see the written statements where they were trying to force him into a position where we can get them on a lie or can we get them this way or that way? This is terrible. This is like what happened in, and Iām not going to name the countries because we deal with these countries. Okay. But what would happen in other countries, not the USA.
Donald Trump: (
20:17)
What they did to General Flynn and others and others is a disgrace. And I hope really, I hope your networks are going to cover it because Iāve seen where itās the biggest story in the world a year ago in a year and a year and half, Flynn, Flynn, Flynn, and then heās essentially exonerated. Now, thatās not official yet. But when you read the notes, how could you do anything else? And I hear thereās much [crosstalk 00

42] I hear Jim, I hear thereās much more coming up. I think it would be so good for CNN if you covered it honestly, and if you reported honestly, that would be so good for the network. Okay, with that, thank you all very much. [crosstalk 00:00

57]. Thank you Jim.
Donald Trump: Okay. Thank you very much. It's an honor to be with governor Phil Murphy, a wonderful state known as New Jersey. I spent a lot of time in Ne...
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