Posted on 05/10/2020 4:45:02 PM PDT by Libloather
I stopped at your question so if it was answered above I apologize.
They wanted to get Flynn prosecuted or fired. They got him fired. Andrew Weismann and the 7th floor of the FBI got him prosecuted by the Special Counsel.
This was all a dirty game. They leaked the Flynn call to the media. They leaked for an article the day before they ambush interviewed him that FBI had reviewed his call and found nothing wrong to put him at ease.
Pence went on the Sunday shows and talked about the situation with Russia. Afterwards, the FBI/DOJ ran to the White House and told them that what Pence said was different than what Flynn said. I believe Flynn did not remember the conversation verbatim. They then (if memory serves) told the media that Flynn and Pence had said different things.
This was dirty. The new White House had its first big scandal. Either Flynn or the FBI/DOJ lied about who said what. They created a kerfluffle. Pence/Trump/Priebus believed the FBI/DOJ and they jettisoned Flynn saying “he lied to Pence”.
The real question now is “did he really lie” or was this another scam/scandal created by the deep state coup to fulfill their stated goal (Priestep notes) to get him fired?
I’m ready for Matt Whitaker at the FBI.
I would be happy with him also......
See 41 below
I think Flynn did not remember the conversation verbatim.
The “difference” in what Pence said on the Sunday Show and what the FBI/DOJ said Flynn said on the phone call and in his meeting with investigators was probably created by the FBI/DOJ.
They leaked repeatedly to the media and created a crap storm. We know now based on the transcript from Sally Yates that FBI/DOJ went to the White House and said Pence and Flynn were saying different things.
New administration and if I recall correctly this was the first of many leaked controversies created in the media. The White House believed the FBI/DOJ over Flynn. We don’t know the whole story of this, but there is no doubt in my mind that they engineered it.
They got him fired. Just like they said they wanted to do. The White House likely did not suspect at that point that the FBI/DOJ would lie to them or undermine them like this.
This is my best guess....
“I’m ready for Matt Whitaker at the FBI.”
A while back I heard he’s Legal Counsel for PC Matic — but am not sure that’s true.
I love what he has to say when he’s on Fox panels.
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