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Obama warned Trump about hiring Flynn, sources say
CNN ^ | 05/08/2017 | Jim Acosta and Jeremy Diamond, CNN

Posted on 05/08/2017 9:50:38 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

Washington (CNN) — Then-President Barack Obama warned President-elect Donald Trump in November against hiring retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as his national security adviser, former Obama administration officials confirmed to CNN.

Obama warned Trump about Flynn during their Oval Office meeting on November 10, days after Trump was elected president.

Obama's concerns, which he relayed to Trump, were not related to the firing of Flynn from the Defense Intelligence Agency but rather in the course of the investigation into Russian interference into the 2016 election.

"Flynn's name kept popping up," according to a senior Obama administration source.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: concerntroll; flynn; ledeen; michaelflynn; michaelledeen; obama; trump; trumptransition
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It'd be easy to dismiss this as just more Fake News from the Clinton News Network, except it would be credible to think that Obama and the NSA had hacked and wiretapped General Flynn just as he did everyone else.
1 posted on 05/08/2017 9:50:38 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

If he “warned him,” why didn’t he fire him? Flynn was an OBAMA hire.


2 posted on 05/08/2017 9:52:53 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Responsibility2nd

Except that I could care less what Obama warned Trump about.

Did he also tell Trump to let Russia have Crimea, Ukraine and Syria? Because that’s what Obama did. Did he advise Trump to sell Russia our uranium?

Perspective is a valuable thing.


3 posted on 05/08/2017 9:53:33 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 5h5 hours ago General Flynn was given the highest security clearance by the Obama Administration - but the Fake News seldom likes talking about that. 18,503 replies 9,076 retweets 30,800 likes
4 posted on 05/08/2017 9:53:36 AM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Sorry, this fake news won’t hide Obama’s horrible legacy.

He should have thought of the legacy aspect before he decided to make America worse.


5 posted on 05/08/2017 9:53:40 AM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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Hah! Trump Tweet in response....

General Flynn was given the highest security clearance by the Obama Administration - but the Fake News seldom likes talking about that.


6 posted on 05/08/2017 9:54:24 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

What a BS master.
I told em. I told em.


7 posted on 05/08/2017 9:56:31 AM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: Responsibility2nd

The real story: Once Trump started using Flynn as an advisor during the campaign, Obama intensified their spying on Flynn.

What a vile tactic it is to say someone’s name “kept popping up” without any charge or context.

Of course his name started popping up, they were spying on him!


8 posted on 05/08/2017 9:56:54 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Hmm.

Mr. Sources giving more information to CNN, I see.

Mr. Sources shows up everywhere. Giving information to all the msm. A very connected person. We need to all listen when Mr. Sources speaks. At least the msm seems to give Mr. Sources a lot of credit for his valuable information.


9 posted on 05/08/2017 9:57:19 AM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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bttt


10 posted on 05/08/2017 9:59:09 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Na, fake news


11 posted on 05/08/2017 9:59:10 AM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Viva Le Deplorable)
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To: reasonisfaith

If legacy is so important to Obama, he shouldn’t have kept Lois Lerner, that Yates woman, Lynch, Susan Rice, Hillary Clinton, Holder, Jarrett, any of his DHS people or any of the other anti-American subversives in his administration.


12 posted on 05/08/2017 9:59:57 AM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: Responsibility2nd

Warned because Obama didn’t like him - probably not a hint of what Obama had done to illegally gather info on him.


13 posted on 05/08/2017 10:01:45 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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This CNN article is #FAKENEWS, just trying to make Obama look good and make Trump look bad.

More of the same CNN #FAKENEWS.

CNN #FAKENEWS

14 posted on 05/08/2017 10:02:58 AM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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Don’t be too sure. I sense DJT wants to avenge Flynn for the grease-fire treatment the RATS gave him, and restore his name.

Make them think twice about attacking his people if they have to answer for it for a year under oath.


15 posted on 05/08/2017 10:03:17 AM PDT by txhurl (BOOM BOOM! - what is it - :)
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To: DanielRedfoot

Don’t be too sure. I sense DJT wants to avenge Flynn for the grease-fire treatment the RATS gave him, and restore his name.

Make them think twice about attacking his people if they have to answer for it for a year under oath.


16 posted on 05/08/2017 10:03:17 AM PDT by txhurl (BOOM BOOM! - what is it - :)
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To: Responsibility2nd

You know, working in Chicago a lot and being familiar with the personages there, I warned US voters about hiring Barry Soetoro — but, hey, they did not listen.


17 posted on 05/08/2017 10:05:11 AM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...

Sure he did.

Trump: ‘Flynn was given the highest security clearance by the Obama Administration

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/332330-trump-goes-after-fake-news-flynn-was-given-the-highest-security


18 posted on 05/08/2017 10:14:29 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Happy days are here again!)
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To: reasonisfaith

A Kenyan safari organizer who makes it all the way to POTUS is not concerned about a legacy. He has lived beyond his wildest dreams.


19 posted on 05/08/2017 10:17:13 AM PDT by 353FMG
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Let's assume he did warn him; we can then also assume he didn't tell him why. To do so, would have been self-incriminatory.
20 posted on 05/08/2017 10:25:37 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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