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Justice Department opens inquiry into FBI interview at heart of Flynn's guilty plea
NBC "News" ^ | February 14, 2020 | By Carol E. Lee

Posted on 02/14/2020 11:16:01 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department recently opened an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the FBI's interview of Michael Flynn while he was serving as President Donald Trump's national security adviser, according to two people familiar with the inquiry.

Flynn pleaded guilty to giving false statements to the FBI during that interview, but recently asked to withdraw that plea, further delaying his sentencing.

Attorney General William Barr asked the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, Jeffrey Jensen, to look into Flynn's FBI interview, the people familiar with the inquiry said. The inquiry began within the past month, they said.

Around that same time, federal prosecutors on the Flynn case came under pressure from senior Justice Department officials to recommend a lighter sentence for Flynn than they had proposed, according to people familiar with the matter.

A third person familiar with the inquiry said Jensen is broadly reviewing the Flynn case.

Asked about the inquiry into Flynn's FBI interview, a spokesperson for Jensen said, "I can't answer those questions" and directed questions to the Justice Department.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2016; fbi; flynn; witchhunt
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1 posted on 02/14/2020 11:16:02 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I don’t give a flip what Barr does anymore, a s s h o l e


2 posted on 02/14/2020 11:17:54 AM PST by ImNotLying (The Constitution is an instrument for the people to restrain the government...Patrick Henry)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yeah, whatever.


3 posted on 02/14/2020 11:18:44 AM PST by bkopto
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4 posted on 02/14/2020 11:20:48 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (BLACK LIVES MAGA)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Just let us know when this happens...


5 posted on 02/14/2020 11:22:12 AM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: bkopto

Here is the only trend I look at and do not believe anything anyone in DC says, points toward or hints at:

Stone - Guilty

Flynn - Guilty

Papadopoulos - Guilty

Gates - Guilty

Cohen - Guilty

McCabe - No Crime

Comey - No Crime

Brennan - No Crime

Clapper - No Crime

Podesta - No Crime

Hitlery - No Crime


6 posted on 02/14/2020 11:22:21 AM PST by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How dumb do these people think we are?


7 posted on 02/14/2020 11:22:39 AM PST by JoSixChip (I'm an American Nationalist)
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To: ImNotLying

Most of you, at least those who post, are childish.

We don’t have public hangings, they don’t arrest judges, and all the other things you scream for like babies.

Barr is a professional and btw there is nothing wrong for our side in this particular story.

Some days you eat the Barr, and some days he eats you.


8 posted on 02/14/2020 11:24:10 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: JoSixChip

They know that if they could get away with Epstein in broad daylight (just like JFK) they can get away with ANYTHING.


9 posted on 02/14/2020 11:24:35 AM PST by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The FBI can fabricate FD-302s anytime it chooses because shut up.


10 posted on 02/14/2020 11:25:37 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Truth is hate to people who hate truth.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

NBC? This will be well received by supporters of FLynn. Interesting to see NBC flying top cover for Bagpipe Bill on this one. What the heck is going on?


11 posted on 02/14/2020 11:25:51 AM PST by lodi90
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I guess barr needs to vindicate all of Flynn’s FBlie interviewers!


12 posted on 02/14/2020 11:25:59 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Mouton

In case you didn’t notice, this story is about reviewing whether Flynn was mistreated.

You want a Justice syste. that reads like a scorecard? I don’t.


13 posted on 02/14/2020 11:26:18 AM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Throwing out a bone to shut us up. Why else is this being reported TODAY?


14 posted on 02/14/2020 11:27:02 AM PST by truthkeeper (All Trump Has Going for Him is the Votes)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Breaking: Michael Avanatti was convicted on all three counts in the Nike extortion case.


15 posted on 02/14/2020 11:28:24 AM PST by circlecity
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To: ImNotLying

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmo/meet-us-attorney

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/meet-us-attorney

I don’t know what Barr is up to but look at these two US Attorneys he has put on the case this week. One to see what the hell happened with Flynn, the other to look into Rudy’s Ukrainian research. No one is more pi$$ed off about McCabe than me but these two picks don’t look like typical swamp justice.


16 posted on 02/14/2020 11:29:19 AM PST by hardspunned
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It’s funny because up to this point you are the only one who has mentioned public hangings, arresting judges, and screaming babies.


17 posted on 02/14/2020 11:29:19 AM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: JoSixChip

“How dumb do these people think we are?”

In their bubble echo chamber, we are gun-crazy, beer-guzzling, sports- and smartphone-consumed, porn-adicted, Walmart-loving hicks.

Um...wait...


18 posted on 02/14/2020 11:29:20 AM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I don’t believe I’ll be holding my breath.


19 posted on 02/14/2020 11:29:37 AM PST by ryderann
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Flynn’s crime was making public his intent as head of the NSC to clean house and reduce the political holdovers that had ballooned the committee to 400 or more heads. The Swamp was not about to let him do that. He also criticized the Obama administration for their Iran bribe deal.

The piece of “evidence” that got him in the most trouble was when he was invited to a promotional ceremony by RT (Russian Television) and seated at the same table as Vladimir Putin. From then on he was targeted as a Russian agent. This was completely debunked by the Mueller report but not until the DOJ had ruined his life and drained his finances to the point he had to sell his house. When Mueller’s agents threatened to drag his son into the case based on later debunked charges he folded to the advice of his corrupt legal team and took a plea. Sidney Powell is doing everything she can under the law to reverse this travesty.


20 posted on 02/14/2020 11:30:05 AM PST by Dave Wright
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