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Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has reportedly offered to testify about President Trump's campaign and Russia:
President Trump's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has reportedly told the FBI that he is willing to testify about the Trump campaign's potential ties to Russia, in exchange for immunity from prosecution, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Flynn resigned in February, after it was reported that he misled White House staff on his interactions with Russia and had discussed sanctions with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak ahead of President Trump's inauguration. The Journal reported, citing officials familiar with the matter, that the FBI and the House and Senate Intelligence committees that are investigating Russia's attempts to interfere in the U.S. election have not taken his lawyers up on the offer.
Flynn's lawyer said in a statement that "General Flynn certainly has a story to tell, and he very much wants to tell it, should the circumstances permit."
[...] In September, criticizing Hillary Clinton over former aides being given immunity deals as part of an investigation into her private email server, Flynn said, "When you're given immunity that means you've probably committed a crime."
Also at the LA Times, the Washington Post, Bloomberg, NYT, and Politico.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @04:20PM (2 children)
Unless Russia directly tampered with votes, everything else is fair game right? I've heard and seen many European ministers and heads of state openly support Hilary on European national television/radio.
Making a public statement of support where everybody knows who is speaking and exactly what they said is entirely different. Russia has been working a massive disinformation campaign, spreading lies to gullible people. And it isn't just the US, they've done it in Ukraine and are currently doing it in Germany. Probably doing it in other baltic states to. Putin has a whole bunch of motives, from fracturing NATO to convincing Russian citizens that rule by autocrat isn't any worse than rule by democracy.
(Score: 2) by n1 on Friday March 31 2017, @05:34PM (1 child)
Much of the report on the Russian propaganda/election interference focused on RT, which is exactly what you want... People knowing where it's coming from... Obviously it doesn't end there for Russian propaganda... But then from the NATO side there are hundreds if not thousands of think-tanks, lobbyists and corporate interest who do make propaganda to deceive and lie by omission which supports their ongoing business relationships with governments and policy making groups around the world, especially in the US and UK... These are often directly funded by the government, and staffed by people who have been in government and or military positions, but are promoted as academic/research groups, which just happen to continually support government policy with very few or no caveats... The worst they will ask is for the government or sponsors to spend more time and money doing what they're already doing. Manufacturing consent and consensus.
There's been enough disinformation in Ukraine from every possible angle for decades... Much like the Kurds in the middle east, Ukrainians and residents of Crimea especially are just pawns in other people's geopolitical games...
But if fracturing NATO was the plan, it's been a massive backfire since the key NATO players are not pushing for an end to NATO, they want more of it. More military spending from all NATO members. Trump administration can only praise the alliance now, just wishing it had more money and equipment.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-us-nato-idUKKBN1721DJ [reuters.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @06:11PM
> But if fracturing NATO was the plan, it's been a massive backfire
Don't confuse results with intentions.
Only omnipotence can guarantee results and if you are omnipotent, you don't have to dick around with secret machinations.