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posted by Fnord666 on Friday March 31 2017, @01:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the trump-card dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by GungnirSniper on Friday March 31 2017, @06:50PM (10 children)

    by GungnirSniper (1671) on Friday March 31 2017, @06:50PM (#487240) Journal

    Hillary could be President today, but refused to run with the momentum of Bernie Sanders by making him the VP candidate. All she had to do was build off his enthusiastic support, but instead she chose the bland, uncharismatic Tim Kaine. What did he provide her? A few thousand votes at best? Even old Joe Biden would have been a better option than the imminently forgettable Tim Kaine.

    So when the Democrats complain that "Russia stole the election" what they mean is that white middle-America voted "the wrong way". As urban elites, they look down on those same voters, who they view as gullible idiots. Their line of thinking is basically that "Russian (maybe) hackers stole our emails (true) and the release of this information influenced the election (unprovable)." Never do they positively consider these middle-American voters in their planks or messaging.

    What they never utter is Hillary's hawkish stances and proven ineptitude in handling the American response to the Arab Spring showed she was both a threat to Russian interests both at Russia's border and beyond. Hillary is such a non-Democrat in that regard that for the first time in decades the Republican candidate was seen by the Russians as a friendlier option. So every time they mention with hysteria how the Russians influenced this election, are just upset they didn't have Russian help this round?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @07:09PM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @07:09PM (#487251)

    This is not about Hillary, this is about Trump. Hillary is history; Trump is working hard to make history, the second president to get kicked out of the office.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @07:49PM (6 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @07:49PM (#487281)

      There was another? Nixon resigned, which is close but different. I'm drawing a blank otherwise.

      I think Trump is going for a frist here.

      Please enlighten me if I am ignorant.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @07:56PM (5 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @07:56PM (#487285)

        Nixon DEFINITELY got kicked out of the office. He pulled all kinds of bullshit to cover up and drag out the drama, but in the end, it became pretty damn apparent that the Senate was gonna kick him out of the office, so he resigned pretty much at the last minute.

        • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday March 31 2017, @08:23PM (4 children)

          by tangomargarine (667) on Friday March 31 2017, @08:23PM (#487303)

          And Andrew Johnson avoided a similar fate by the skin of his teeth. The vote to impeach him failed by a single vote in Congress in the aftermath of the Civil War.

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          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @08:31PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @08:31PM (#487307)

            The difference is, Nixon was actually impeached, and was about to be removed from the office.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @08:36PM (2 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @08:36PM (#487313)

            You cannot compare Civil War era politics with the Nixon era, completely different beasts.

            • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday March 31 2017, @09:19PM (1 child)

              by tangomargarine (667) on Friday March 31 2017, @09:19PM (#487332)

              Well sure. Just pointing out Nixon wasn't really the first one either.

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              • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 01 2017, @09:33PM

                by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 01 2017, @09:33PM (#487727)

                You are right, actually, and I was wrong. Johnson actually was impeached, but the impeachment was overturned by the Senate with the margin of one vote.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @07:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2017, @07:15PM (#487255)

    > Hillary could be President today, but refused to run with the momentum of Bernie Sanders by making him the VP candidate.

    Nah, that's just wishful thinking on your part based on your like for Sanders.
    The primary motivator for Trump voters was authoritarianism, of which racism is a subset.
    Sanders couldn't do anything to mute Trump's ability to activate their latent racism.
    And his own politics could easily have pushed away reagan democrats.

    So maybe your idealized version of the race would have been true, but there is good reason to think you are completely wrong.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by tangomargarine on Friday March 31 2017, @08:21PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Friday March 31 2017, @08:21PM (#487301)

    Even old Joe Biden would have been a better option than the imminently forgettable Tim Kaine.

    I think you mean "eminently." This is one of those areas where English gets really stupid.

    em·i·nent·ly
    ˈemənəntlē/Submit
    adverb
    to a notable degree; very.
    "an eminently readable textbook"

    im·mi·nent
    ˈimənənt/Submit
    adjective
    1.
    about to happen.
    "they were in imminent danger of being swept away"

    im·ma·nent
    ˈimənənt/Submit
    adjective
    existing or operating within; inherent.
    "the protection of liberties is immanent in constitutional arrangements"
    (of God) permanently pervading and sustaining the universe.

    But as for the actual topic, the entire thing is too funny. Both Dems and Reps (well, Trump, anyway) are whining that the election wasn't fair. Wouldn't surprise me if Russia was attempting to meddle in the election somewhat, but the Dems were probably more than capable of screwing the pooch on their own anyway so whatever. And Hillary is a flashback to that meme from the previous election, of Romney sitting in his campaign trailer looking stunned, "What do you mean, I didn't win?" :)

    And other days it just rains. Such do many things come to pass.

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