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Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to the F.B.I.

posted by janrinok on Saturday December 02 2017, @11:59AM   Printer-friendly

DeathMonkey writes:

President Trump's former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to the F.B.I. about conversations with the Russian ambassador last December during the presidential transition, bringing the special counsel's investigation into the president's inner circle.

Mr. Flynn, who appeared in federal court in Washington, acknowledged that he was cooperating with the investigation by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, into Russian interference in the 2016 election. His plea agreement suggests that Mr. Flynn provided information to prosecutors, which may help advance the inquiry.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/us/politics/michael-flynn-guilty-russia-investigation.html

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by edIII on Saturday December 02 2017, @07:29PM (5 children)

    by edIII (791) on Saturday December 02 2017, @07:29PM (#604364)

    Maybe so, but that bitch should still be locked up for lying to the FBI too, among other things. She is one of the most corrupt pieces of shit in Washington. I wouldn't mind Obama going in there, but it's a bit more contentious to label him a traitor and make it stick in the eyes of the law. Obama is just one of the biggest liars on the planet.

    My idea? LOCK THEM ALL UP. Hillary, Bill, Obama, Bush, Darth Vader (Bush's VP), Trump, Flynn, Manafort, Pence, and Trump's fucking abhorrent Children of the Corn too.

    Nobody has really suffered any consequences in politics, at least not at that level. We get a couple of Senators from time to time, but those are the idiots too brazen with their crimes. The "quiet" crimes from all of the other Senators, like dark money, bribes, etc. still goes on every second of the day. Something makes them betray the people for monied interests.

    Yeah, there is a lot of whataboutism going on, but seriously, WHAT ABOUT IT? Nobody from any side in politics is receiving justice. This isn't really justice either, but more like getting Al Capone on taxes. Flynn is guilty of COLLUSION with Russia, along with Manafort. Fuck going for perjury, let's go for TREASON. You know, the one with a DEATH PENALTY.

    Let's kill some people in government for their traitorous actions. Maybe that might get politics moving in the right direction again.... consequences for people's actions.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday December 02 2017, @09:32PM (1 child)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Saturday December 02 2017, @09:32PM (#604402) Journal

    Amen, brother. Burn them all.

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    • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Saturday December 02 2017, @10:06PM

      by hemocyanin (186) on Saturday December 02 2017, @10:06PM (#604423) Journal

      Forget the politicians -- employees are a dime a dozen -- look harder at their employers.

  • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Saturday December 02 2017, @09:57PM (1 child)

    by krishnoid (1156) on Saturday December 02 2017, @09:57PM (#604416)

    Who do you want in the oval office then?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 02 2017, @11:09PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 02 2017, @11:09PM (#604452)

      We'll just have to keep imprisoning anyone who gets into the oval office if they can't stop violating the Constitution. Not supporting things such as the NSA's unconstitutional mass surveillance, the TSA, the countless undeclared wars going on overseas, etc. is a must. If there were real consequences for violating the law and/or the Constitution, we would have fewer violators.

  • (Score: 5, Informative) by tonyPick on Sunday December 03 2017, @03:42PM

    by tonyPick (1237) on Sunday December 03 2017, @03:42PM (#604683) Homepage Journal

    Maybe so, but that bitch should still be locked up for lying to the FBI too, among other things.

    Except that, according to the FBI, she didn't:
    http://uk.businessinsider.com/fbi-director-house-oversight-committee-2016-7 [businessinsider.com]

    Chaffetz then asked: "Did Hillary Clinton lie?"

    Here's the rest of the exchange:

    Comey: "To the FBI? We have no basis to conclude she lied to the FBI."

    Chaffetz: "Did she lie to the public?"

    Comey: "That's a question I'm not qualified to answer. I can speak about what she said to the FBI."

    Chaffetz: "Did Hillary Clinton lie under oath?"

    Comey: "Not to the FBI, not in a case we were working."

    You can argue she's been dishonest in a number of ways, however proving perjury involves more than demonstrating that: See http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/proved-perjury-charges-hillary-clinton/story?id=41451995 [go.com]

    But starting off mentioning something you would *like* to be true as a fact, even though it's not, isn't making your argument any more convincing.