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BigBearJohn

(11,410 posts)
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 11:55 AM Feb 2017

The Scandal That Could Bring Trump Down Grows - Trump and Flynn see treachery everywhere they go,

“They believe this is a hit job from inside the CIA on Flynn and the people close to him,” one source told Politico, trying to make the argument that the intelligence community is retaliating because they feel threatened.

“One of the sources said that the rejection was approved by Trump’s CIA director Mike Pompeo and that it infuriated Flynn and his allies,” the report continues.

These accusations infer a failure to recognize that in reality, this was actually done to Trump’s opponent, Hillary Clinton, during the campaign by both the FBI and Russia, and no one in the Trump camp found it objectionable. In fact, Trump himself egged it on, asking Russia to hack Clinton.

Within the last 48 hours, President Trump’s National Security adviser Michael Flynn was busted for having repeated talks with Russia’s Ambassador about President Obama’s sanctions against Russia both during the campaign and the transition.

MORE: http://www.politicususa.com/2017/02/11/top-aide-trumps-national-security-adviser-denied-security-clearance.html

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The Scandal That Could Bring Trump Down Grows - Trump and Flynn see treachery everywhere they go, (Original Post) BigBearJohn Feb 2017 OP
It WAS a hit job on Flynn! It was a hit job because Flynn deserved to be hit! Eyeball_Kid Feb 2017 #1
Flynn mercuryblues Feb 2017 #2
Flynn gets caught conspiring with Putin Progressive dog Feb 2017 #3
Trump probably ordered Flynn to do it. Kablooie Feb 2017 #7
So many good articles. Cracklin Charlie Feb 2017 #4
Flynn was speaking for Trump who bragged about his relationship with Putin. keithbvadu2 Feb 2017 #5
Nixon disrupting the Paris Peace Talks in 68 against Humphrey Gman Feb 2017 #6

Eyeball_Kid

(7,434 posts)
1. It WAS a hit job on Flynn! It was a hit job because Flynn deserved to be hit!
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 12:04 PM
Feb 2017

The CIA isn't done with Mikey the Mouse. First, Flynn will be fired. Then the intelligence committees will grudgingly investigate. Hell, even Jason Handslap Chaffetz might wipe the cookie crumbs off his white shirt and furrow his brow-- which might signal that he's going to make a real name for himself.

mercuryblues

(14,537 posts)
2. Flynn
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 12:28 PM
Feb 2017

is being forced to fall on his sword. It was a hit job from within. Flynn mistakenly thought that trump would protect him and now he finds out that the art of the deal only applies to trump.

Progressive dog

(6,918 posts)
3. Flynn gets caught conspiring with Putin
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 12:43 PM
Feb 2017

against the US government and lying about it. Then the psychopath's cultists blame an agency of the US government for doing their job.
I bet Trump was told about soon after he took office, he probably saw the transcript of the conversation. Someone like Flynn must have known that Russian embassy calls are routinely monitored. He expected the Trump team to cover it up and they certainly tried to. They just didn't count on so many employees of the CIA taking their oath to the Constitution seriously.
Maybe, since Trump doesn't want Snowden as a present, Putin will give Flynn asylum in Russia to keep him from talking.

Gman

(24,780 posts)
6. Nixon disrupting the Paris Peace Talks in 68 against Humphrey
Sat Feb 11, 2017, 02:33 PM
Feb 2017

George Bush Sr meeting with the Iranians to assure the hostages were not released In exchange for favors in 1980 against Carter

Trump promising to remove the sanctions in exchange for Russian cyber-warfare in 2016 against Hillary.

We have a pattern here with the GOP.

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