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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Apr 20, 2018, 09:38 AM Apr 2018

Michael Flynn tests 'comeback tour'

Source: Politico

Hailed by Trump allies as a victim of Mueller overreach, Trump's fired national security adviser makes speaking appearances.

By DARREN SAMUELSOHN and LAURA NAHMIAS 04/20/2018 05:00 AM EDT

NEW YORK – Michael Flynn may be headed to prison for lying to the FBI, but for now he’s enjoying his freedom.

Donald Trump’s former national security adviser appeared onstage to endorse a Republican congressional candidate last month and on Thursday hopped an Amtrak train to Manhattan for what conservative organizers billed as an invitation-only “no holds barred” foreign policy speech.

The private appearance at an event hosted by the London Center for Policy Research was the latest evidence that Flynn, disgraced in the eyes of many former admirers, has become something of a celebrity among Trump supporters who see him not as a villain but as a victim of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.

“I’m doing great,” Flynn told a POLITICO reporter Thursday as he was exiting midtown’s Union League Club before rejecting questions, including about what he discussed inside. “I don’t want to talk to you,” he said. “You should work for TMZ instead of POLITICO. You’re like paparazzi.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/20/michael-flynn-comeback-tour-trump-539249

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Michael Flynn tests 'comeback tour' (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2018 OP

And now we'll have absolute data C_U_L8R Apr 2018 #1

Someone should be placed to ask him at every appearance-- dawg day Apr 2018 #2

Trump might give him a pardon dalton99a Apr 2018 #3

Won't do any good dawg day Apr 2018 #6

let's say you're poor, like most criminal defendants-- dawg day Apr 2018 #4

I like going to courtrooms wherever I travel GeorgeHayduke Apr 2018 #9

A few "Lock Him Up" signs and chants at his events would be great Freethinker65 Apr 2018 #5

+ 10000 n/t MBS Apr 2018 #7

I'd remind the General that the offenses he pleaded to in exchange for cooperation... Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2018 #8

Maybe hes wearing a wire. emulatorloo Apr 2018 #13

I was not impressed w/ this guy's intelligence when I listened to his rants ... SWBTATTReg Apr 2018 #10

No. jayschool2013 Apr 2018 #11

Rename it "The Traitor Tour". justhanginon Apr 2018 #12

Seems like he never went away. MGKrebs Apr 2018 #14

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)

1. And now we'll have absolute data

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 09:42 AM

Apr 2018

for how fast spongified rightwing brains flush their contents

dawg day

(7,947 posts)

2. Someone should be placed to ask him at every appearance--

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 09:43 AM

Apr 2018

Hey, Mike! When do you report to prison?

dalton99a

(81,516 posts)

3. Trump might give him a pardon

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 09:44 AM

Apr 2018

dawg day

(7,947 posts)

6. Won't do any good

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 09:49 AM

Apr 2018

He will already have been deposed, and he couldn't refuse to testify in court, and can't take the 5th if he's been pardoned. Trump might still do it, but it would be a stupid waste of a pardon. He needs to pardon someone who hasn't already spilled the beans, and could be counted on to keep mouth shut after the pardon and commit perjury.

That might be the kids, but I'm not sure if anyone else would stay quiet after a pardon (why, after all, risk a perjury charge?).

Going back to Watergate-- I think only the nutcase G Gordon Liddy actually didn't end up telling all.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)

4. let's say you're poor, like most criminal defendants--

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 09:45 AM

Apr 2018

How long after your guilty plea or conviction would you be allowed to stay out, make money, cross the country, waltz in and out of the jurisdiction?

(Ten minutes?)

GeorgeHayduke

(1,227 posts)

9. I like going to courtrooms wherever I travel

Reply to dawg day (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 20, 2018, 10:09 AM

Apr 2018

and I've seen a few judges simply remand a defendant on the spot during pre-trial or a status hearing.

Avoid making bad decisions in Monterey County, CA.