(December 1, 2017 at 4:06 pm)Aroura Wrote:Quote:Michael Flynn was forced to resign in February, a month after he was questioned by the FBI for misleading the White House about meeting then Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak during the transition period before Mr Trump took office.Original BBC article here
According to the charge sheet, Michael Flynn is accused of:
- falsely telling FBI agents that on or about 29 December 2016 he did not ask Mr Kislyak to "refrain from escalating the situation in response to sanctions that the United States had imposed against Russia that same day"
- failing to recall that Mr Kislyak had later told him Russia was moderating its response to the sanctions as a result of his request
- falsely saying that on or about 22 December 2016 he did not ask Mr Kislyak to "delay the vote on or defeat a pending United Nations Security Council resolution". Although there is no detail of the resolution in question, the discussion came a day before asserting that Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian territory "had no legal validity".
So...is this just the beginning? Or is this going to be as bad as it gets? I've read more than one speculation that Kushner is going down soon, but that is just speculation.
None of us can tell the future of course, but I'm curious what predictions people have.
My one prediction is that there will be apologists in this thread, and they will use the same deflect/ignore tactic they've been using for months. Let's see if I'm right!
Something I'm not clear on. If he had told the truth about these things, rather than lying to the FBI, what would he be charged with? If the only criminal act is perjury, there's no way for it to go up the chain outside of more perjury charges. Or is there some secondary treason type aspect that is also getting attached at a later date?
