(05-12-2020, 03:05 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(05-12-2020, 10:47 AM)MalabarJag Wrote: Your complaint is of my use of a term is a typical Leftist changing the subject. I don't watch (listen? read?) Hannity and I have no control over what Hannity says, so your response is pathetic.

"Perjury trap" is a short convenient way of describing what was done to Flynn. Yes, perjury is technically lying in court, but when the law treats lying during Stasi FBI questioning as a crime there is no meaningful difference. Would my using the term "lying to the FBI trap" have satisfied you?

And no, the people running the coup to overthrow a duly elected president were not appointed by Trump, they were appointed by Obama who was running the coup.

All Flynn had to do was tell the truth. He didn't tell the truth to the Vice President either, remember?

Sessions had been AG for a week before Flynn resigned.  Sessions knew about the pending prosecution and could have stopped it.

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(05-11-2020, 11:14 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: Obama is the first ex-president in the history of our country to bash his predecessor. Let that sink in for a moment.

Not true.  https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/20...is-succes/

(05-13-2020, 06:09 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(05-12-2020, 10:47 AM)MalabarJag Wrote: Your complaint is of my use of a term is a typical Leftist changing the subject. I don't watch (listen? read?) Hannity and I have no control over what Hannity says, so your response is pathetic.

"Perjury trap" is a short convenient way of describing what was done to Flynn. Yes, perjury is technically lying in court, but when the law treats lying during Stasi FBI questioning as a crime there is no meaningful difference. Would my using the term "lying to the FBI trap" have satisfied you?

And no, the people running the coup to overthrow a duly elected president were not appointed by Trump, they were appointed by Obama who was running the coup.

Why is lying to the FBI a "trap" when Flynn and everyone else on the planet knows that lying in an FBI interview is a crime?  It's the same crime that sent Martha Stewart, and probably lots of other people, to jail.  

And the second question is, why did he lie?  He lied about talking to the Russian ambassador several times, and he lied about his lobbying work for Turkey.  Why did he lie about those things?  

In his guilty plea, Flynn said, “I recognize that the actions I acknowledged in court today were wrong, and, through my faith in God, I am working to set things right. My guilty plea and agreement to cooperate with the Special Counsel’s Office reflect a decision I made in the best interests of my family and of our country. I accept full responsibility for my actions.” Why has he now changed his mind?  

He also testified in 2018 that he knew it was a crime when he lied to the FBI.  Has he changed his mind?  

Lying to the FBI is a crime.  Everybody knows that.  Flynn has admitted he told several lies in his FBI interview, and he says he knew at the time he told those lies that he knew he was lying and he knew that lying to the FBI is a crime.  He also pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and said he accepted full responsibility.  

So now the question becomes, why is Trump and his administration reversing course on Flynn's crimes?  Obviously, the idea that Flynn was railroaded buttresses this conspiracy theory about the attempted overthrow of a duly elected President.