Quote:This whole thing about "he lied" is maybe technically correct, but it's not taken in the proper context.

 

From what we know from the illegally leaked information, in his phone conversation with the Russian Ambassador he was asked about the sanctions and his response was that then President-elect Trump would be in office soon and that they would then evaluate sanctions and other policies regarding it.

 

Technically, he did have "discussion" about sanctions, but it wasn't specific.  It wasn't like he promised anything.

 

When he talked to Vice President Pence, he wasn't dishonest about saying that he didn't "discuss the sanctions with the Russian Ambassador" during their phone conversation in the context of if they would be lifted or otherwise.  There was no negotiation of any kind.

 

The "gotcha" by the left is the answer to the question, "did you discuss sanctions against Russia" or something to that affect.  He really didn't although the topic did come up and he technically did say something about it.  The "discuss sanctions" thing can mean two things.  The first, did the topic come up?  The second, was anything negotiated or proposed?  It appears to me (from what I've seen) that the topic came up but was never really discussed.  General Flynn did nothing wrong by telling the Russian Ambassador that the policy would be reviewed by the incoming administration.

 

It's a technicality and a parsing of words.  Yes he did discuss sanctions with the Russian ambassador briefly, but his response when asked was the proper thing to say.  He did nothing wrong, but when the press got a hold of the story they made it out to be something else.

 

General Flynn did nothing wrong, yet his career was ruined by irresponsible reporting by the MSM.