Politics Michael Flynn to decline Senate Intel committee subpoena, invoke 5th Amendment later today

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    SlyPokerDog, May 22, 2017
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    "When you have your staff taking the Fifth Amendment, taking the Fifth so they are not prosecuted, when you have the man that set up the illegal server taking the Fifth, I think it is disgraceful." — Donald J. Trump
     
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    I wonder what the endgame for him is? Keep his mouth shut and take the contempt of congress charge, bargain for immunity, stall for time?
     
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    Stay in the public eye long enough to get on Dancing with the Stars.

    Or Celebrity Apprentice.
     
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    He's clearly at risk for submitting false documentation (omitting his work and payments for Turkey). He wants immunity so he won't face time for that. I'm pretty sure the disclosure document he signed was under the penalty of perjury.
     
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    We were promised extreme vetting!
     
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    I am sure it is immunity.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    From the article:
    "Failure to follow rules seems to be Flynn’s modus operandi. As I’ve written before, Flynn apparently installed a forbidden internet connection in his Pentagon office, allegedly gave classified information to NATO allies without authorization, and reportedly snuck out of the CIA station in Iraq when he deemed the required approval too “insane” for him to seek."

    The irony is pretty thick here.
     
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    I'm fine with locking him up.

    That said, the Obama administration didn't choose to prosecute him for the apparent forbidden internet connection and alleged transmission of information to NATO allies.
     
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    Which is insane.
     
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    But Obama gave Trump fair warning about him and Trump hired him anyway
     
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    They did fire him, though.

    barfo
     
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    Obama did a lot of things to sabotage the incoming administration. I don't see why Trump would believe him.
     
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    Trump fired him, too. He lasted a lot less time with Trump than with Obama.
     
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    i thought flynn resigned?
     
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    i forget, werent you on socialized single payer VA healthcare before obama?
     
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    I lost my benefits when I retired from OSEA...all of them...then I applied in the marketplace and got insurance again...I know you keep saying you lost what you had.....in the past when that happened to me, I would sell an expensive guitar or something to cover it....hell Marz....you've got a million dollar boat. That's a lot of medical care...sucks to have to but that's life.....I've had to sell things all my life off and on to cover extra expenses that were unexpected. I think there's a simple solution but doctors, pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies are not going to lower prices which is what we'd have to do to start.
     
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