Flynn tapes: A new Tell reveal the White House had knowledge

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https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/08/29/the-flynn-tapes-a-new-tell/

A former senior White House official, with first-hand knowledge of the matter, expressed disbelief at the inaction: “You have a White House lawyer learning that the national security adviser to the president of the Untied States has possibly lied—about his contacts with Russians—not only to his own White House, but also to the FBI, which is a potential felony, and nobody does anything?” The person added: “I have no reason to question John Eisenberg’s integrity or that he is an exceptional attorney. I guess I buy into narrative that this was a White House in disarray, because the alternative is too painful to contemplate.”

Aside from the unexplained, six-day delay of the White House to act on Eisenberg’s information, these new disclosures, building on my July 31 reporting for the Daily, constitute the strongest evidence to date that President Trump may have obstructed justice. Perjury and obstruction of justice cases depend largely on whether a prosecutor can demonstrate the intent and motivation of the person they want to charge. It’s not enough to prove that the person attempted to impede an ongoing criminal investigation; the statute requires a prosecutor to prove that the person did so with the corrupt intent to protect himself or someone else from prosecution. The president’s legal team has claimed that Trump did nothing wrong because he did not understand that Flynn was in criminal jeopardy when, according to the former FBI director’s testimony, he asked Comey to go easy on Flynn. The new information that Trump and others in the White House were aware that the intercepts revealed that Flynn had lied to the FBI directly contradicts those claims.

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1. I hope it's true

If it is Mueller already knows.

[SergeStorms]

2. The noose keeps tightening around Trump's neck...

but by all means, keep running Little Donnie. Keep running. Your plaintive cries of "no collusion, no collusion" aren't going to fool anyone (well the diehards in your cult will still believe you) anymore, and you can continue to cry "no collusion, no collusion" all the way to federal prison. Asshole.

[dlk]

3. They Knew, They Were in on it and Only Cared About Covering it Up

[Grasswire2]

4. Oh, Murray Waas

Good investigative reporter. Excellent.

[Grasswire2]

5. I want someone to find a smoking gun on Pence. nt