Flynn spilling his guts on Trump transition is very bad news for Pence
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Flynn spilling his guts on Trump transition is very bad news for Pence
By Oliver Willis -
December 5, 2018
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The Trump transition team was led by Mike Pence, after they decided to remove scandal-plagued Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) from the effort.
Pence has repeatedly tried for over a year to distance himself from the Russia scandals. But Pence led the team that approved installing Michael Flynn as a senior official and gave him access to classified information in the Trump administration.
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Pences team was warned by Democrats that Flynn had financial ties to foreign governments. But this didnt stop Pence from letting Flynn into the inner circle.
Soon after, Trump and his team were made aware by acting Attorney General Sally Yates that Flynn was possibly compromised by Russia.
When the scandal first began, Pence used the company line, saying, There is no evidence of collusion between our campaign and any Russian officials.
But then evidence of contacts between the Trump campaign and Russians emerged.
Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak met with Jeff Sessions during the campaign, when Sessions was serving as an adviser to the Trump campaign. And Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort met with a Russian operative offering dirt on Hillary Clinton during the campaign.
So Pence changed his story, suddenly proclaiming that he was not aware of the connections. That spin didnt work at the time, and the new details of Flynns cooperation with Mueller indicate the special counsels office wasnt thrown off the trail either.
Trump, his family, and his top cronies are under the microscope of the investigation. Despite his best efforts to convince the public otherwise and save his own political skin, so is Mike Pence.