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AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely claims Flynn didn't lie to FBI
Source: Associated Press
AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely claims Flynn didn’t lie to FBI
By CHAD DAY and ERIC TUCKER
December 13, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is skimming over the facts when it comes to former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s guilty plea for lying in the Russia investigation.
In remarks Thursday at a meeting with governors-elect, Trump suggests the FBI never accused Flynn of lying in its probe into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia during the 2016 presidential election. That’s not the case. Flynn will next week become the first White House official punished as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation.
A look at the claim:
TRUMP: “Well the FBI said Michael Flynn, a general and a great person, they said he didn’t lie. And Mueller said: ‘Well, maybe he did.’ And now they’re all having a big dispute, so I think it’s a great thing that the judge is looking into that situation. It’s an honor for a lot of terrific people.”
THE FACTS: That’s not what the FBI said. And Flynn and prosecutors agree he lied to the FBI.
The claim picked up steam after Republicans on the House intelligence committee issued a report this year that said Comey, in a private briefing, said that the agents who interviewed Flynn “discerned no physical indications of deception” and saw “nothing that indicated to them that he knew he was lying to them.” But Comey described that description as a “garble” in a private interview with House lawmakers last week.
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By CHAD DAY and ERIC TUCKER
December 13, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is skimming over the facts when it comes to former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s guilty plea for lying in the Russia investigation.
In remarks Thursday at a meeting with governors-elect, Trump suggests the FBI never accused Flynn of lying in its probe into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia during the 2016 presidential election. That’s not the case. Flynn will next week become the first White House official punished as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation.
A look at the claim:
TRUMP: “Well the FBI said Michael Flynn, a general and a great person, they said he didn’t lie. And Mueller said: ‘Well, maybe he did.’ And now they’re all having a big dispute, so I think it’s a great thing that the judge is looking into that situation. It’s an honor for a lot of terrific people.”
THE FACTS: That’s not what the FBI said. And Flynn and prosecutors agree he lied to the FBI.
The claim picked up steam after Republicans on the House intelligence committee issued a report this year that said Comey, in a private briefing, said that the agents who interviewed Flynn “discerned no physical indications of deception” and saw “nothing that indicated to them that he knew he was lying to them.” But Comey described that description as a “garble” in a private interview with House lawmakers last week.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/c74ab451f27441bba5fe0f577579de42
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Trump is just a moron who doesn't believe anything that he doesn't see on Fox News. Especially his two favorite shows: Hannity and Fox & Friends.
Every night Hannity screeches the following talking points as if they were FACTS, which they're not:
1. The FBI agents that interviewed Flynn didn't think he lied.
2. The FBI LIED to the FISA court when they got the warrant to put Carter 'Gilligan' Page under surveillance.
3. The Steele dossier is 'unverified Russian lies and propaganda.'
He blathers these talking points at least ten times per show, and then trots out Sebastian Gorka, Gregg Jarret, Newt Gingrich, and Dan Bongino to agree.
Naturally, every empty-headed, knuckle-dragging Fox News viewer that watches his show thinks those assertions are facts. Only problem is that one of those empty-headed, knuckle-dragging Fox News viewers is the freakin' PRESIDENT.
