Flynn's Biggest Mistake: Taking Free Advice From Pundits on Fox News.

[TrollBuster9090]

For a whole year, Hannity and other 'pundits' on Fox News have been whining that Flynn was 'ambushed' and put into a 'perjury trap.' That the FBI agents who interviewed him "didn't think he lied." (A falsehood.) That what he did was the equivalent of 'forgetting' something you said months earlier in a casual conversation. And how, based on all of that...he should withdraw his guilty plea. Sean Hannity literally said that many times on his show.

In the week leading up to Flynn's sentencing hearing, Fox News hit a fever pitch, with talk about how anit-government Judge Sullivan was; and they had pundits who were claiming that Sullivan would VOID Flynn's conviction at the sentencing hearing, and SLAP MUELLER IN CUFFS INSTEAD.

So much bullshit coming from Fox News that Flynn and his attorneys took it seriously, and played up the angle of the FBI being unfair in court. I guess they figured they had nothing to lose. The FBI was already asking for no jail time. If they play up the "I was AMBUSHED" angle, maybe the Judge will void the conviction entirely? WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

Seriously, they should have learned from watching the Papadopolous case play out. Papadopolous plead guilty in exchange for a light sentencing recommendation. Then he and his idiot fiance start listening to free advice from Fox News about how HE was railroaded into confessing to something he didn't do. His fiance does the rounds on Fox News saying his guilty plea should be withdrawn...and what happens? At the sentencing hearing the FBI claims he's NOT being a cooperative witness, and recommends a STIFFER sentence.

When will these people learn that Fox is NOT on THEIR SIDE. They're only on TRUMP'S side, and listening to their free, indirect 'advice' is only going to get you into deeper trouble. I hope you're paying attention, Corsi and Stone!

[uponit7771]

1. I figured this is were that BS "FBI tricked him" crap came from

[TrollBuster9090]

3. Yep, it came mostly from Hannity, Ingraham, Carlson, and their fake TV experts on law...

Like Gregg Jarett and Judge Judy. The only legal 'expert' on Fox who's telling anything like the truth is Andrew Nepalitano; and I've noticed that the Russian bots on the Fox News comment page are already accusing him of being a 'libtard.'

It's all well and good to live in a fact-free bubble created by the right wing media; but we're now getting to the 'pay no attention to the man behind the curtain' point. Where reality can't be ignored any longer.

[calguy]

2. As Ari Melber said on his show......

Micheal Flynn played......himSELF

[gratuitous]

4. Fox will just say anything

It's not like it's their nuts on the line. So Fox panders to its audience, spinning pleasing tales of nonsense to rev up the outrage machine among its nincompoop viewers. It doesn't have to have any grounding in reality; it's just a sweet confection for itching ears, wanting to be reassured that everything's going to work out fine. When it predictably doesn't, they're ready to blame the boogie-man of the moment, their audience jeers the bad guy, and it's on to the next thing.

Anyone who puts any stock in this pablum deserves all the bad things they're going to get. Fox is pandering to its base. Listen to it at your peril.

[The Genealogist]

5. FAUX is a fair-weather friend

They're only on Trump's side as long as his shenanigans are making them $$$. If he becomes a financial liability to them, they'll drop his ass so fast that he won't know what hit him.

[Takket]

6. the thing about fox news is............

their lies play great in the mind of the deplorables, so great that people think they can just talk their way out of anything but lying about it enough.........

that shit don't play in a court of law. you come with facts or you lose.

[TrollBuster9090]

7. Exactly. It's one thing to change the minds of a bunch of idiots who are already

...already desperate to be deceived for the sake of cognitive dissonance. But that doesn't mean you can hoodwink a federal judge, or professional law enforcement officials with the same bullshit.

[SWBTATTReg]

8. Faux News is a disgrace and most of the newscasters are pathetic jokes w/o a punchline. nt.

[MrsCoffee]

9. Flynn's biggest mistake was selling out his country.

All goes downhill from there.

Lock Him Up.

[still_one]

10. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[Capperdan]

11. All his info comes from there

What if the "friends" suggested he resign?

[certainot]

12. limbaugh said it a lot too

[hughee99]

13. It sounds like his biggest mistake was not having counsel present

When he was interviewed given that the only thing he was charged with was related what he said during that interview.