Flynn's resignation is just the beginning of this major national security scandal involving Russia

[kpete]

The Trump White House Is Screwed, Big League
Michael Flynn's resignation is just the beginning of this major national security scandal involving Russia.
BY BRIAN BEUTLER
February 14, 2017

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.....Flynn just jumped on a grenade for his boss. Trump may have believed Moscow would never rat Flynn out, and may still believe Flynn will never claim—or prove—he was just following orders. But the truth is, Trump can’t be sure his own involvement won’t be exposed. And that compromises him, as well. It’s not just that Pence, Flynn, and Spicer should feel as if Trump hung them out to dry—it’s that he did so in a way that gives powerful people, perhaps even Russian intelligence officials, leverage over his administration.

The story is explosive, in other words, even when it’s walled off from other things we know: That Flynn and Kislyak were reportedly in contact, not just during the transition, but before the election. That other members of the Trump team and their Russian contacts are reportedly under federal investigation, stemming from a broader investigation into Russian subversion. That those inquiries are apparently significant enough that FBI director James Comey was initially reluctant to alert the White House to Flynn’s susceptibility to blackmail out of fear it would undermine the bureau’s work. That the intelligence community has corroborated certain non-sexual claims in the Trump-opposition dossier.

Flynn’s out now, and if he has information that’s pertinent to Comey’s investigation, he’s a major loose end—especially if he has his own legal trouble. But Republicans on Capitol Hill and the White House are pretending Flynn’s resignation brings the story to an end.

It’s hard to focus on regressive tax cuts if the president of your party is at the center of a major national security scandal. Republicans might be able to slow down the unraveling with this kind of willful blindness to the significance of what just happened. But they probably can’t stop it altogether. They will be lucky if this ends with senior members of Trump’s White House and doesn’t ultimately ensnare Trump himself.


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[uponit7771]

1. I have a feeling Benedict Donald's Band Of Bigots don't know what's on the recordings from Flynn and

... things are going to stay lit up in the WH until they do.

There are already reports of the intel community with holding information from Benedict Donald

[global1]

2. Self-Inflicted....

Can't blame the Dems for this!!!!

[meow2u3]

3. That won't stop the Trumpanzees from trying to blame Dems

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