Flynn retroactively registers with DOJ as foreign agent for $530K of work done before election.

[Cattledog]

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-03-08/former-trump-security-adviser-flynn-admits-turkey-lobbying

By STEPHEN BRAUN and CHAD DAY, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who was fired from his prominent White House job last month, has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for $530,000 worth of lobbying work before Election Day that may have aided the Turkish government.

Paperwork filed Tuesday with the Justice Department's Foreign Agent Registration Unit said Flynn and his firm were voluntarily registering for lobbying from August through November that "could be construed to have principally benefited the Republic of Turkey." It was filed by a lawyer on behalf of the former U.S. Army lieutenant general and intelligence chief.

After his firm's work on behalf of a Turkish company was done, Flynn agreed not to lobby for five years after leaving government service and never to represent foreign governments.

Under the Foreign Agent Registration Act, U.S. citizens who lobby on behalf of foreign government or political entities must disclose their work to the Justice Department. Willfully failing to register is a felony, though the Justice Department rarely files criminal charges in such cases. It routinely works with lobbying firms to get back in compliance with the law by registering and disclosing their work.

[Thinkingabout]

1. Wow, who was going to pay him before he was fired, maybe we need to send a bill to Congress for

propping them up for years.

[BSdetect]

2. I believe retrocative legislation is not legal

But let's assume they get away with a few acts like this and voila, its normal!

[safeinOhio]

3. Thats just the DOJ, how about DOD rules?

Loss of rank pension and court marshal.

[get the red out]

4. Well

Can a person retroactively get car insurance to before a 4 car pile-up they caused? This is ridiculous. Either follow the law or accept consequences.....for the little guy.

[AwakeAtLast]

5. And once again

not the Onion.