Pence gives President Man-Baby belated "praise" for shitcanning Foreign Agent Flynn #damagecontrol

[Miles Archer]

Mike Pence Praises Donald Trump For Axing Foreign Agent Michael Flynn
Yet Trump claims he had no idea Flynn was working as a foreign agent during the campaign.
By Mary Papenfuss

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pence-flynn-foreign-agent_us_58c22884e4b0ed71826b93d2?



Vice President Mike Pence tried to make the best of the latest embarrassing revelation about former national security adviser Michael Flynn by saying that President Donald Trump was smart to force him to resign.

The problem is that the Trump administration claims the president had no idea that Flynn was working as a foreign agent for another nation during the campaign.

It’s also difficult to say that Trump took the initiative to push out Flynn, or that his hand was forced by leaks that Flynn had secretly discussed economic sanctions with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. shortly before Trump moved into the White House.

Earlier this week, Flynn filed information that retroactively revealed how his company, the Flynn Intel Group, did $530,000 worth of lobbying work in the months before his appointment that may have benefited the Turkish government and hardline leader Recip Tayyip Erdogan. The contract involved an information campaign against exiled cleric Fethullah Gülen, who’s an American resident. Flynn was required by the Foreign Agents Registration Act to file the information with the Justice Department.

[Vinca]

1. Pence seems to be one of the babysitters in this whole nightmare.

It seems they have to treat Dear Leader as a spoiled, petulant child might be treated.

[Miles Archer]

2. I will never forget Kellyanne Conway's take on his Twitter storms.

She said (lovingly and adoringly, of course) that she treats him like a child, saying "Wouldn't it be better if we had TWO brownies instead of SIX?"

The President.

Of the United States.

This guy.

[wishstar]

3. Pence is LYING about no knowledge of Flynn/Turkey- CNN reported he was notified in November

CNN reported on the Flynn Turkish lobbying involvement back in November and that Pence was sent a letter by Dem. Rep. Cumming back then"

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/18/politics/michael-flynn-donald-trump-national-security-advisor/index.html

"Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Elijah Cummings sent a letter to Trump transition chair Mike Pence expressing concerns over Flynn's "apparent conflict of interest."
"President-elect Trump promised during his campaign that he would 'drain the swamp,' but his top national security advisor is Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, whose firm is reportedly being paid to lobby the U.S. Government by a close ally of Turkey's president," the Maryland Democrat wrote. "It is unclear how Lt. Gen. Flynn was reportedly allowed into intelligence briefings during the campaign despite these apparent conflicts of interest."
Trump's transition responded to questions about the lobbying effort with a statement Friday, saying that Flynn's career was within his right as a "private citizen."