Please god let this be true about Flynn

[dixiegrrrrl]

Michael Flynn is absolutely screwing Donald Trump and Mike Pence, and he doesn’t care


when Michael Flynn retroactively registered a foreign agent this week, he set off a bomb within the Trump-Russia scandal. Flynn is now coming clean about the half a million dollars he took from a Turkish government intermediary, and when he took it. In the process he’s indirectly exposed the fact that Donald Trump and Mike Pence both knew Flynn was on the take from a hostile foreign government at the time they made him National Security Adviser.

Worse, Flynn has exposed that Trump and Pence both lied about it to the public.
Even worse than that, it’s blown apart the claim that Flynn was forced out because he lied to Pence about his phone calls with the Russian Ambassador.
Pence can no longer believably paint himself as this put-upon innocent character who had no idea Flynn was a dirty rat until he read about it in the headlines.
If Pence lied to the American public about knowing Flynn was dirty on Turkey, then it’s a reasonable assumption that Pence lied about knowing Flynn was dirty on Russia as well.
Just how much did Mike Pence know about the Russia scandal at the time? And so as bad as this is for Trump, it may be worse for Pence.

t still begs the question of why Michael Flynn is suddenly doing this. By registering now as a foreign agent, he’s admitting he broke the law by not registering while he was on the take. He’s voluntarily implicating himself in a past crime in an attempt to now get himself on the right side of the law. You know who does that? Someone who’s listening to his lawyer. And you know what else lawyers tell their guilty clients? Flip on your bosses and sing like a canary in exchange for leniency or immunity. Flynn is already Trump and Pence’s worst nightmare – and it’s just getting started.

http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/michael-flynn-is-absolutely-screwing-donald-trump-and-mike-pence-and-he-doesnt-care/1892/

[2naSalit]

1. K&R

[Eyeball_Kid]

2. Perhaps Flynn doesn't care because he knows that all of the GOP doesn't care.

With the GOP owning all of the federal government, there are no checks on their behavior by any (functioning) opposition, so Trumpy could be inviting Putin to the Oval office for a game of checkers and no one in the GOP would bat an eye. And that includes the King and Queen of Lip Service, McCain and Graham.

Flynn doesn't care because the GOP doesn't care. They REFUSE to object, they refuse to investigate.

As the WP printed last night, the GOP is enabling Russia's incursion into the US government.

[hibbing]

12. I'm in that camp n/t

[Demsrule86]

60. He is trying to stay out of jail.

[Stonepounder]

19. And remember, we don't have any U.S. Attorneys at the present time either.

Only 'acting' ones.

[erronis]

28. So we know the strumpers have tried to eviscerate the executive branch

And the legislative branch is full of corruption.
The judicial branch is in severe jeopardy.

Does that leave the civil branch (the people)?

Is the military (under executive) able to keep reason?
What will the military do when the Russki's start some obviously antagonistic actions against this country?
Will the bunkers of the GOP and the Wall Street elite protect them in the long term?
I'll stay tuned as long as I can (internets and radio waves permitting.)

[vlyons]

57. Silence implies consent

n/t

[RainCaster]

63. Milo showed us how low you have to go for the GOP to abandon you.

It involves little boys and public disclosure of same...

[spanone]

3. K&R...

[sheshe2]

4. Sing it Flynn.

[OKNancy]

5. oh, palmerreport.... nevermind

[ismnotwasm]

7. Yup. Unfortunately

I liked him for awhile.

[womanofthehills]

32. I like him big time - he seems good enough for Joy-Ann Reid and Howard Dean

He is right on what is happening each day and he posts links to where the stories are coming from. What made you stop liking him? He is on our side and we need every reporter we can get.

Hi, I’m Bill Palmer. I’m the creator of Palmer Report. I’m a political journalist who covered the 2016 election cycle from start to finish. Now my editorial staff and I are reporting on the political aftermath.

As the publisher of an independent news site, I can affirm all of the following: Every one of our articles includes supporting source links for independent verification. If you’re not familiar with Palmer Report, you can use those links to confirm the accuracy of our reporting for yourself. We have no connection of any kind with any candidate, campaign, party, PAC, or any other political entity. We’re as independent as they come.

Thank You

Thank you to Congressman Ted Lieu for posting a Palmer Report article on the U.S. House of Representatives website.

Thank you to former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm for encouraging her constituents to read a Palmer Report article.

Thank you to NBC News legal analyst Lisa Bloom, Governor Howard Dean, MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid, Pulitzer Prize winner Joyce Carol Oates, Mississippi State Representative Jeramy Anderson, Rosie O’Donnell, Mark Hamill, Wil Wheaton, Mira Sorvino, and Debra Messing for all sharing Palmer Report articles.
https://www.palmerreport.com/about/

–––––

[oberliner]

44. He repackages other people's reporting and adds his clickbait headlines

Not a source to be taken seriously.

[Stand and Fight]

75. This

[RealityChik]

76. Palmer Report? I go there every day

Yes, sometimes there's more of his opinion than there should be in some of his articles, but he breaks a lot of news before everybody else. It's often a good starter point on an issue, but I get validation from other sources before accepting as factual.

Raw Story used to be my first stop for breaking news, but since they went commercial 5 or so years ago, not so much. Palmer Report is now the very first stop on a long list of sources in my daily news chase.

[oberliner]

84. He never breaks any news

He uses other people's reporting in his articles (sometimes credited, sometimes not) and then throws in his own speculation.

[MelissaB]

11. I wondered about that.

What is known about PalmerReport?

[OKNancy]

30. He means well, but he is just so OTT

He exaggerates and does sensational clickbait articles.
He's our version of Breitbart ( only with fewer readers)

[womanofthehills]

38. I disagree with you -

I've been following him for a month and he has been right on. It sounds sensational because it is f**king sensational. He is reporting lots of the same Russia stuff that Rachael is reporting plus he has been giving links to where he is getting his stories - from reputable sites.

[dixiegrrrrl]

71. thank you......I make sure to check out each of his sources in a story

and usually I can find at least 2
he seems to get info a day ahead of tv news....
plus his info is in one page, quick to read.

I agree with Nancy that sometimes his headlines are bit over done, but so far I have been able to understand a hell of a lot on what has turned out to be very fast developing events.

[jodymarie aimee]

15. you know we nudged Palmer off of here before..during the recount

don't give him any clicks and he may go bye bye again....

[Earth Bound Misfit]

86. This. n/t

[TXCritter]

90. Try the New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/us/politics/michael-flynn-turkey.html?_

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/us/politics/michael-flynn-turkey.html?_r=0

[butdiduvote]

6. I have yet to find a reason to trust Palmer Report.

[The Sand Reckoner]

25. What has he written about this scandal in the last month

that is demonstrably false?

[Greybnk48]

34. Good question.

Just because someone casually trashes a site doesn't make it suspect. I think he's often spot on.

[womanofthehills]

39. Start following him everyday

Has he reported anything in the past month you disagree with? He has been excellent!

[LisaM]

83. I think he leaves stuff out.

He's obviously biased. I don't think everything he writes is wrong but it's slanted. I double or triple check everything he says. Fitzmas every day with that guy, too.

[TXCritter]

91. How about this, then?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/us/politics/michael-flynn-turkey.html?_r=0

[malaise]

8. I can't wait for Groper Don the Con to sing

on Pence.

Butter please

[guillaumeb]

9. President Paul Ryan?

From bad to worse because Ryan is younger than Trump and more connected to the GOP establishment and their owners.

Recommended.

[dixiegrrrrl]

72. I know....that is the devil-ish choice.

Looks as if Pence is no better and may have enough on him to get him out...
and Ryan, if he is smart, will help with the push.
but then we got almost as bad.

[TexasProgresive]

10. Being a foreign agent is enough

but when was Turkey desigated as a hostile foreign government? I thought the Turks were still part of NATO.

"...Donald Trump and Mike Pence both knew Flynn was on the take from a hostile foreign government..."

[sarah FAILIN]

18. They may be a part of Nato

But I don't think we support Erodogon so much.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-relationship-with-turkey-is-only-going-to-get-more-complicated/2016/07/16/539c4a90-4b7a-11e6-bdb9-701687974517_story.html?utm_term=.964a5f6543e4

[TexasProgresive]

33. That doesn't make Turkey a hostile

We may not like him but we are still allies. I really miss journalist excellence that was the standard just a few years ago.

[Jarqui]

13. Trump has little to fear here. Flynn is obviously for sale while having little credibility.

Trump, Putin and the GOP will just buy him off.

If he has a change of heart and somehow finds a conscience in that messed up, shallow conspiracy mind of his, they'll probably find him dead in a hotel room in Istanbul or somewhere like that.

If we had an honest justice department, we might have had some other criminal activity to look at but with the firing of the US Attorneys and Comey probably looking to the 2018 or 2020 election to see how he can sway that, I'm not very optimistic.

[shraby]

14. Whether or not the palmerreport has credibility, the premise of the post does.

I also think Flynn is flipping on the trump cabal. If he can keep his jail sentence to a minimum, what is there that would stop him?
Loyalty is obviously not one of his character attributes.

[womanofthehills]

46. If you click on the palmerreport actual link - you will see blue highlights you need to click on

the blue highlights will take you to other info to collaborate his report

The fact that Flynn just registered as a foreign agent, might mean they let him do this to avoid a felony if he talks.

[oberliner]

68. That's because it comes from other people's reporting

Which he passes off as his own.

Such as:

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article137853773.html

[Faux pas]

16. Yes please

universe!

[zentrum]

17. Dems needs to

...be shouting about this every day.

Both DT and Pence have lied to the country. Sessions lied under oath. The Dem leadership needs to show much more outrage and to be demanding press coverage of it by themselves creating press events. They have a type of bully pulpit and they need to be more fierce. Damnit!

[erpowers]

41. Yes

Not only do they need to talk about this everyday; they need to talk about all the other bad things coming out of the Trump Administration. They need to talk about the new rule that allows coal companies to dump waste into our waterways. They also need to talk about the rule that allows oil and gas companies to not disclose that they have bribed a foreign government. Democrats need to scream from the rooftops that Trump claimed he would get rid of corruption, but instead he has lead an administration that is promoting corruption.

[womanofthehills]

47. I post every palmerreport on my Facebook page

with lots of Raw Story posts because they have the best headlines to wake up the sleepers.

[klebean]

103. Adam Schiff

He also does stand-up comedy. For real. He's my congress critter xxx

I laughed out loud when I heard Schiff on the TV say that Hair Twittler "deliberately made up wiretap charges, or more troubling, he believes it. Either way, I've not seen a shred of evidence."

Schiff has been speaking out every day, if not on Twitter, then in front of the TV cameras.
He's our liberal provocateur!

[Ohioblue22]

20. omg it's fitzmas ..... again

[trotsky]

100. We should have an answer in about 24 business hours. n/t

[tomp]

21. sure, but who is going to prosecute him, sessions? nt

[Xipe Totec]

22. Pence. Now nominated as most maligned VP since Spiro Agnew nt

[lillypaddle]

23. Fingers crossed

That this helps things along.

[PatrickforO]

24. This is very good.

We must get to the bottom of this. And we must DRAIN THE SWAMP of any traitors.

[ffr]

26. TRMS confirmed the same story on Friday. Looks really bad for Pence & tRump

And it's getting worse, as these are serious allegations. Lying. Cover-up. Corruption. Breaches of national security with the knowledge of both the pResident and VP.

Enjoy the sound of what you're suspicious of.

[Greybnk48]

37. I saw her show as well. This is all true. n/t

[NastyRiffraff]

73. Rachel is doing some STELLAR work on the Russian connection

Nobody is connecting the dots as well as she is.

[Drahthaardogs]

27. Except those in power don't care. Haven't you figured it out?

The GOP with the exception of a few just don't care.

[Equinox Moon]

29. If not registering as a foreign agent is against the law,

what is the penalty?

[womanofthehills]

48. It's felony is all I know.

[Equinox Moon]

51. Makes sense.

We can expect an arrest soon?

Oh, that's right, silly me, this is bizzaro world.

[randr]

31. He is getting some of the shit off himself so his immunity pleas goes better

[erpowers]

35. Payback

I do not think Michael Flynn registered as a foreign agent because his lawyer told him to do so. I think he did so because he is angry that Donald Trump and Mike Pence turned on him. Flynn may be looking for payback.

He likely thought since Trump and Pence knew he was working for Turkey and meeting with Russians during and after the election they were going to stick with him when it was proven that he had met with the Russian ambassador. The moment the truth came out both men acted as if they did not know what Flynn was doing, acted as if he had lied to them, and pushed him out of the administration, or allowed him to leave the administration.

We should remember how Trump raked Hillary Clinton over the coals for not sticking with Debbie Wasserman-Schultz during the DNC hacking scandal. Flynn likely thought Trump would stick with him since Trump made such a big deal over loyalty during the DNC hacking scandal. It has been said, Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. I think the same thing can be said of men and friends. Sometimes a person will turn on you if they think you have not been loyal enough to them, especially if they broke the law for you.

[GoCubsGo]

43. Yep. Guys like Flynn, Trump and Pence are really only out for themselves.

They'll step on everyone to save their own asses, including each other. They'd stab their own mothers in the back, if they though it would get them what they wanted.

[tblue37]

70. For Trump loyalty is a one-way street. nt

[displacedtexan]

36. Maybe Flynn is trying to keep from getting Caponed by the IRS.

This wouldn't be the first time a serious tax cheat used valuable info on his/her bosses to avoid a lengthy prison sentence because of IRS problems.

[Honeycombe8]

79. I tend to think it's about money, too. nt

[bucolic_frolic]

40. When is all this going to make a difference?

Being a Russian agent is so de rigeur right now

The non-progressive public doesn't care. The GOP is using PR techniques to make
Russia and supporting Trump a patriotic duty. People are so ignorant of what is happening,
what this means for them, the effects of Trump policies on their lives and health. SAD!

[oberliner]

42. The Palmer Report is literally a guy in his basement

Not an actual news source. Bear that in mind.

[womanofthehills]

50. He's been right on and has his own reporters now too

He always puts reference links throught out his articles in blue. I've learned much about Russia/republicans from Rachael ,Bill Palmer and Malcolm Nance.

He is fighting the good fight and putting out news others are not (with lots of links) - so what's the problem?

[oberliner]

54. No, he hasn't

Stop Saying the Election Was Rigged

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/11/reports_claiming_the_election_was_rigged_are_wrong.html

He is pretty much always wrong about everything that he thinks up in his basement on his own.

The only accurate information on that site are things he cites from other websites.

Edit to add: He also does not have "other reporters" - and he himself is not a reporter. He has a handful of "political writers" which is basically the equivalent of "people who post their thoughts on discussion boards".

[womanofthehills]

65. Yes he has -LATEST FROM PALMER REPORT - MORE DETAILS

Palmer is onto some more good stuff today.

During Trump campaign, Michael Flynn met with Turkish minister who does oil business with ISIS
By Bill Palmer | March 12, 2017 |


It turns out Donald Trump and Michael Flynn have a much bigger problem on their hands than the mere fact that Flynn was on the take from a foreign government and Trump knew about it. Flynn was paid half a million dollars by a Turkish government intermediary to represent its interests while he was working for the Trump campaign and administration – and the guy who paid Flynn also set him up with a meeting with a Turkish minister who does oil business with ISIS.

Michael Flynn now admits he took $530,000 in consulting money from Turkish businessman Ekim Alptekin. In turn, Alptekin admits he set up a meeting in September between Flynn and two members of the Turkish government. According to this Associated Press report, Flynn’s own recent government filings state that he met with “Turkey’s ministers of foreign affairs and energy.” The latter is almost certainly a reference to the Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, also informally known as the Minister of Oil. That’s a man by the name of Berat Albayrak. And that’s a big problem — for Flynn and Trump.

According to hacked and stolen leaked emails which The Independent reported on, Berat Albayrak does business with a company that’s been “implicated in deals with ISIS-controlled oil fields.” In other words, while he was a Donald Trump campaign adviser, Michael Flynn held a meeting with a Turkish minister who does business with ISIS terrorists.

Congressman Elijah Cummings sent a publicly available letter to Mike Pence’s office on November 18th, alerting him to Michael Flynn’s financial arrangement with Turkey. That means Pence, and assuredly Trump, knew Flynn was on Turkey’s payroll when they decided to appoint him National Security Adviser. Did they als

o know that Flynn had recently met with a guy who does business with ISIS?

http://www.palmerreport.com/news/isis-michael-flynn-turkey-minister/1894/

[oberliner]

67. No, he hasn't

That article is a good example of him taking accurate information reported on by other legitimate news sources (the Associated Presss and the Independent) and then embellishing it with statements that he pretends are his own, but actually come from other sources that he does not name or credit (to wit: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article137853773.html).

[TXCritter]

92. Then look for confirmation like here --

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/us/politics/michael-flynn-turkey.html?_r=0

[oberliner]

96. Yes, the NY Times is an actual news source

Not a Clickbait site that steals other people's reporting and passes it off as their own (and throws in some BS speculation now and then for good measure).

[Hulk]

45. He might want to take out a bit more life insurance..

...if this country's government starts to follow the path of 45's admirable idol, Russia.

[womanofthehills]

52. Palmer and Rachael both worry me

Randi Rhodes has been out there too - she had Malcolm Nance on for almost an hour a few weeks ago.

[annabanana]

49. While Turkey isn't technically a "hostile foreign government"

it has become so functionally with the autocratic response to the failed coup.

[womanofthehills]

56. the guy behind (or not behind )the failed coup, Gulen, has a weird kind of story - known as kind of

a Mormon/Scientologist. Why did Flynn think he could return him to the Ukraine ? Gulen has taxpayer-funded schools in the US ???? There was a video spot about his schools in Turkey - they looked better than US schools and the first graders were all learning English.

Trained as a prayer leader, Gulen gained notice in Turkey some 50 years ago, promoting a philosophy that blended a mystical form of Islam with staunch advocacy of democracy, education, science and interfaith dialogue.

Supporters started 1,000 schools in more than 100 countries, including about 150 taxpayer-funded charter schools throughout the U.S. In Turkey, they have run universities, hospitals, charities, a bank and a large media empire with newspapers and radio and TV stations. His group is called Hizmet, which means service.

He once worked alongside Erdogan but the two have split. Erdogan has vowed Gulen will be punished for his role in the overthrow attempt.

The pro-Gulen Lehigh Dialogue Center issued a statement denouncing the overthrow attempt Saturday afternoon.

"For more than 40 years, Fethullah Gulen and Hizmet participants have advocated for, and demonstrated their commitment to, peace and democracy. We have consistently denounced military interventions in domestic politics. These are core values of Hizmet participants. We condemn any military intervention in domestic politics of Turkey," the statement says.

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/07/rare_look_at_exiled_turkish_cl.html

[mr_lebowski]

87. This story, and the Turkey Coup attempt, and Flynn ... have 'The Family' written ALL OVER THEM ...

It couldn't be more obvious to me who these guys really work for, both Gulen and Flynn ...

[oasis]

53. Don't count on a skunk like Flynn to burn potential financial bridges. nt

[vlyons]

55. I always wondered who would be the first rat to snitch on Trump.

So now I guess Flynn gets the booby prize. I always thought it would be Manafort. Of course, they may be several, who are quietly singing the snitch song that we don't know about - yet. The thing about Flynn is that he is into pay back and vengence. He better watch his back that someone doesn't serve him a plutonium martini. Or as my ex-con neighbor says, "A snitch is a bitch in a ditch."

[womanofthehills]

64. Plus Flynn seems the less stable of them all - remember the arabic signs he said were in Mexico

pointing the way to the border.

Michael Flynn once claimed Arabic signs on southern border guide 'radicalized Muslims' into US

(CNN)Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Donald Trump's pick to be his national security adviser, claimed in an August radio interview that Arabic signs were present along the United States border with Mexico to guide potential state-sponsored terrorists and "radicalized Muslims" into the United States.
Flynn further said in the interview he had personally seen photos of such signs in Texas.
A CNN KFile review of available information about the terror threat along the US-Mexico border could not corroborate Flynn's claim. CNN's KFile asked Flynn for clarification about the Arabic signs, but received no reply. A Trump transition spokesman declined to comment. A spokesperson for the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) "respectfully" declined to comment.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/08/politics/kfile-michael-flynn-arabic-signs-on-border/

[Bernardo de La Paz]

58. Purge Pence first. Ryan will decline. He wants 2020/24. Doesn't want to be short term Ford (74-76).

[Demsrule86]

59. No...he is trying to stay out of jail...it is illegal to take money as he did without registering as

a foreign agent...this is why it was retroactive...and Pence was notified about this during the transition...so the story about how Flynn lied is pure bullshit.

[CK_John]

61. IMO, Was Flynn just a carrier of money or was it his money for services.

I think he was just a carrier, a gut feeling on my part.

[womanofthehills]

66. supposedly he ran a "sort of" company called the Flynn Intel Groop

which was "supposedly" doing research on Gulen.

Mr. Flynn was assigned to investigate Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish cleric who lives in Pennsylvania and was blamed by Mr. Erdogan for helping instigate the failed coup. Mr. Erdogan has demanded the United States extradite Mr. Gulen, which the Obama administration refused to do.

The forms filed this week indicate that Mr. Flynn’s firm was “to perform investigative research” on Mr. Gulen and “develop a short film piece on the results of its investigation.” In the end, the video was never completed, and Mr. Flynn’s firm received $530,000 before the contract terminated in November. But on Election Day, Mr. Flynn published an op-ed article in The Hill, a newspaper serving Congress, calling Mr. Gulen “a shady Islamic mullah” and “radical Islamist.”

------

Mr. Flynn opened the Flynn Intel Group in October 2014, two months after he was forced out as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. The business was opaque, making little public, not even an address. When a reporter went looking for it last fall, he tracked it down to an Alexandria, Va., office building operating out of the nondescript headquarters of another firm, called the White Canvas Group.

In the interview in October, Mr. Flynn offered only a vague description of the firm. He said he had clients in Japan and the Middle East and that he worked on cybertraining, aviation operations and energy business.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/us/politics/michael-flynn-turkey.html

[Amaryllis]

62. Why this? "And so as bad as this is for Trump, it may be worse for Pence." ?

[Honeycombe8]

80. I wondered the same thing. How does that mean Pence knew?

I don't get it.

[dixiegrrrrl]

97. Pence said he did not know about Flynn until Flynn told him last month.

thus Trump said he fired Flynn for lying to Pence.

Except..Pence knew, in November:

Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings sent a letter to Mike Pence’s office on November 18th, spelling out in detail the financial arrangements which Michael Flynn had with Turkey. Cummings entered the letter into the official House record at the time. The letter has long been public knowledge, but it’s once again become relevant because it demonstrates that Pence was long ago made aware of Flynn’s payments from Turkey.

This means that the Donald Trump administration went on to appoint Michael Flynn as its National Security Adviser even though Mike Pence knew Flynn was taking Turkish money. It also means Mike Pence was lying this week when he claimed in this interview with Fox News host Bret Baier that he wasn’t aware of Flynn’s Turkey situation until he heard about it from the media. This is a remarkable development considering that the Trump administration framed Flynn’s firing last month as having been a result of Flynn lying to Pence about his repeated phone calls with the Russian Ambassador.

http://www.palmerreport.com/news/mike-pence-learned-in-november-that-michael-flynn-was-a-foreign-agent-lied-about-knowing/1863/

[Amaryllis]

99. Still dont get why worse for Pence. P and Trump both lied.

[dixiegrrrrl]

98. I just posted why, in detail, pls see below, my #97 reply....n/t

[kentuck]

69. When he went and got himself a lawyer...

you just knew the shit was bad.

[AC_Mem]

74. They all know every dirty detail

NO WAY are there innocents who are unknowledgeable at the top. They know, and think they are above the law. I'm afraid that many many people have bought into one of the greatest tragedies of American history.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

77. Nice!!!

😃👍🏾

[madville]

78. "Hostile Foreign Government"

Turkey is a NATO ally.

[nocalflea]

81. Flynn give in to his inner vindictiveness ? hmmm...

don't know if he's smart enough to flip.

[MedusaX]

82. 45 faces Compromise possibilities due to non-divestiture

Flynn has also established a connection between his being paid & 45 being subject to manipulation by Turkey ....
income from 45's Istanbul Tower could be cut off if 45 does not do as Turkey wishes.....

Extradition Swap?
The conflicts between the commercial interests of the Trump family and U.S. foreign policy extend beyond the many financial benefits for the next president and his children. Already, there is a situation in which the president of the United States could be blackmailed by a foreign power through pressure related to his family’s business entanglements.

More .....
http://www.newsweek.com/2016/12/23/donald-trump-foreign-business-deals-jeopardize-us-531140.html

This section is pretty far down in the article ...

[Hekate]

85. Amen, dixiegrrrrl. Flynn strikes me as an angry SOB with a massive grudge....

I don't know why it had not occurred to me before that he had lawyered up. Hmmmmm.

[OnDoutside]

88. Two Questions I would like to have answered, which might make things clearer

1) When Congressman Cummings sent the letter to Pence on November 18 warning him of the Flynn-Turkey issue, did Pence reply to/acknowledge receipt of his letter ?

2) During the time Flynn was not registered as a Foreign Agent, but receiving classified briefings, did some of those briefings include discussions on Turkey ?

[Nitram]

89. We need dirt on Pence for when Don the Con resigns the presidency.

[TXCritter]

94. New York Times confirms Story

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/us/politics/michael-flynn-turkey.html?_r=0

[not fooled]

95. Doesn't Erdogan want a refund?

That should scare the Jebus out of Flynn. I wouldn't want that guy coming after me.

[Eliot Rosewater]

101. I said day one, Pence was lying, was in on it. They all lie about everything. Remember that.

[C_U_L8R]

102. Loose Cannon

gonna take them all down with him - hilariously