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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 05:45 PM Dec 2017

Let the fireworks begin: "Trump legal team readies attack on Flynns credibility"

Trump legal team readies attack on Flynn’s credibility

President Trump’s legal team plans to cast former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn as a liar seeking to protect himself if he accuses the president or his senior aides of any wrongdoing, according to three people familiar with the strategy.

The approach would mark a sharp break from Trump’s previously sympathetic posture toward Flynn, whom he called a “wonderful man” when Flynn was ousted from the White House in February. Earlier this month, the president did not rule out a possible pardon for Flynn, who is cooperating with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Attorneys for Trump and his top advisers have privately expressed confidence that Flynn does not have any evidence that could implicate the president or his White House team. But since Flynn’s cooperation agreement with prosecutors was made public earlier this month, the administration has been strategizing how to neutralize him in case the former national security adviser does make any claims.

Flynn is the most senior former Trump adviser known to be providing information to Mueller’s team. The lenient terms of his plea agreement suggest he has promised significant information to investigators, legal experts said.

More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-legal-team-readies-attack-on-flynns-credibility/2017/12/27/bc601324-ea78-11e7-b698-91d4e35920a3_story.html?__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true&tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.d8abd37fb9fa
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Let the fireworks begin: "Trump legal team readies attack on Flynns credibility" (Original Post) MelissaB Dec 2017 OP
How many will be thrown under the bus in an attempt to save drumpf's ass? democratisphere Dec 2017 #1
Rank ametuers compared to Mueller's team. ProudMNDemocrat Dec 2017 #2
I mean, they have that blathering idiot Jay Sekulow! longship Dec 2017 #5
Shit's getin' real.... kentuck Dec 2017 #3
Oh my, Wellstone ruled Dec 2017 #4

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,789 posts)
2. Rank ametuers compared to Mueller's team.
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 05:48 PM
Dec 2017

Trump's lawyers should go back to New York. He is being poorly served and are way in over their heads.

longship

(40,416 posts)
5. I mean, they have that blathering idiot Jay Sekulow!
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 07:02 PM
Dec 2017

Who did church law garbage for babbling Pat Robertson.

But by all means, a top drawer team, Mr. Drumpf.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
4. Oh my,
Wed Dec 27, 2017, 05:57 PM
Dec 2017

this is going to be real interesting. Can you imagine the number of leaks that will ooze out of this.

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