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Takket

(21,575 posts)
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 09:51 PM Feb 2017

Sally Yates (Hero) warned Trump that Flynn was "compromised"

Yates should have a movie made about her short time serving this Russian White House

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/national-security/justice-department-warned-white-house-that-flynn-could-be-vulnerable-to-russian-blackmail-officials-say/2017/02/13/fc5dab88-f228-11e6-8d72-263470bf0401_story.html

The acting attorney general informed the Trump White House late last month that she believed Michael Flynn had misled senior administration officials about the nature of his communications with the Russian ambassador to the United States, and warned that the national security adviser was potentially vulnerable to Russian blackmail, current and former U.S. officials said.

The message, delivered by Sally Q. Yates and a senior career national security official to the White House counsel, was prompted by concerns that ­Flynn, when asked about his calls and texts with the Russian diplomat, had told Vice ­President-elect Mike Pence and others that he had not discussed the Obama administration sanctions on Russia for its interference in the 2016 election, the officials said. It is unclear what the White House counsel, Donald McGahn, did with the information.

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Sally Yates (Hero) warned Trump that Flynn was "compromised" (Original Post) Takket Feb 2017 OP
No one could have anticipated... nt Xipe Totec Feb 2017 #1
Trump didn't act because he already knew, and was a part of it. Takket Feb 2017 #4
You are so right, volstork Feb 2017 #14
Explain this you Orange Pustule! Frogg Feb 2017 #2
No doubt that this is why she was fired malaise Feb 2017 #3
Yep..Drip Drip Drip.. HipChick Feb 2017 #5
They use messengers for target practice. nt Xipe Totec Feb 2017 #8
Bingo pandr32 Feb 2017 #17
She was already in the crosshairs. madaboutharry Feb 2017 #6
Did this moron not realize any call he made to Russia would be recorded? Tatiana Feb 2017 #7
May have used encryption Kindnesscostszero Feb 2017 #11
Recommended. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #9
And tRump is also compromised. manicraven Feb 2017 #10
Pence was informed of Flynn's crime & lying in late January. Get Pence FIRST. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #12
Holy hell Bernardo... MontanaMama Feb 2017 #19
Maybe we should start calling it The Red House. spooky3 Feb 2017 #13
I am so using that! orangecrush Feb 2017 #15
West Kremlin? lastlib Feb 2017 #16
"... Flynn has been under investigation by the FBI since late last year ..." struggle4progress Feb 2017 #18

Takket

(21,575 posts)
4. Trump didn't act because he already knew, and was a part of it.
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 09:55 PM
Feb 2017

Hoping there is enough in the dossier for Trump and his swamp to spend the rest of their lives in prison for Treason

volstork

(5,401 posts)
14. You are so right,
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 11:15 PM
Feb 2017

but I'm not holding my breath. shrub and cheney should also be in prison, long with rumsfeld and wolfowitz, but we're still waiting on that one.

malaise

(269,045 posts)
3. No doubt that this is why she was fired
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 09:54 PM
Feb 2017

They just used her refusal to defend the unconstitutional ban as the excuse

pandr32

(11,588 posts)
17. Bingo
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:38 AM
Feb 2017

Her refusal to tow his policy line provided an excuse, but she was already on record for stating that her job was to follow the law and not the administration--that sometimes they could be at odds, and Donnie knew that (or someone should have explained it to him in easy words).
It is looking more and more like the dossier allegations are solid and true.

madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
6. She was already in the crosshairs.
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 09:55 PM
Feb 2017

Sally Yates was telling the White House something they didn't want to hear. That is not allowed in Trumpland.

Remember him standing at the plane the other night claiming he "didn't know anything and would look into it?" He is such a liar.

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
7. Did this moron not realize any call he made to Russia would be recorded?
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 09:56 PM
Feb 2017

They have him on tape. I wonder if Yates has any additional evidence on this team... We were all amazed by her courage and bravery. Perhaps she was motivated in more ways than one.

11. May have used encryption
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 10:37 PM
Feb 2017

I saw this mentioned in another article, yet have not fact checked it yet. If it turns out he did use encryption...

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
9. Recommended.
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 10:00 PM
Feb 2017

McGahn was probably rewriting the Constitution on a one sided sheet of paper for Trump. It took a while to reduce it to 9 bullet points.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,002 posts)
12. Pence was informed of Flynn's crime & lying in late January. Get Pence FIRST.
Mon Feb 13, 2017, 11:13 PM
Feb 2017

He covered it up.

Get him, then impeach tRump.

Make Pence to tRump as Agnew was to Nixon.

MontanaMama

(23,322 posts)
19. Holy hell Bernardo...
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:40 AM
Feb 2017

You're correct. Pence knew and he lied his ass off for Flynn. He freaking KNEW. Pence is up to his eyeballs in this.

struggle4progress

(118,291 posts)
18. "... Flynn has been under investigation by the FBI since late last year ..."
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 12:39 AM
Feb 2017

By Tim Weiner
Mon Feb 13, 2017 | 2:06pm EST
Commentary: Flynn facts: a threat to national security
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-flynn-national-security-commentary-idUSKBN15S28E

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