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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMike Flynn Retroactively Registers W/DOD as Foreign Agent for Lobbying for Turkey Before Election
Phillip Carter @Carter_PEWhoa: LTG(R) Mike Flynn retroactively registers with DOJ as foreign agent for >$500K of work done before election https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-03-08/former-trump-security-adviser-flynn-admits-turkey-lobbying
Christopher Hayes @chrislhayes 2h2 hours ago
He was secretly lobbying for a foreign govt while on a campaign accusing its opponent of engaging in "pay for play" w foreign governments
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Mike Flynn Retroactively Registers W/DOD as Foreign Agent for Lobbying for Turkey Before Election (Original Post)
bigtree
Mar 2017
OP
What's the point? Don the Con is just going to lie...and oaths don't seem to matter
HipChick
Mar 2017
#6
They asked Spicer - he said he was a private citizen at the time and if is was legal, so be it...
jmg257
Mar 2017
#10
Spicer said it was fine that Flynn hadn't told Trump that Turkey was paying him
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2017
#12
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)1. Turkey wanted Flynn to expidite extradition of Fetullah Gulen.....
and Flynn needs arresting.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,336 posts)2. Someone should ask Spicer if Trump knew about this work
and if not, why not. And then the questioner will probably need to duck ...
HipChick
(25,485 posts)6. What's the point? Don the Con is just going to lie...and oaths don't seem to matter
jmg257
(11,996 posts)10. They asked Spicer - he said he was a private citizen at the time and if is was legal, so be it...
muriel_volestrangler
(101,336 posts)12. Spicer said it was fine that Flynn hadn't told Trump that Turkey was paying him
even though he was advising Trump, and was going to be National Security Adviser? Wow. They really don't give a fuck.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)3. So... National Security Advisor Mike Flynn was a paid agent of a foreign government?
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)4. Yes and a russian influenced one as well......
dalton99a
(81,543 posts)7. We're so fucked with this regime.
Last edited Thu Mar 9, 2017, 04:15 PM - Edit history (1)
DangerousRhythm
(2,916 posts)9. What about the Turkish assassin?
The one who killed the Russian ambassador? Am I being too paranoid? When I heard this today, it's the first, automatic connection my brain made. Dunno if one has to do with the other, but it's where my mind went. Worth a look, maybe?
HAB911
(8,909 posts)11. LOCK HIM UP!