tyb
no sleeping on the job ;)
Agreed: The most compelling, definitive and complete rundown of The Steal yet…
Anomalies in Vote Counts and Their Effects on Election 2020
A Quantitative Analysis of Decisive Vote Updates in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Georgia on and after Election Night
Worth the read (long):
https://votepatternanalysis.substack.com/p/voting-anomalies-2020
Scoop: Trump tells confidants he plans to pardon Michael Flynn
https://www.axios.com/trump-pardon-michael-flynn-131c78e2-eb58-4294-9ca1-3c5fb00bf96e.html
CAP:
President Trump has told confidants he plans to pardon his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to the FBI about his Russian contacts, two sources with direct knowledge of the discussions tell Axios.
Behind the scenes: Sources with direct knowledge of the discussions said Flynn will be part of a series of pardons that Trump issues between now and when he leaves office.
The big picture: Flynn's pardon would be the culmination of a four-year political and legal saga that began with the FBI's investigation into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and the Russian government in the 2016 election.
The retired lieutenant general is viewed by many Trump supporters as a victim of political retaliation by the Obama administration.
Flynn's lawyers and members of conservative media have accused the FBI of entrapping him and cited his case as part of a broader campaign to discredit the Russia probe.
Earlier this year, Trump commuted the sentence of Roger Stone, another associate charged in the Mueller investigation who the president complained had been unfairly targeted in a political witch hunt.
The backdrop: Flynn's legal troubles began during the 2016 presidential transition, when he urged former Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in a phone call not to escalate in response to the Obama administration imposing sanctions on Russia for election interference.
Flynn then lied about not discussing sanctions, to Vice President Mike Pence who repeated that denial to the media — causing alarm among Justice Department officials who feared the lies made Flynn susceptible to Russian blackmail.
In January 2017, Flynn was interviewed without a lawyer present by FBI agents as part of a counterintelligence investigation into Russian interference. He later admitted to lying to the FBI as part of a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller.
Flash forward: In January 2020, after two years of sentencing delays due to his cooperation with the Mueller investigation, Flynn and his new legal team sought to withdraw his guilty plea, alleging prosecutorial misconduct.
A federal prosecutor appointed to review the case by Attorney General Bill Barr recommended that the charges be dropped, finding that the FBI interview in which Flynn lied was "conducted without any legitimate investigative basis."
District Judge Emmet Sullivan did not immediately agree to drop the charges, and asked for outside legal experts to weigh in on the unusual case.
Flynn's lawyers filed an emergency appeal to force the judge to comply with the DOJ motion.
That resulted in a protracted legal fight, which ended in August with an appeals court siding with Sullivan.
Worth noting: Flynn's lawyer Sidney Powell acknowledged at a hearing in September that she had spoken to Trump recently and had requested that he not issue a pardon. It's unclear what discussions Powell and the president have had since then.
The bottom line: Trump's pardon of Flynn would take the matter out of the hands of the courts and of a Biden-controlled Justice Department.
What to watch: In his final weeks in office, Trump is approaching the time when past presidents have granted pardons, and he has the potential to expunge his friends and supporters of all federal criminal convictions on his way out the door.
RELEASE the Kraken
Heavy on the Sauce…as you wish!
Trump plans to pardon former aide Michael Flynn
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-trump-flynn-idUSKBN2850BV
Pardon for Michael Flynn under discussion at the White House
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pardon-for-michael-flynn-under-discussion-at-the-white-house/ar-BB1bkFTM
Trump Planning To Pardon Ex-aide Flynn
https://www.ibtimes.com/trump-planning-pardon-ex-aide-flynn-us-media-3088854
Trump reportedly plans on soon pardoning Michael Flynn
https://theweek.com/5things/951888/trump-reportedly-plans-soon-pardoning-michael-flynn
Trump reportedly set to pardon Michael Flynn
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-reportedly-set-to-pardon-michael-flynn/ar-BB1bkpfp?fbclid=IwAR1K5aCkTLNhBfMAcMlC-GaVoqifHmPvp-LPa7AOA12PVpBDSKKn-F1Ue44
ty
Looks like you were right…twice!
Just in case any anons are wondering if POTUS is wavering
Trump: 'Will Never Concede' Despite Transition Process OK
President Donald Trump is vowing to “never concede,” the “most corrupt election in American political history”— despite the General Services Administration giving the go-ahead to Joe Biden to begin a transition to the White House.
Trump’s remarks came in a late Monday night tweet. He wrote: “What does GSA being allowed to preliminarily work with the Dems have to do with continuing to pursue our various cases on what will go down as the most corrupt election in American political history? We are moving full speed ahead. Will never concede to fake ballots & “Dominion.”
A spokesman for Dominion Voting Systems has called fraud claims by Trump's legal team "crazy" and denied voting machines were vulnerable to international election security breaches.
Meanwhile, the GSA informed Biden on Monday that his efforts to prepare for a transition could officially begin. The GSA’s action clears the way for Biden and Kamala Harris to get national security briefings.
The decision also means Biden's team will now have federal funds and an official office to conduct his transition over the next two months.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-concede-tweet-gsa/2020/11/24/id/998486/
wow, looks like we got a doomer shill on our hands
20/20
moar sauce
https://twitter.com/johnrobertsFox/status/1331429131263897606
https://www.axios.com/trump-pardon-michael-flynn-131c78e2-eb58-4294-9ca1-3c5fb00bf96e.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/24/politics/michael-flynn-pardon-discussion-white-house/index.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/25/trump-plans-to-pardon-former-aide-michael-flynn-reports
dash of hubris too