Exclusive: War Hero Urges AG Barr to Dismiss Charges Against Gen. Michael Flynn

Army Maj. Gen. (Ret.) John K. Singlaub, a decorated war hero, wrote to Attorney General Barr on Thursday, asking him to dismiss charges against Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Michael Flynn, the president’s former national security adviser. Singlaub, chairman of America’s Future, Inc., and Ed Martin, president of the organization, wrote that a federal prosecutor named Brandon Van Grack, in a '“severe miscarriage of justice,” pressured Flynn to lie in a case related to a former business partner. They wrote:

This kind of a political conduct should not be levied at an American hero like Lt. General Flynn. As a decorated military officer with a career spanning from World War II to the Reagan Administration, and in light of my continued efforts to help our President and democracy, I know what courage looks like. I have fought Nazis, Communists, and other enemies of freedom. I have worked against enemy lines and behind them. I’ve seen the atrocities of war and tasted victory. There may be few people today who have seen what I have seen, but courage doesn’t just belong to my generation. Many brave men and women fight for freedom today. Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn is one such courageous individual. He served our nation honorably for thirty-three years in the U.S. Army. During his time in Afghanistan and Iraq, he had an important role in developing counterterrorism strategy. As a founding member of the Central Intelligence Agency, I can attest to the difficulty and importance of the work he did. He is clearly a patriot in every sense of the word. That’s why I was so pleased to honor him as the inaugural recipient of an award bearing my name in 2018, the Maj. Gen. John K. Singlaub Award For Service To America.

They said now Flynn is facing “character assassination, financial ruin, and prison time because of a vendetta-driven narrative launched by Robert Mueller’s phony investigation.” They wrote to Barr, “I call on you to show courage now by supporting Lt. Gen. Flynn as the American hero he is … . Our men and women in uniform should be treated with fairness and respect. No one who has served America so faithfully should have the Department of Justice pressuring them to lie.”

Singlaub and Martin implored Barr: You are a man who holds justice in very high regard, Mr. Barr. Please see that Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn receives the justice he deserves. The underlying narrative of destroying our Nation’s core belief system and social justice with injustice is what these rogue men and women are instigating. We must not allow our way of life to be upended by those who want to rule by ruining the careers of those that stand for righteousness. You can see that the rule of law means something and those that conspire to take down our leaders do not prevail. Rule in favor of the Honorable Lt. General Michael Flynn, dismiss the charges, and show the nation and the world our Department of Justice will not tolerate these insubordinate pressures thrust upon good people.

Flynn last month withdrew his guilty plea, after Flynn’s defense attorney Sidney Powell alleged that Van Grack pressured Flynn to lie in a case against a former partner. When Flynn refused to do so, Van Grack reversed his obligations as part of the plea deal in the special counsel’s inquiry into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/23/exclusive-war-hero-urges-ag-barr-dismiss-charges-against-gen-michael-flynn/

Report: ‘Anxious’ Obama Considering Issuing a Statement as Bernie Sanders Rises in Polls

Former President Barack Obama is reportedly growing “increasingly anxious” over Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) rise in the polls and is considering issuing a statement on the socialist candidate, Fox Business Senior Correspondent Charles Gasparino reported on Thursday.

According to Gasparino, Obama, who has remained largely silent over the course of the Democrat primary process, is reportedly concerned over Sanders’ recent rise in the polls and could issue a statement on the matter, Democrat Party sources who spoke to Obama claim. Gasparino reported:

SCOOP: Dem Party sources who have spoken w @BarackObama say former prez is growing increasingly anxious about @BernieSanders rise in the national polls & where the avowed socialist would take the country; he is considering a public statement addressing it more now @FoxBusiness— Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) January 23, 2020

While the former president has not endorsed a Democrat candidate, he reportedly took a veiled shot at the far-left visions of some of the top Democrat contenders, warning a group of liberal donors in November that Democrats need to be “rooted in reality.” “Even as we push the envelope and we are bold in our vision we also have to be rooted in reality,” Obama said, according to the New York Times. “The average American doesn’t think we have to completely tear down the system and remake it,” he continued, signaling concern with the far-left field. He continued:

I don’t think we should be deluded into thinking that the resistance to certain approaches to things is simply because voters haven’t heard a bold enough proposal and if they hear something as bold as possible then immediately that’s going to activate them.

In a profile of the president in November, Politico’s Ryan Lizza noted that Obama views his role in the Democrat primary as “providing guardrails to keep the process from getting too ugly and to unite the party when the nominee is clear.” However, he noted that one exception remained: Bernie Sanders:

Back when Sanders seemed like more of a threat than he does now, Obama said privately that if Bernie were running away with the nomination, Obama would speak up to stop him. (Asked about that, a spokesperson for Obama pointed out that Obama recently said he would support and campaign for whoever the Democratic nominee is.)

Obama allies appear to feel the same way about Sanders. Jim Messina, who served as Obama’s campaign manager in 2012, said this month that President Trump would probably love to run against the socialist senator from Vermont. Messina told Politico:

If I were a campaign manager for Donald Trump and I look at the field, I would very much want to run against Bernie Sanders. I think the contrast is the best. He can say, ‘I’m a business guy, the economy’s good and this guy’s a socialist.’ From a general election perspective, socialism is not going to be what Democrats are going to want to defend. If you’re the Democratic nominee for the Montana Senate race, you don’t want to spend the election talking about socialism.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/23/report-anxious-obama-considering-issuing-a-statement-as-bernie-sanders-rises-in-polls/

Richard Burr Distributes Fidget Spinners Before Impeachment Trial

Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) reportedly distributed gadgets like fidget spinners and stress balls to his colleagues ahead of the hours-long Senate impeachment trial on Thursday, Roll Call reported. Burr, who held a “Carolina Cookout” featuring all-American favorites like hamburgers, hot dogs, baked beans, coleslaw, potato salad, and ice cream as part of Thursday’s weekly lunch, reportedly distributed “an assortment of fidget spinners and other gizmos to his GOP colleagues,” according to Roll Call.

The move follows two days of well-documented boredom among senators, some of whom have dozed off, crafted paper airplanes, and passed notes. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was spotted fiddling with a container holding lozenges and reportedly read the back of the container.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/23/richard-burr-distributes-fidget-spinners-colleagues-before-impeachment-trial/

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>>7895361

Agreed…how many new hearts has he had?

>>7895363

Pulled this from this twatter:

https://twitter.com/AreaMan_/status/1087333486392942592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

>>7895430

I agree..exactly what I suspected when it happened.