Flynn Scandal Foreshadowed by IRS Persecution of

Grassroots Groups

Jenny Beth Martin

Posted: May 06, 2020 12:01 AM

"Last week’s revelations about contemporaneous FBI notes in the case of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn make it abundantly clear – there is no question that Gen. Flynn was railroaded by the FBI, in what can only be described as an appalling abuse of power by so-called “public servants.”

What’s worse is that the senior-most officials at the FBI believed they could get away with such outrageous, abusive behavior because they had previously allowed other government bureaucrats to behave in a similar fashion without any negative consequences – James Comey, you will recall, was the FBI Director who never held Lois Lerner and her IRS cronies accountable for their illegal targeting of tea party groups."

https://townhall.com/columnists/jennybethmartin/2020/05/06/flynn-scandal-foreshadowed-by-irs-persecution-of-grassroots-groups–high-government-officials-werent-held-accountable-then-now-its-a-must

Matthew T. Mangino: Newly released Flynn documents

bombshell or dud?

By Matthew T. Mangino, For The Times

Posted at 12:16 AM

"Last week documents were released as part of Attorney General William Barr’s review of Gen. Michael Flynn’s case. Flynn’s supporters, which again includes the president, suggest the documents will exonerate Flynn. In a sudden change of heart, Trump retweeted a post from his son Donald Trump Jr. calling for the imprisonment of FBI officials involved in Flynn’s prosecution.

On Dec. 2, 2017, President Donald Trump tweeted, “I had to fire General (Michael T.) Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies. It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide!”

Flynn served in the U.S. Army with distinction in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency for two years during the Obama Administration. He served as Trumps’ first National Security Adviser. His tenure was the shortest in history, lasting 24 days before resigning after it was revealed he misled the FBI and Vice President Mike Pence about the nature and content of his communications with the Russian ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak.

In December 2017, Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about conversations with Kislyak in the fall 2016 before Trump was sworn into office. Flynn was being prosecuted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller pursuant to 18 U.S. Code 1001, a federal statute that “makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation,” in this case to the FBI, unlawful.

Flynn’s case has been bogged down in federal court as his new defense team alleges he was framed in a government conspiracy. Last month, Flynn withdrew his guilty plea. According to USA TODAY Flynn’s lawyers accused prosecutors of acting in “bad faith” during their investigation.

Flynn’s attorneys accused the government of forcing him to admit to crimes he didn’t commit and hiding evidence that would’ve exonerated him."

https://www.timesonline.com/opinion/20200506/matthew-t-mangino-newly-released-flynn-documents-bombshell-or-dud

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FBI lashes 'prior' leadership in defense of Director

Christopher Wray’s handling of Michael Flynn case

by Jerry Dunleavy

May 05, 2020 10:56 PM

"The FBI is fighting back against criticism leveled against Director Christopher Wray by Republicans who contend he botched the handling of the case against retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn.

Brian Hale, the FBI’s assistant director for the Office of Public Affairs, released a statement on Tuesday that said the bureau chief “has fully cooperated and been transparent with” U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Jensen, appointed by Attorney General William Barr earlier this year to review the Flynn case. The FBI spokesman said Wray has also worked closely with DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz in his Crossfire Hurricane investigation as well as with U.S. Attorney John Durham, who was handpicked by Barr to lead an investigation of the Trump-Russia investigators.

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the ranking Republican on the House Oversight Committee, and Mike Johnson of Louisiana sent a letter to Wray on Monday, saying that what they found “even more concerning” than the newly revealed details about the Flynn case was that “we continue to learn these new details from litigation and investigations — not from you.” They further stated, “It is well past time that you show the leadership necessary to bring the FBI past the abuses of the Obama-Biden era.”"

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fbi-lashes-prior-leadership-in-defense-of-director-christopher-wrays-handling-of-michael-flynn-case