Sir yes sir
Trump knew Flynn was under investigation when he hired him. As his national security adviser.
Michael T. Flynn told President Trump’s transition team weeks before the inauguration that he was under federal investigation for secretly working as a paid lobbyist for Turkey during the campaign, according to two people familiar with the case.
Despite this warning, which came about a month after the Justice Department notified Mr. Flynn of the inquiry, Mr. Trump made Mr. Flynn his national security adviser. The job gave Mr. Flynn access to the president and nearly every secret held by American intelligence agencies.
So does that seem like a wise and responsible move? No it does not.
Mr. Flynn’s disclosure, on Jan. 4, was first made to the transition team’s chief lawyer, Donald F. McGahn II, who is now the White House counsel. That conversation, and another one two days later between Mr. Flynn’s lawyer and transition lawyers, shows that the Trump team knew about the investigation of Mr. Flynn far earlier than has been previously reported.
Which means they acted even more recklessly than has been previously reported.
And now the breaking news is that Flynn is refusing to honor the Senate Intelligence Committee’s subpoena.
Retired Gen. Michael Flynn will not cooperate with the Senate intelligence committee’s subpoena request for documents regarding the former national security adviser’s interactions with Russian officials.
Gen. Flynn’s lawyers said he would not honor the subpoena, and that’s not a surprise to the committee, but we’ll figure out on Gen. Flynn what the next step, if any, is,” committee chairman Richard Burr, a North Carolina Republican, told reporters Thursday morning.
Just another day in Trump’s America.
[Off topic: Not sure where to put this, and you may have seen it already, but the board of directors at Hypatia have made an official statement on the matter. Officially official this time. They side with Tuvel.]
Oh hey, no I haven’t. Thank you. That’s good news!
Well, not all that good, now that I’ve read it. It starts with a long thing about intersectionality and must do better, and it never says a word about the way Tuvel was bullied.
Jail time would be ok.
American friends help me out here. I thought the whole point of a subpoena was that it involved compulsion, not a pretty please if you feel like it. Surely there are consequences for giving a Senate enquiry the middle finger?
As a US citizen I thought same. But no, other than some clucking from Dems, no consequences should be expected. Josh Bolton and Harriet Miers both ignored subpoenas in 2007 with zero consequences. For contempt charges, the matter must be brought to the floor for a full vote, something that no one will do.
Count me in as another nonus — but I do believe sub poena means, literally, under penalty?
Lock him up. In Latin.
How long before Trump realizes he can issue a pardon, and Flynn gets to go free? Or, will wiser heads prevail and convince Trump that pardoning Flynn could look bad for him…maybe get him booed?