he knew. he was briefed as early as sep 2016 before the election when they had zero, zip, zilch on flynn. he authorized the continuance of the “investigation”.
he fired flynn
he authorized “investigation” of flynn
he personally warned Trump not to hire flynn
begs the question, why’s he so obsessed with flynn?
When he said to all of those on the phone call, “and I hope you all are with me on this?”, it was obvious what he was ACTUALLY saying? If I go down, you all are going down to so let’s stop this thing.
“The… The degree to which… uh… the news… uh… over the last 24 hours, I think, has been somewhat downplayed about… uh… the justice department dropping… uh… charges against Michael Flynn. And the fact that there is no precedent that anybody can find for… uh… someone who’s been charged with perjury… uh… just gettin’ off scot-free. Uh… That’s the kind of stuff where you… you begin to… uh… get worried that basic, not just institutional norms, but… uh… our basic understanding of… of rule of law… uh… is… is… is… uh… is at risk. And when you start moving in those directions… umm… it can accelerate pretty quickly… uh… as we’ve seen in… in other places. So, I… I am hoping that all of you feel the same sense of urgency that I do. I… You know, I… whenever I campaigned, I’ve always said…ah… This is the most important election, especially, obviously, when I was on the ballot. That always feels like the most important election. This one I’m not on the ballot, but I am… I am… uh… pretty darn invested. We gotta… We gotta make this happen.”
There is two things I liked about Bush jr the first I forgot the second he kept his mouth shut the whole 8 years while Obama was president as Obama’s administration blamed his administration of everything. Still he just kept quiet.
I can’t figure why an innocent lawyer would need to hire lawyers to represent him/her. I’m not a lawyer, but if I were charged falsely and innocent, I think I would defend myself.