Multiple reports from media are thatone of the reasons Flynn was forced out is because the Russians have material that they could use to blackmail him. Trump learned of this from Yates, the acting attorney general he fired for refusing to violate the law for him. This naturally raises the question, what happens if the Russians have information they can use to blackmail Trump?
Multiple reports from media are thatone of the reasons Flynn was forced out is because the Russians have material that they could use to blackmail him. Trump learned of this from Yates, the acting attorney general he fired for refusing to violate the law for him. This naturally raises the question, what happens if the Russians have information they can use to blackmail Trump?
It raises the question and Trump has only fueled it with his fealty toward Putin... Why was Flynn in such a hurry to let the Russian Ambassador know that Obama's sanctions would be lifted? And why does Trump seem so eager to appease the Russians in the first place? It's suspicious.
Obama to Russia: "After My Election I Have More Flexibility" | The Weekly Standard
Obama was a Russian agent too until his base sought to scapegoat their pathetic loss
So, best-case scenario, if I read this correctly:
1) POTUS was warned of this by the acting AG a month ago based on FBI investigative and intelligence community input
2) thereafter engaged in a twitter war with intelligence community about Russian influence
3) fired the acting AG which told him (which was for legit reasons but will certainly be used against him politically now)
4) believed Flynn's lies wholesale after these warnings from law enforcement and intelligence
5) Flynn himself knew so little about our intelligence-gathering capabilities that he thought he could send crudely-encrypted messages with a Russian ambassador and claim he did not
6) Flynn was apparently not doing any of the normal work of his position, so we are left potentially under-prepared in case of a mass terrorist attack or natural disaster
7) Trump took no action through all of this until pressed by the intelligence community
Is that about right?
So, best-case scenario, if I read this correctly:
1) POTUS was warned of this by the acting AG a month ago based on FBI investigative and intelligence community input
2) thereafter engaged in a twitter war with intelligence community about Russian influence
3) fired the acting AG which told him (which was for legit reasons but will certainly be used against him politically now)
4) believed Flynn's lies wholesale after these warnings from law enforcement and intelligence
5) Flynn himself knew so little about our intelligence-gathering capabilities that he thought he could send crudely-encrypted messages with a Russian ambassador and claim he did not
6) Flynn was apparently not doing any of the normal work of his position, so we are left potentially under-prepared in case of a mass terrorist attack or natural disaster
7) Trump took no action through all of this until pressed by the intelligence community
Is that about right?