December 2, 2017
COMIC GOLD:
FLYNN WAS FORMER OBAMA OFFICIAL, WHITE HOUSE LAWYER SAYS AFTER INDICTMENT (CHRISTAL HAYES, 12/1/17, Newsweek)
After news broke Friday that Flynn had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia's ambassador during the 2016 campaign and is cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller, White House lawyer Ty Cobb released a statement attempting to distance the administration from Flynn.The statement refers to Flynn as a "former Obama administration official" who worked at Trump's White House for 25 days. Cobb says Flynn's lies "mirror the false statements to White House officials," which led to his resignation in February.
'I took it as a direction': Comey testifies on crucial Valentine's Day meeting with Trump (CHRISTOPHER BRENNAN, June 8, 2017,NY Daily News)
Trump allegedly asked everyone to leave so he could have a one-on-one with Comey before bringing up the investigation into disgraced National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and saying "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go."
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 2, 2017 8:46 AM