“…The FBI did not play it straight with Flynn, and it worked. They got statements they could use to prosecute him. He was not in custody, so he was not entitled to be warned about the potential perils of speaking to investigators. He was not entrapped — the FBI just asked him questions; yes, the agents created an opportunity for him to commit wrongdoing, but they did not entice him into it. It was a lousy way to deal with Flynn and a shocking way to deal with a national-security adviser inside the White House. But it was not illegal. It does not excuse Flynn for lying to the agents, which he admits doing.
At the same time, Sullivan’s despicable invocation of “treason” invited us to consider how far removed Flynn’s misconduct is from the rationale for Mueller’s investigation: The suggestion that the Trump campaign — very much including Flynn, who has bled on the battlefield for this country — conspired with Russia against the United States, hacking Democratic email accounts, and stealing an election.
…The FBI did not treat Flynn fairly. It is breathtaking to hear former director Comey brag about how he “got away with” dodging protocol in order to interrogate him. Nevertheless, while the Bureau’s situational ethics leave much to be desired, their aggressive tactics did not violate the law.Like the rest of us, Flynn is blessed to live in a republic in which we have a right to refuse to speak to police. If you choose to speak, it is your duty to speak honestly. He failed his duty. He may have walked into a perjury trap, but it wasn’t an entrapment.
At the same time, if you find yourself talking about treason and General Mike Flynn in the same sentence, you ought to start wondering where you went wrong. I suspect it’s when you decided narratives were more useful than facts.“
Keeping in mind the character and integrity of those who…
…set up the “interview”. And why Trump would be crazyto ever converse with the equally-character-challenged Robert Mueller…
…under oath!
Still, courtesy of the WSJ, Michael Ledeen offers what he believes to be…
I think he lied when he made his deal with Mr. Mueller, and his confession was a false one. The president can provide clarity by releasing all relevant documents.“
Meanwhile, Sullivan’s comments about Flynn’s supposed “treason” makes the judge’s invalidation of the Trump Administration’s asylum standards in light of the actual letter of the law…
“The term “refugee” means (A) any person who is outside any country of such person’s nationality or, in the case of a person having no nationality, is outside any country in which such person last habitually resided, and who is unable or unwilling to return to, and is unable or unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of, that country because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group…”
Speaking of the President, we’ve gone from The Donald threatening to shut down the government over $5 billion in funding for The Wall (as if anyone but the MSM would care!)…
“This was the guy who declared in his convention speech, “Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it.” We’re two years into his presidency, and he had a GOP Senate and GOP House…and he didn’t get significant wall funding. (About 40 miles worth of old, damaged, or porous fencing have been replaced or are being replaced by bollard fencing in six spots.) He’s going to have a much harder time with a House of Representatives controlled by Democrats. This negotiation was his last chance — and he folded.“
Now The Donald’s once again playing hardball. And while it’s great the House passed a funding measure which included $5 billion for a portion of The Wall, the House also passed a bill to kill Obamascare; unfortunately, the House hasn’t been…
…the problem.
In the midst of it all, there’s was this rather curious observation from Trump:
The “border is tight”; seriously?!? As we recorded in the Wednesday edition, based on this photo taken somewhere in southern Arizona, the Mexican border’s about as tight…
…as a sailor on shore leave. Need we observe, if the border is tight, WTF would we need a wall?!?
Ricochet’s Three Martini Lunch podcast said it best:
“Come on, Greg! When’s the last time we withdrew all of our troops from a Middle Eastern country and then watched a whole bunch of Islamists come in and take over? That hasn’t happened for five or six years now.”
Or, as Jim Geraghty quoted Detective Rust Cohle from the first season of True Detective:
“Time is a flat circle. Everything we’ve ever done or will do, we’re gonna do over and over and over again.”
All of which means George Santayana must be rolling over in his grave!
Which brings us to The Lighter Side…
…followed by, when you take the time to really consider it, The Darker Side:
Finally, we’ll call it a week with this series of memes celebrating Fauxcahontas’ self-immolation from our sister-in-law Amy :
And remember, not only are there just four shopping days left until Christmas, there are less than 96 hours to honor Christ’s birth with one or two random acts of kindness to those less fortunate than we.
Magoo
P.S. We’ll be taking some time off over Christmas and New Year’s Day. And though we might sneak in an edition or two, until 2019…
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