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2018-03-01 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Plot Twist in Michael Flynn ‘Lying' Case, He Was Framed!
Conservative journalist and commentator Mike Cernovich is reporting that the former Federal Bureau of Investigation Deputy Director Andrew McCabe altered official FBI 302 notes after they interviewed Michael Flynn.

A "302" form is what FBI officials file after an interview with an individual. Altering or deleting such a file is a felony.

The only reason for altering the 302 was to make it appear as though Flynn lied when he did not. Flynn ultimately gave his resignation to President Trump because it appeared he had lied to Vice President Pence about conversations with a Russian diplomat.

Cernovich explained in a series of tweets why altering this form is not only illegal but more than enough reason for Judge Emmett Sullivan to order Special Council to disclose exculpatory evidence, which would include the revisions to agent’s notes.

He tweeted:
Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-01 03:26|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ]  Top

#1 Call me when McCabe is doing time.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-01 04:28||   2018-03-01 04:28|| Front Page Top

#2 In Washington isn't his known as the "Bitch set me up" defense?
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-03-01 07:44||   2018-03-01 07:44|| Front Page Top

#3 This is old news, there were rumors that Strzok's 302 record of his "interview" with Flynn was hinky and did not match the actual course of events, making Flynn's lying to the FBI case null and void.

Perchance the public disclosure of this in January is why Flynn began thinking about pulling his plea.

The FBI is really dirty on this.
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-03-01 09:38||   2018-03-01 09:38|| Front Page Top

#4 "The FBI is really dirty on this." Fixed it. I presently have zero trust in the FBI as an institution. That is not what I ever expected, and am saddened.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2018-03-01 13:31||   2018-03-01 13:31|| Front Page Top

#5 It's the sort of thing keen observers have come to expect.
Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-01 15:30||   2018-03-01 15:30|| Front Page Top

#6 "Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?"
When the praetorian guard start manufacturing crimes to please some political faction it is worrying indeed.
Posted by magpie 2018-03-01 17:01||   2018-03-01 17:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Flynn pled guilty. How can he back up and say he lied when he did so? He may be innocent but he's screwed himself.
Posted by Glenmore 2018-03-01 17:58||   2018-03-01 17:58|| Front Page Top

#8 I think he has agreed to plead guilty but has not formally done so yet. Plea agreement, if you will. Of course the LIE reports that as guilty, Guilty GUILTY!!! (spittle flying)
Posted by M. Murcek 2018-03-01 18:09||   2018-03-01 18:09|| Front Page Top

#9 Correct IIRC. He agreed. But if they didn't present all exculpatory evidence, or faked anything...agreement over.

A plea is a cost/benefit analysis
Posted by Frank G 2018-03-01 18:50||   2018-03-01 18:50|| Front Page Top

#10 Flynn pled guilty. How can he back up and say he lied when he did so? He may be innocent but he's screwed himself.

People plead guilty because they don't have the money to go 15 rounds with the government's persecutors. Good lawyers are expensive. A guy who spent most of his career in government isn't going to have much in the way of savings.

The typical criminal investigation is laser-like in its focus. Mueller is looking at anything within the statute of limitations with which he can charge Flynn. Manafort may be holding out because he has plenty of money from a career spent mostly in the private sector. There's also the possibility that some of his clients are funding his defense. I suspect he will kick the charges to the curb. Less well-financed victims can make a plea deal or go bankrupt.
Posted by Zhang Fei 2018-03-01 19:30||   2018-03-01 19:30|| Front Page Top

#11 Michael Flynn Legal Defense Fund
Posted by Mullah Richard 2018-03-01 20:50||   2018-03-01 20:50|| Front Page Top

#12 Flynn pled guilty.

Perhaps a strategic delaying tactic?
Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-01 20:51||   2018-03-01 20:51|| Front Page Top

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