Friday 31 March 2017

Flynn blockbuster

It hasn't taken Lieutenant-General Mike Flynn (retired) long to work out how he can get back into the limelight. His solicitor informs us all that Flynn has a helluva story to tell about connections with Russia but he wants immunity from prosecution. This guy is something else. Not long ago he said that anyone seeking immunity from prosecution had obviously done something criminal. Ooops, had he forgotten that? Now he wants immunity for spilling the beans about Moscow's alleged links to the Trump campaign. So does that mean Moscow WAS behind some nefarious scheme to link up with the Trump acolytes to undermine Hillary Clinton? Is that really the story he wants to tell? If true, Flynn must have decided to turn against his boss, well, former boss, and come clean about what was going on. But do we believe him? He lied to the FBI and Vice-President Mike Pence without batting an eyelid. He said he didn't talk about lifting sanctions against Moscow when he met with the Russian ambassador in Washington, but he did because the FBI said he did. If he tells the world that Moscow was in league with the Trumpites during the election campaign, he will be doing the president no favours at all, and, effectively giving support to the woman he loathes - Hillary Clinton. She must be watching all these latest developments and saying over and over again: "If only...if only...Bill, if only..." I don't think Flynn is going to betray Trump, I don't think he has bombshell evidence up his sleeve which will once and for all clarify exactly what happened or didn't happen during the election campaign. But if he wants immunity from prosecution, I assume he has something interesting to say. Whatever it is, he's going to be even more unpopular than he already is in the White House, and might well have to join his fellow compatriot, Edward Snowden, in Moscow, to avoid being pursued by the FBI. But probably it's all nonsense, aimed at putting the Flynn brand back in the marketplace. The Justice Department is never going to risk offering him immunity. Flynn is too much of a loose cannon. Trump's got enough problems on his hands. Whatever the White House says, they do NOT want Flynn telling all before Congress, whether it's true or not.

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