Bombshell Notes Unsealed From Interview of Flynn Reveal Motive of FBI Agents; FBI Discussed Interviewing Michael Flynn ‘to Get Him to Lie’ and ‘Get Him Fired’
By The Blaze. A trove of handwritten notes from FBI agents interviewing Mike Flynn revealed what may be evidence that they unfairly targeted the former official found guilty of lying in the investigation into Russian election interference.
The notes are from the January 24, 2017 interview of Flynn, and were released on Wednesday.
“What is our goal? Truth/Admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired?” one of the notes read.
Critics say this proves that they were setting a perjury trap for Flynn. (Read more from “Bombshell Notes Unsealed From Interview of Flynn Reveal Motive of FBI Agents” HERE)
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Michael Flynn’s defense claims FBI notes show agents tried to entrap the former national security adviser
By The Washington Post. New documents turned over by the Justice Department show FBI officials debated whether and when to warn Michael T. Flynn that he could face criminal charges as they prepared for a pivotal January 2017 interview in which the former national security adviser later admitted to lying about his Russia contacts.
The documents show law enforcement seeming to contemplate in advance that Flynn would lie to them — with an unidentified person even musing in handwritten notes whether their purpose was to induce a lie, before ultimately concluding they should “protect our institution by not playing games.” . . .
The new documents were turned over to Flynn’s defense April 24 and filed publicly Thursday after Attorney General William P. Barr in January ordered a review of how the former three-star Army general’s case was handled by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation. (Read more from “Michael Flynn’s Defense Claims FBI Notes Show Agents Tried to Entrap the Former National Security Adviser” HERE)
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FBI Discussed Interviewing Michael Flynn ‘to Get Him to Lie’ and ‘Get Him Fired,’ Handwritten Notes Show
By Fox News. Explosive new internal FBI documents unsealed Wednesday show that top bureau officials discussed their motivations for interviewing then-national security adviser Michael Flynn in the White House in January 2017 — and openly questioned if their “goal” was “to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired.”
The handwritten notes — written by the FBI’s former head of counterintelligence Bill Priestap after a meeting with then-FBI Director James Comey and then-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, Fox News is told — further suggested that agents planned in the alternative to get Flynn “to admit to breaking the Logan Act.”
The Logan Act is an obscure statute that has never been used in a criminal prosecution; enacted in 1799 in an era before telephones, it was intended to prevent individuals from falsely claiming to represent the United States government abroad. . .
The memo appears to weigh the pros and cons of pursuing those different paths. “I don’t see how getting someone to admit their wrongdoing is going easy on him,” one note reads. Flynn did not ultimately admit to wrongdoing in the interview.
The document indicates that the agents at least discussed the merits of a by-the-book approach: “If we’re seen as playing games, WH [White House] will be furious.” (Read more from “FBI Discussed Interviewing Michael Flynn ‘to Get Him to Lie’ and ‘Get Him Fired,’ Handwritten Notes Show” HERE)
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