{"id":38826,"date":"2020-05-08T11:51:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T15:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38826"},"modified":"2020-05-08T11:51:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T15:51:18","slug":"important-things-we-have-learned-from-the-recently-declassified-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38826","title":{"rendered":"Important Things We Have Learned From The Recently Declassified Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Real Clear Investigations<\/a> posted an article today titled, “New Red Flags Emerging From FBI’s Handling of Michael Flynn’s Case.”<\/p>\n

Here are some of the highlights:<\/p>\n

Former FBI agents and federal prosecutors tell RealClearInvestigations that the documents show suspiciously irregular handling and editing of Flynn\u2019s FD-302 form, the official document used to record what happens in FBI interviews. That form served as a key record used to charge Flynn with lying to federal agents. He pleaded guilty to that charge in December 2017 but had been trying to withdraw the plea, arguing, as his lawyer put it, that he was \u201cdeliberately set up and framed by corrupt agents at the top of the FBI.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the documents were released last week, much attention has focused on a handwritten note by FBI counterintelligence head Bill Priestap in advance of the January 2017 interview with Flynn that would result in the retired lieutenant general being charged with lying to federal agents: \u201cWhat is our goal?\u201d Priestap asked, \u201cTruth\/Admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

…FBI policy requires 302 forms to be submitted within five working days of an interview. The FBI took three weeks to deliberate on and compose Flynn\u2019s 302 form, and it was mislabeled a \u201cDRAFT DOCUMENT,\u201d requiring a resubmission of the form three months later. A prosecutor working in the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, which eventually charged Flynn, was required to submit a separate document to a federal judge to explain that irregularity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new Flynn documents shed light on what happened during the unusual three weeks composing the 302. They include texts between Strzok and FBI lawyer Lisa Page, who were communicating extensively during an extramarital affair in which they revealed an anti-Trump bias resulting in their later dismissal from Mueller\u2019s investigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In one text, dated February 10, Strzok tells Page he is heavily editing Pientka\u2019s 302 form to the point he\u2019s \u201ctrying not to completely re-write\u201d it. Other messages reveal that Page, who did not attend the interview, reviewed the 302 form and made editing suggestions. On February 14, Page texts Strzok, “Is Andy good with the 302?” \u2013 presumably referring to FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe. The next day, February 15, the Flynn 302 was officially submitted and filed with the FBI.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…On Thursday, shortly before news broke that the Justice Department was dropping the Flynn prosecution, Van Grack submitted a request to withdraw from the team of federal prosecutors on the Flynn case. Van Grack\u2019s withdrawal request also came amid allegations<\/a> he had withheld exculpatory information from Flynn\u2019s attorneys that was contained in the document dump the previous week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hovering over all these questions about what happened with Flynn\u2019s 302 is the silence of Joe Pientka, the other agent who was present for the Flynn interview. The FBI rebuffed congressional requests to make him available for questions. The Bureau argued that because Pientka was assigned to the Mueller probe, interviewing him would interfere with the special counsel\u2019s investigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, the Muller probe concluded last year, and the new revelations are shining a spotlight on Pientka\u2019s absence. On May 4, Republican Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Mike Johnson of Louisiana sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray demanding, among other things, that he make Pientka available for a transcribed interview regarding Flynn.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That is only the beginning. Please follow the link above to read the entire article. What happened to General Flynn should never happen to any American again. Those responsible need to be sued for reparations and put in jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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