{"id":107637,"date":"2020-11-26T13:26:24","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T18:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=107637"},"modified":"2020-11-26T13:26:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T18:26:24","slug":"trump-pardons-flynn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=107637","title":{"rendered":"Trump pardons Flynn"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nUS President Donald Trump has pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn.<\/em><\/p>\n

President Trump has pardoned his first national security adviser, retired General Michael Flynn, who spent years enmeshed in a bizarre legal war with the government that sprang from the Russia investigation.<\/p>\n

Trump announced the news Wednesday on Twitter as Americans prepared to observe the Thanksgiving holiday this week.<\/p>\n

It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon. Congratulations to @GenFlynn and his wonderful family, I know you will now have a truly fantastic Thanksgiving!<\/em><\/p>\n

Even the Justice Department knew this case stunk to high heaven, and remained mute on the matter except to state the pardon was an appropriate use of presidential power.<\/p>\n

The Dems, of course, howled.<\/p>\n

Dem leaders condemn Trump’s pardon of Michael Flynn: ‘Abuse of power’<\/h3>\n

Pelosi lambasted Trump for pardoning his former national security adviser<\/em>
\nBy Megan Henney<\/strong><\/p>\n

Democratic leaders lambasted President Trump for pardoning his former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday, condemning the move as a “brazen” abuse of power. <\/p>\n

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said that Trump’s act was one of “grave corruption” and said that Flynn “must be held accountable” for a “serious and dangerous breach of our national security.” <\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s pardoning of Michael Flynn, who twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his dealings with a foreign adversary, is an act of grave corruption and a brazen abuse of power,” Pelosi said in a statement. “Trump is again using the pardon power to protect those who lie to cover up his wrongdoing.”<\/p>\n

Trump announced the decision Wednesday in a tweet after months of speculation that he would pardon his first national security adviser, who had pleaded guilty twice to knowingly making false statements to the FBI about a conversation he had during the presidential transition period with the then-Russian ambassador. <\/p>\n

Flynn later worked to withdraw his guilty plea in January 2020. In May, the Justice Department (DOJ), after initially defending the prosecution, reversed its position and began looking to drop the charges against him. His legal case had since stalled, after U.S. District Court Judge Emet Sullivan resisted the DOJ’s request and appointed a judge to determine whether Flynn should be held in criminal contempt for perjury.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Dems aren’t satisfied with breaking and beggaring him, so they whistle up an activist judge to drag the proceedings out as long as possible. Enough is well past enough. Read the rest of the article here: Fox News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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