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Michael Flynn Warning Led Trump to Fire Chris Christie From Transition Team, New Jersey Governor Says

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mike-flynn-warning-led-trump-152551917.html

Christie is about to start leaking like a broken McDonalds ice cream machine.

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Trump won't rule out Flynn pardon

BY JORDAN FABIAN - 12/15/17 10:01 AM EST

President Trump on Friday refused to rule out a pardon for former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty in the special counsel probe into Russia’s election interference.

"I don’t want to talk about pardons for Michael Flynn yet,” Trump told reporters at the White House. "We'll see what happens. Let's see."

Trump also refused to say when he learned that his former national security adviser lied to the FBI, the crime for which he pleaded guilty.

"You know the answer," Trump said. "How many times has that question been asked?"
Later Friday, White House lawyer Ty Cobb said a pardon of Flynn was not on the table.

"No — there is no consideration at the White House of pardoning Michael Flynn," Cobb said in an email to The Hill.

Early this month, Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into whether the Trump campaign cooperated with Russia's election-meddling effort in 2016. His guilty plea is a troubling sign for Trump and the White House as the investigation continues.

The retired Army general, who was a member of Trump's inner circle during the campaign, has said he is cooperating with Mueller's team.

He could reveal damaging information about the president, including details about whether Trump tried to obstruct justice in the FBI's Russia investigation.

Trump may have been trying to signal to Flynn it's possible he could receive a legal reprieve if he protects him and his family.

Trump spoke before departing for Quantico, Va., where he is set to speak at the FBI's national academy.

"I can say this, when you look at what’s going on with the FBI and with the Justice Department, people are very, very angry," he said.

- This story was updated at 12:29 p.m.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/365080-trump-wont-rule-out-flynn-pardon

I wish he would pardon Flynn! What an idiot. And this big plan to undermine Mueller with his stirring up of his uneducated base with more lies, denial, whataboutisms and defaming the FBI is about as low as a President can go while keeping office. SMDH

Trump allies say Mueller unlawfully obtained thousands of emails

Reuters By Steve Holland,Reuters 8 hours ago .


FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Ala. On Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, several people familiar with Trump's transition organization say special counsel Robert Mueller's team has gained access to thousands of private emails sent and received by Trump officials before the start of his administration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

By Steve Holland

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An organization established for U.S. President Donald Trump's transition to the White House said on Saturday the special counsel investigating allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election had obtained tens of thousands of emails unlawfully.

Kory Langhofer, counsel to the transition team known as Trump for America, Inc. (TFA), wrote a letter to congressional committees to say Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team had improperly received the emails from the General Services Administration (GSA), a government agency.

Career staff members at the agency "unlawfully produced TFA's private materials, including privileged communications, to the Special Counsel's Office," according to the letter, a copy of which was seen by Reuters. It said the materials included "tens of thousands of emails."

Trump's transition team used facilities of the GSA, which helps manage the U.S. government bureaucracy, in the period between the Republican's November presidential election victory and his inauguration in January.

The Trump team's accusation adds to the growing friction between the president's supporters and Mueller's office as it investigates whether Russia interfered in the election and if Trump or anyone on his team colluded with Moscow.

Asked for comment, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said: "We continue to cooperate fully with the special counsel and expect this process to wrap up soon."

The special counsel's office waved off the transition team's complaint.

"When we have obtained emails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owner's consent or appropriate criminal process," said Peter Carr, spokesman for the special counsel's office.

The GSA did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

'NO COLLUSION'

Democrats say there is a wide-ranging effort by the president’s allies on Capitol Hill and in some media outlets to discredit Mueller’s investigation.

Trump himself has loudly declared Mueller's effort a waste of time. "There is absolutely no collusion. That has been proven," Trump told reporters on Friday.

Russia denies interfering in the election.

On Friday, Representative Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, said he fears the committee's Republican majority intends to close its investigation of the topic prematurely. Some Republicans have argued that Mueller is biased against Trump and should be fired.

Langhofer's letter was sent to the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, and the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.


It asked for Congress to act immediately "to protect future presidential transitions from having their private records misappropriated by government agencies, particularly in the context of sensitive investigations intersecting with political motives."

The letter said Mueller's office obtained the emails despite the fact that it was aware the GSA did not own or control the records. It said the special counsel's office has "extensively used the materials in question, including portions that are susceptible to claims of privilege" without notifying the Trump for America team.

On the transition team were a number of aides who were later caught up in Mueller's investigation, such as former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Flynn pleaded guilty this month to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia.

Langhofer, the Trump transition team lawyer, wrote in his letter that the GSA's transfer of materials was discovered on Dec. 12 and 13.

The FBI had requested the materials from GSA staff on Aug. 23, asking for copies of the emails, laptops, cell phones and other materials associated with nine members of the Trump transition team responsible for national security and policy matters, the letter said.

The FBI requested the materials of four additional senior members of the Trump transition team on Aug. 30, it said.

Langhofer argued that, while such transition teams are involved in executive functions, they are considered private, non-profit organizations whose records are private and not subject to presidential records laws.

(Reporting By Steve Holland and John Walcott; Editing by Alistair Bell and Paul Tait)

Seems like the trump team is feeling heat.

Obviously he didn’t obtain them illegally, yet the right have been looking for any sort of reason to discredit Mueller, so they will spread fake news in order to increase pressure.

The fact that once again, Fox News, the GOP, and the trump team is making the “fire mueller” chorus louder tells me that Mueller is about to drop some more indictments within 2-3 weeks.

Or as I think that somewhere when Congress is out of session and everyone is celebrating the holidays, Trump is going to try to fire Mueller.

Trump will never fire Mueller.
Congress will fire Mueller.

The way the GOP in congress have been talking about Trump, I wouldn't count on their help after this tax bill.