Quote:A newly-leaked January 29 memo from President Trump's first legal team to special counsel Robert Mueller suggests the president believed fired national security adviser Michael Flynn was no longer under investigation when he famously asked FBI Director James Comey — by Comey's account — to let the Flynn case go. With a wealth of previously-unreleased information about the Flynn affair, the memo also supports the contention that the FBI did not believe Flynn lied to the agents who questioned him in the Trump-Russia probe.

Now, with the Trump lawyers' memo leaked to the New York Times, it seems clear that all the key players in the Flynn affair, including the president himself, were aware of the FBI's assessment in real time. And the president's knowledge — that the agents did not think Flynn lied, plus strong hints that the investigation was actually over — underlay Trump's Feb. 14, 2017, statement to Comey that, "I hope you can see your way to letting this go, to letting Flynn go." Trump's lawyers argue that the president had no intention to obstruct an investigation he thought was finished.

The leaked memo portrays a confused White House in the administration's early days, trying to figure out what the Justice Department was up to with its interest in Flynn's conversations with Kislyak.

Just four days into the administration, on Jan. 24, 2017, Comey and Sally Yates, the Obama holdover acting attorney general, sent FBI agents to the White House to question Flynn about the conversations. Two days later, on Jan. 26, Yates went to the White House to discuss the matter with counsel Don McGahn. The Trump lawyers' memo quotes from a never-released account written by McGahn (it was dated Feb. 15, 2017) in which McGahn recounted his encounters with Yates. According to McGahn, Yates told McGahn she was worried Flynn had not told the truth to his colleagues in the Trump administration, including Vice President Mike Pence, when he, Flynn, said he had not discussed sanctions with Kislyak.

When Yates left the White House on Jan. 26, Trump officials were still in the dark about what the Justice Department was doing. Later that day, according to the lawyers' memo, McGahn briefed the president, and then chief of staff Reince Priebus. All agreed they didn't fully understand what was happening and would have to know more before deciding whether to punish Flynn for misleading Pence and others. Among other concerns, they worried that taking action against Flynn might interfere with a Justice Department investigation, even though they weren't sure one was actually taking place.

"It was unclear from the meeting with Yates whether an action could be taken without jeopardizing an ongoing investigation," McGahn wrote in his memo. "President Trump asked McGahn to further look into the issue as well as finding out more about the [Kislyak] calls."

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(06-04-2018 09:09 AM)TechRocks Wrote:  

Quote:A newly-leaked January 29 memo from President Trump's first legal team to special counsel Robert Mueller suggests the president believed fired national security adviser Michael Flynn was no longer under investigation when he famously asked FBI Director James Comey — by Comey's account — to let the Flynn case go. With a wealth of previously-unreleased information about the Flynn affair, the memo also supports the contention that the FBI did not believe Flynn lied to the agents who questioned him in the Trump-Russia probe.

Now, with the Trump lawyers' memo leaked to the New York Times, it seems clear that all the key players in the Flynn affair, including the president himself, were aware of the FBI's assessment in real time. And the president's knowledge — that the agents did not think Flynn lied, plus strong hints that the investigation was actually over — underlay Trump's Feb. 14, 2017, statement to Comey that, "I hope you can see your way to letting this go, to letting Flynn go." Trump's lawyers argue that the president had no intention to obstruct an investigation he thought was finished.

The leaked memo portrays a confused White House in the administration's early days, trying to figure out what the Justice Department was up to with its interest in Flynn's conversations with Kislyak.

Just four days into the administration, on Jan. 24, 2017, Comey and Sally Yates, the Obama holdover acting attorney general, sent FBI agents to the White House to question Flynn about the conversations. Two days later, on Jan. 26, Yates went to the White House to discuss the matter with counsel Don McGahn. The Trump lawyers' memo quotes from a never-released account written by McGahn (it was dated Feb. 15, 2017) in which McGahn recounted his encounters with Yates. According to McGahn, Yates told McGahn she was worried Flynn had not told the truth to his colleagues in the Trump administration, including Vice President Mike Pence, when he, Flynn, said he had not discussed sanctions with Kislyak.

When Yates left the White House on Jan. 26, Trump officials were still in the dark about what the Justice Department was doing. Later that day, according to the lawyers' memo, McGahn briefed the president, and then chief of staff Reince Priebus. All agreed they didn't fully understand what was happening and would have to know more before deciding whether to punish Flynn for misleading Pence and others. Among other concerns, they worried that taking action against Flynn might interfere with a Justice Department investigation, even though they weren't sure one was actually taking place.

"It was unclear from the meeting with Yates whether an action could be taken without jeopardizing an ongoing investigation," McGahn wrote in his memo. "President Trump asked McGahn to further look into the issue as well as finding out more about the [Kislyak] calls."

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No No No !!! Trump was trying to cover his own felonies! Don't you believe any of this.... Trump is clearly obstructing justice... or something crooked.