Here's something I saw on Reddit about Flynn and the white houses current fuckery and why he FBI may have Flynn in custody. Credit to
Tyree07
So while it's just a rumor at the moment, it's a pretty good summary of why Flynn may be singing to the FBI
https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/61ikiw/did_michael_flynn_strike_a_deal_with_the_fbi_cnn/
(THREAD) BREAKING: Harvard professor and @CNN political analyst Juliette Kayyem says, per sources, Michael Flynn may have flipped on Trump.
(1) First, as an attorney I want to make clear that, if this @CNN analyst's sources are correct, the #Russiagate scandal is blown wide open.
(2) The FBI flips witnesses, turning them into cooperating individuals, only when they can help secure conviction of a bigger "target."
(3) Michael Flynn was the National Security Adviser for the President of the United States. The only bigger target is Donald J. Trump.
(4) But Flynn also held a clandestine meeting with Russian ambassador/spy Sergey Kislyak and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner in December '16.
(5) And Flynn coordinated with infamous Iran-Contra figure and Russian oil/gas pipeline advocate Bud McFarlane in hiring Trump's Deputy NSA.
(6) And of course Flynn had the highest possible clearance and greatest possible access to POTUS in discussing matters of national security.
(7) Flynn's hire as NSA was controversial--even suspicious--when it was made due to Flynn's absolutely terrible reputation in Washington.
(8) This suggests the hire wasn't based on merit, but rather the fact that Flynn is known to have ties (in-person ties) to Vladimir Putin.
(9) We should conclude from the foregoing that Flynn was in the best position of anyone involved in #Russiagate to see all its contours.
(10) Given all of the above, we can say that if any one person could bring down Trump due to #Russiagate, it's the man the FBI may now have.
(CREDIT) I want to give a hat tip to @JustineBateman for drawing my attention to this breaking development. Stay tuned for more news soon.
Here's an earlier thread by Abramson and an update on Russiagate, including the story on Flynn regarding National Enquirer, from earlier today:
(1) My commitment to readers is always to be as clear as I can about what I know for certain--& don't--on the fast-paced #Russiagate front.
(2) Now one yet has (or has claimed to have) confirmation of whether Flynn is working with the FBI to take down other #Russiagate targets.
(3) We know Flynn's spokesman, confronted with this exact question, refused to say Flynn was not cooperating. Instead, it was "no comment."
(4) We know The National Enquirer, which since '15 has been a forum for "leads" planted by Trump & allies, is now trying to discredit Flynn.
(5) We know Flynn has disappeared from public view, even as his potential #Russiagate co-conspirators are asking to testify before Congress.
(6) What is known of #Russiagate so far suggests Flynn would be best positioned to hand the FBI the largest number of its likely targets.
(7) There is extremely compelling proof Flynn lied to the FBI and dissembled with respect to federal forms for filing as a foreign agent.
(8) This leverage suggests the FBI is now positioned to roll Flynn as a cooperating individual testifying against other #Russiagate targets.
(9) In investigations like this, the FBI aims to charge the most senior culpable person it can, as this person likely heads the conspiracy.
(10) What we know of #Russiagate so far lends credence to the theory that if Trump is a target of the investigation, the FBI needs Flynn.
(11) The recent HIC meeting cancellation--after Nunes was linked to Flynn--and the HIC's doc requests suggest major Flynn-related activity.
(12) In the middle of this, Juliette Kayyam--a Harvard professor, top NatSec expert, and regular @CNN analyst--implied her sources had news.
(13) Yesterday, Kayyam said that "it's starting to look like, from my sources...Michael Flynn is the one who may have a deal with the FBI."
(14) As journalists all of us who cited Kayyam's statement assumed--and we continue to assume--that her NatSec sources are generally strong.
(15) Kayyam now says her sources are merely "wondering" (her word) whether Flynn could have turned state's evidence in the #Russiagate case.
(16) This sounds like--& is--a back-tracking, though I see Kayyam as mostly trying to ensure she doesn't get misquoted as stating a fact.
(17) Taken together with all else that is known, Kayyam's NatSec sources suspecting Flynn may be rolled is probative, given their knowledge.
(18) When/if Trump is confirmed as a #Russiagate target, journos will say so; when/if Flynn is confirmed as a CI, journos will say so.
(19) I know this delay in getting confirmation is frustrating; it's frustrating for those of us covering this also. We are doing our best.
(20) My personal belief, in view of the evidence I've gathered, is that the FBI has leveraged Flynn. When/if it is confirmed, I'll say so.
