“We have a lawyers’ unofficial understanding that [prosecutors] are unlikely to charge Junior in light of the Cooperation Agreement,” -- from 1st released email. It was not in the plea deal. Thus, a side deal. |
If the prosecutors say there's no side deal, there's no side deal. How could there be? If it's not in the agreement, it's not in the agreement. |
Really? If they knew he was going to lie, there shouldn't have been the need for a "strategy" to "get him to lie". Why do you need to "get him to lie" if you already know he is going to do it? |
Because there was no "official" deal...i.e. one that Flynn knew about. If there was, they would have had to disclose it. That is WHY there WAS an "official understanding" between counsel. |
**unofficial |
Clearly you have neither a law degree or past experience as a prosecutor. |
Remember the timeline. The phone call was in December. Then in January, Flynn lied to Priebus about it, to Pence, to Spicer. Pence and Spicer both publicly repeated his lie, that he didn't discuss anything. So the FBI went to him to clear up the misunderstanding. He could have explained. He could have refused to answer. Instead he repeated his lie. That's not entrapment. It's lying. He was lying to cover up the Logan Act violation, which was basically bad form, a faux pas. Instead he lied to everyone, including Pence and the FBI. He was fired, then charged, then pleaded guilty to the felony. |
It wasn't much of a strategy. They went to the White House, asked him if he wanted counsel, he declined, and then asked if he spoke to Russia. He said no. He lied. |
They went to him to get him to "clear up the misunderstanding", yet their "strategy" (from the notes) was to get him to lie/prosecute him? |
Yes, they used their FBI skills to suspect that he might lie to them. They prepared for what he might say, including if he would lie. And that's what he did. |
No. Their goal was to get him to lie so they could prosecute him. It's in their notes. |
When you ask yourselves what your goal is--truth or to get him to lie, there is a problem. |
Yes, Misha, there's a problem. A felony. |
According to testimony, they said he could have counsel, but that he didn't need it and the interview would go faster without it. |