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Sally Yates?...15 seconds of fame??

Feb 14, 2017 3:15AM PST
How Sally Yates May Have Gotten The Ball Rolling On Michael Flynn’s Resignation

Near the end of her short tenure at the head of the Justice Department, Yates reportedly informed the White House that Flynn may have misled senior officials about his calls with the Russian ambassador, according to reports from The Post, which cited unnamed officials:

I'll bet she is laughing her @#$ off.....for WAY LONGER than 15 seconds...I know TheRUMP will be feeling the burn for longer than 15 seconds...

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And now
Feb 14, 2017 6:19AM PST

the entire spy agencies (Clapper, Brennan, and DOJ) have to explain why they were spying on a CITIZEN of the USA and recording his conversations.....when BO made it all illegal thru the NSA scandal a few years back. Last I knew, Russia hasn't been designated as a 'terrorist' country....and why was that conversation leaked to the media? This was all done under the BO administration's intelligence agencies. You have to have cause to listen to conversations of citizens here..........

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Flynn lied...
Feb 14, 2017 7:54AM PST

He was following TheRUMPs orders....they weren't spying on an American citizen....they were spying on the Russians...An American citizen was talking to a a Russian....

We've had this same discussion before...he'll hire the best people with the brightest minds....

No comment on Sally still being in the news/15 seconds of fame?

YOU really think Flynn went there and made those comments on his own?


Tsk, tsk, tsk,

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RE:And now
Feb 14, 2017 12:17PM PST

I know you don't want to talk about the "present" and you wanted "change" AND that's what you voted for....

TheRUMP has been advised of an "incident"....Flynn lies to Pence.......TheRUMP doesn't tell Pence. TheRUMP let's Pence go on tv and tell something that there is a question on.

Will Pence trust TheRUMP in the future? ...... WHY???

TheRUMP knew something a month ago...everything is cool...As soon as the public finds out...TheRUMP gets all moral/gets standards.......What a hypocrite....

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RE: why was that conversation leaked to the media?
Feb 14, 2017 1:22PM PST

You're more concerned that it was "leaked"....... you don't complain that it wasn't true?

The "fake news"?....Keep talking TONI H...

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A classified document
Feb 15, 2017 7:05AM PST

leaked to the media is a CRIME here, JP.....and that conversation should have, under LAW, never been listened to or even documented because ANY citizen in the USA has the right to talk with anyone around the world, including ambassadors of other countries, JP. Once, whoever was monitoring that ambassador realized that an American citizen and NOT a government official was having that conversation, LAW required that that person STOP listening and positively NOT document that conversation without, not only CAUSE to listen but also a COURT ORDER to continue. Neither was obtained so ONLY a high official in OBAMA'S administration had the authority to ORDER it to continue and leak it since it happened under BO's watch.

Flynn lied to Pence and he was fired....end of THAT story....now look at the REAL one behind all of this. None of the conversations broke the law according to the FBI who even looked beyond Flynn. Reports are out already that the BO administration targeted Flynn deliberately and continue to target other members of Trump's administration in an effort to 'take him down'...even to the point that Dems are already talking about impeachment, but it was also brought up BEFORE Trump took the oath. The liberals just can't handle the fact that they lost and have lost their freaking minds.

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RE: Once, whoever was monitoring that ambassador
Feb 15, 2017 8:07AM PST
Once, whoever was monitoring that ambassador realized that an American citizen and NOT a government official was having that conversation,.LAW required that that person STOP listening

So what you're saying IS

Flynn was contacting the Russian Ambassador AS an "American Citizen"?....That's all?

Not a messenger from TheRUMP?......TheRUMP then sends props to V D for not retaliating for the sanctions? And you're not naive?

Just Joe Blow, from Tupelo, chatting with the Russian Ambassador? He was lucky to get the Ambassador to answer the phone...

not only CAUSE to listen but also a COURT ORDER to continue.

Court Order to continue?....They're on the phone talking...you think the Judge issues order that quickly...

Flynn lied to Pence and he was fired....end of THAT story.

NOT>>>

TheRUMP LIED to Pence....TheRUMP knew "something" in late Jan....and didn't tell Pence...OR he told Pence and Pence is ALSO taking the hit for what TheRUMP engineered...

TheRUMP is the "engineer" on the Trump train...the one hanging on the trestle....

In YOUR dreams....
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USSID 18
Feb 15, 2017 8:20AM PST
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RE: go read it
Feb 15, 2017 8:25AM PST

Tell me which part I should be interested in...

Pretend you're appearing in MY courtroom...

What specifically is YOUR argument?

It will ensure you get a "fair hearing".

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I'm not going to do your homework for you!
Feb 15, 2017 8:29AM PST

But if you want to argue the point you were, then you should be knowledgeable about it FIRST.

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Thank you for YOUR response
Feb 15, 2017 8:39AM PST

Perhaps TONI will do HER homework and provide a link to a section of USSID 18. that will give her a favourable ruling in MY court...

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REwhoever was monitoring that ambassador realized that an Am
Feb 15, 2017 8:35AM PST
whoever was monitoring that ambassador realized that an American citizen and NOT a government official was having that conversation,

AND they were absolutely positive that the "American Citizen" wasn't a "double agent"

They knew he wasn't a "double agent" BECAUSE the "America Citizen" was talking with Russian Ambassador as a representative OF POTUS?

Who needs to call the Russian Ambassador?...Just listening to TheRUMP sending a message to Russia...

“Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Mr. Trump said during a news conference here in an apparent reference to Mrs. Clinton’s deleted emails. “I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.”