Base of Power: Investigate
Flynn Yes or No
(Read Our Lips - Hell
No...!!!)
Resignation was correct
WASHINGTON (USA Today) — As Democrats called for further investigations
following the resignation of Gen. Michael Flynn over conversations he had with
the Russian ambassador, House
Republicans refused to commit with Speaker Ryan saying: “I think we need
to get all of that information before we prejudge anything.”
Memo for reluctant GOPers: That is the
sole purpose of any and all investigations – to get all the information leading
to the truth one way or the other.
You
know the junkyard dog GOP type investigative approach you used against Hillary
Clinton (for political gain mostly) vis-à-vis “her supposed failure about the Benghazi
consulate attack and her “illegal” email server” and even the GOP desire to
investigate the Clinton foundation. Or, have you lost your total capacity to
remember – wait I just answered my own question – never mind.
Contrasting
GOPer views are all over the place within their own ranks:
The chairman of the Senate
Intelligence Committee Sen. Richard Burr
(R-NC) also gave no indication that further investigations would follow the
resignation, saying: “Mike Flynn served his country with distinction. The
President needs a National Security Advisor whom he can trust and I defer to
him to decide who best fills that role.” (Note: That committee is conducting an
investigation of allegations of Russian tampering in the 2016 election).
On
the other hand, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), a member of that same said on KTRS radio: “I think everybody needs that
investigation to happen. I would think that we should talk to Gen. Flynn very
soon and that should answer a lot of questions like: What did he know? What did
he do? And is there any reason to believe that anybody else knew that and
didn't take the kind of action they should have taken?”
Other GOP positions:
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has
never hesitated to criticize the Trump administration’s relationship with
Russia was not yet ready to call for a separate probe of Flynn, saying: “It’s
too early yet to draw conclusions except that there are serious questions that
need to be answered.”
House Rep. Raul
Labrador (R-ID), leader of the conservative House Freedom Caucus that Rep. Meadows
chairs said: “I want the Intelligence Committee to look into it,” adding that
if Rep. Nunes is not pursuing an investigation, then “maybe he’s already looked
at the transcripts of Flynn's calls and realized there is no there, there.”
(Note: Bill Clinton phrase in Lewinsky case).
Various
DEM stances:
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and
ranking member on the House Judiciary
Committee, and Rep. Elijah
Cummings (D-MD) ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform
Committee, called for full classified briefings this week, saying in a joint
statement: “We in Congress need to know who authorized his actions, permitted
them, and continued to let him have access to our most sensitive national
security information despite knowing these risks. We need to know who else
within the White House is a current and ongoing risk to our national security.”
Rep.
Bennie Thompson (D-MS) the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security
committee, said: “Now more than ever, we need an independent commission to
fully investigate Russia's interference with the election and any potential
Trump campaign ties to the Kremlin.”
Rep.
Joe Crowley (D-NY) chair of the Democratic caucus said: “Flynn’s resignation is
not the end of our investigation into Russia’s influence over President Trump,
but the beginning. This is much larger than Flynn… the real question is, what
did President Trump know and when did he know it? Did the president order Flynn
to call the Russians for example?”
Sen.
Mark Warner (D-VA) Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair said in a statement:
“Nothing about this resignation, or resignations that could occur in the
future, precludes the Senate Intelligence Committee from continuing to
investigate Gen. Flynn, or any other campaign official who may have had
inappropriate and improper contacts with Russian officials prior to the
election.”
My
final words on the overall GOP reluctance to pursue this like they did Benghazi
and email server issue with Hillary Clinton like a junkyard dog is simple: CYA
and hypocritical. Shameful…!!!
Note that Melissa, I mean Sean Spicer’s Press Conference seen here about Flynn
resignation – it is about 10-minutes – seen below and note: There are many
links on the side page at this sites that are related to this story … good
stuff.
Finally, this regarding the Russian
reaction which is enlightening and kind of funny in a sick ironic sort of way
at the same time regarding their “outrage” about Michael Flynn’s resignation from ABC News.
Many in Russia are calling it
the result of American paranoia towards Moscow and a campaign by Trump’s
opponents to damage relations between Russia and the United States. The Kremlin
has confirmed the calls but denied the sanctions were mentioned. A series of
senior lawmakers in Moscow came to Flynn’s defense on Tuesday, saying he had
been forced out for seeking dialogue with Russia.
Prominent Russian government
officials have celebrated Trump's election victory as a chance to rebuild
relations and have derided the accusations of interference as a “red scare”
effort to weaken Trump.
Across the board, top Russian official are saying things like:
“Even a readiness for dialogue is perceived by the hawks in Washington
as thought-crime.
To force a national security adviser to resign for contacts with the
Russian ambassador (a usual diplomatic practice) -— it’s not even paranoia but
something immeasurably worse.
Paranoia and a witch-hunt. Either Trump has not acquired the sought-for
independence. Russophobia has already permeated the new administration from top
to bottom.”
So, get ready to rumble ... yeah, sure... just don't count on the majority party to step up or step forward ...
Stay tuned.
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