Trump Announces Pardon For Mike Flynn | Talking Points Memo

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President Donald Trump announced a pardon of his former National Security Michael Flynn Wednesday. Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his Russian contacts, and Trump himself fired him from the White House, ostensibly for misleading administration officials about the communications as well.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1346508
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A surprise to no one.

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And Pardon-palooza commences…

Treasonous traitor pardons treasonous traitor…

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My shocked face. :neutral_face:

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Odd to do such a Bigly Patriotic Act (the most patriotic some people say) the night before a major holiday.

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I thought Flynn didn’t do anything wrong. Why does he need a pardon?

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Russian agent Trump continues to act as a Russian agent.

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#FuckTrump

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Isn’t it an obstruction of justice to issue a pardon to cover up your own crimes?

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Seconded.

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We’re about to find out, come January.

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I wonder what Judge Sullivan thinks of Flynn’s pardon.

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It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon.

Passive voice. I wonder who granted Flynn the pardon.

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Trump is gonna go full Oprah handing out these pardons

“You get a pardon” “You get a pardon!” “You get a pardon!”

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Believe the motion will carry on unanimous consent.

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Putin.

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It’s a sign…

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Just stumbled across something a bit OT but I think interesting – to you possibly as well. Military/overseas vote in Maine came in something like 80% Biden.

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Bigger than anyone could have expected. No one could have imagined it. Such a powerful and strong pardon.

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Always said if Flynn was gonna be pardoned it would be after the election.

Now, before someone parrots the line about a pardon removing fifth amendment protection against self-incrimination, I will point out that:

  1. Flynn may still have state criminal liability, and he can legitimately invoke the 5th amendment for that.
  2. Whatever crime(s) he gets pardoned for, there may be other crimes for which he was not indicted; after all, he took a plea bargain. So he can invoke the 5th for those other crimes, if any.
  3. If compelled to testify under oath, he can invoke the 5th to avoid a perjury trap (helps if he does so due to advice of counsel).

For any who think otherwise, please explain why none of the six persons pardoned in december 1992 for their Iran-Contra crimes were compelled to testify, even though there was an active special counsel investigating Iran-Contra?

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