Donald Trump Just Admitted He Knew Mike Flynn Lied to the FBI While He Was Still His National Security Advisor

What Else Does Trump Know?

Just a few hours ago President Trump broke his 24 hour silence about his former National Security Advisor, Mike Flynn, pleading guilty to lying to the FBI. He told reporters he isn’t worried what Flynn will say to special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating the Trump team’s ties to Russia.

It was, in fact – given his history – remarkable that Trump had not tweeted about Mike Flynn.

That is now over.

Just a few minutes ago President Trump tried to defend himself, and distance himself from Flynn, the man Trump had wanted to be his Vice President, the man Trump had wanted to install in his cabinet but was forced to confront the fact that Flynn could not possibly be confirmed by the Senate. Flynn wanted to head the CIA.

“I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI,” Trump said, admitting that he knew when he fired Flynn on February 13 that Flynn had been interviewed by the FBI and knew that he had lied to them. “He has pled guilty to those lies. It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide!” Trump went on to say in this tweet:

Remember, Trump resisted firing Flynn even after Acting Attorney General Sally Yates told him that Flynn had likely been compromised by the Russians and was susceptible to blackmail. Trump waited 18 days to fire Flynn, and did so only after a Washington Post exposé.

After he fired Flynn, Trump in public and in private lamented firing his BFF, and even suggested he might rehire him. He certainly made clear he regretted firing Flynn and wanted him back, even months later.

According to a White House source speaking with The Daily Beast in May, President Trump “feels really, really, really, bad about firing him, and he genuinely thinks if the [FBI] investigation is over Flynn can come back.”

Trump, as we all now know, also asked then-FBI Director Jim Comey to go easy on Flynn and drop the investigation into his activities. An he called Flynn a “good guy.”

Trump later fired Comey over the Russia investigation.

Whether or not Flynn’s actions were lawful will be determined by Mueller and possibly a judge. The Logan Act still looms.

But Trump just admitted he knew Flynn lied to the FBI. And lying to the FBI is a felony. 

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