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    https://www.npr.org/2020/11/25/823893821/trump-pardons-michael-flynn-who-pleaded-guilty-to-lying-about-russia-contact

    Trump Pardons Michael Flynn, Who Pleaded Guilty To Lying About Russia Contact

    President Trump has pardoned his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who spent years enmeshed in an often bizarre legal war with the government that sprang from the Russia investigation.

    Trump announced the news Wednesday on Twitter as Americans prepared to observe the Thanksgiving holiday this week.
    Flynn pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about his contacts with the Russian ambassador and then cooperated extensively with prosecutors. But he ultimately reversed course and accused the government of trying to frame him.

    Flynn went so far as to withdraw his first plea of guilty and substitute a second plea of not guilty, even though he'd acknowledged the underlying conduct that was against the law and been close to receiving a sentence.

    The pardon drew condemnations from critics who've said Trump's actions to help his friends interfere with the justice system. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., for example, who helped prosecute Trump at his impeachment, called the president's actions obviously corrupt.

    Flynn, about an hour and a half ahead of Trump's announcement, tweeted a Bible verse alluding to a holy rescue.

    Trump's action on Wednesday may open the door to possible clemency for other former advisers who were indicted as part of the Russia investigation, including Paul Manafort, his former campaign chairman.

    Legal odyssey

    Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to making false statements to the FBI. He went on to cooperate extensively with Mueller's team, providing "substantial assistance" to the special counsel's investigation, according to court papers.
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    @vivify

    This is just the beginning of Trump's end.
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    @moonbus said
    @vivify

    This is just the beginning of Trump's end.
    This term, yes. 2024? Still a possibility.
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    Pardons buy continued silence.
    Roger Stone next ?
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    That an outgoing American President can even do this, be effectively above the law and override the justice system, is a prime example of how messed up America is.
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    @divegeester said
    That an outgoing American President can even do this, be effectively above the law and override the justice system, is a prime example of how messed up America is.
    Not unknown.

    "Ehrlichman and Haldeman sought and were denied pardons by Nixon, although Nixon later regretted his decision not to grant them. Erlichman applied for a pardon from President Reagan in 1987."

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ehrlichman
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    @mghrn55 said
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    Pardons buy continued silence.
    Roger Stone next ?
    Pardons will be given to anyone he considers stayed loyal to him.

    -VR
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