Replies to post #295763 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[ForReal]

"Mueller Rejects Flynn’s Attempt to Portray Himself as Victim of the F.B.I."

It matters not, what Mueller or the Washington Post experts say. It only matters what the judge says. Stay Tuned. This could get real interesting.

[fuagf]

Att. ForReal, You can consider, based on all other you've read and heard about the matter, the WAPO article this post replies to, here again

Att: ForReal: Russia investigation critics have found their supposed ‘perjury trap’
Experts, though, say there is almost nothing unusual, illegal or even unethical about how Flynn was treated. There is no requirement that investigators inform subjects who aren’t in custody that they need a lawyer or that lying is illegal. And former federal prosecutor Patrick Cotter said it was the treatment van der Zwaan and Papadopoulos got that was unorthodox — not Flynn’s.
p - “In the vast majority of such noncustodial interviews of which I am aware — and there are probably hundreds I’ve encountered in my career — there is no explicit warning at all,” Cotter said. “So Flynn not getting a special warning is not in any sense out of the ordinary.”
p - David Moran, a criminal procedure expert at the University of Michigan who runs the Michigan Innocence Clinic .. https://www.law.umich.edu/clinical/innocenceclinic/Pages/default.aspx , also said Flynn’s treatment is completely par for course. The famous Supreme Court case, Miranda v. Arizona, requires law enforcement to inform those in custody of their rights, but not people such as Flynn who weren’t in custody.
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=145483289

and, along similar lines, this from AP

Mueller says FBI not to blame for Flynn’s false statements
By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAYDecember 15, 2018
[...]
Prosecutors said Friday that Flynn voluntarily agreed to meet with the FBI without a lawyer present and had enough experience in government
to understand the consequences of lying and “the importance of accurate information to decision making in areas of national security.”
https://www.apnews.com/05b1d98bb1b045cdbdd79bc7c1fbcd8b

as being fair and objective attempts at responsible, free-press reporting. That's one option. Or you can more accept the spin on the Flynn-FBI relationship,

Judge Jeanine: Justice is supposed to be blind to politics

Fox News
Published on Dec 15, 2018

Was Michael Flynn treated as per the rules and as any other FBI target? The answer is a resounding no.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5YIKMxNxeY&feature=youtu.be

by the judge who said Rosenstein said in February the Mueller investigation was over,

Jeanine Pirro
Says Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced in February that "the Russia collusion investigation is over."
— PunditFact on Wednesday, July 25th, 2018
https://www.politifact.com/personalities/jeanine-pirro/statements/byruling/false/

as more likely to be a more accurate portrayal of the situation. Your choice.