This is developing…
And it just gets worse by the hour.
Six weeks after requesting immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony, two days after finding himself back in the spotlight in the form of a memo leaked to the NY Times by former FBI Director James Comey, and less than 7 hours after turning up in a new Reuters report, Mike Flynn will apparently now defy a Congressional subpoena for documents related to Russia.
No, really:
NEW–> Senate Intelligence Committee: "General Flynn's lawyers have said he will NOT honor the subpoena." pic.twitter.com/A2lYSkvlkQ
— Vaughn Hillyard (@VaughnHillyard) May 18, 2017
BREAKING: Top Republican on Senate intelligence panel says Michael Flynn's lawyers say he will not honor subpoena.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 18, 2017
Just to put all of the Trump/Comey/Russia/Flynn developments of last 12-16 hrs in one place https://t.co/QbhBQ6l3r9 pic.twitter.com/9DfzwLn8Iw
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) May 18, 2017
NEW: House Intel Committee leaders have requested additional documents from DOJ, FBI related to the FBI's Russia investigation. pic.twitter.com/K3Vd0xLoLL
— ABC News (@ABC) May 18, 2017
From Monday: "Why Flynn could easily beat his Senate subpoena" https://t.co/asUyq30sEq pic.twitter.com/vnWB98UtgA
— Chris “Law Dork” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) May 18, 2017
By the way, this looks a lot like witness tampering to me:
Exclusive: Trump sends private message to embattled Flynn: "Stay strong" https://t.co/eBxJzknvaS
— Michael Isikoff (@Isikoff) May 18, 2017
Let the Twitter roast begin…
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/865227189691834368
— Heisenberg Report (@heisenbergrpt) May 18, 2017
Flynn disses Senate Intel subpoena.
"When you've been given immunity that means you've probably committed a crime."https://t.co/7glq46Fueg— Dena Grayson, MD, PhD (@DrDenaGrayson) May 18, 2017
Looks like he is trying to stay out of jail for as long as possible….. what other reason would he have? It’s not like he would sacrifice himself for his “buddy” — no, it’s bigger than that. Treason? Wonder what he would give up for immunity? How much can he afford to pay lawyers for as long as it takes? They don’t look cheap.
His son, who at the time was acting as his aide, was given the boot because he re-tweeted that stupid Clinton, pizza/sex slavery story. But daddy re-tweeted it too, almost simultaneously, and not a word. I hope he hangs.
It is my solemn hope that this man and others like him who have done so much harm to our nation, glow in the dark after this is done. Some of them will doubtlessly spend time in prison. If they do, then they got off easy. I fail to understand how anyone who spends a lifetime in the United States government (in the military no less!) comes to aiding and abetting our most dangerous (or second-most dangerous) geopolitical foe.