Now you show in the document you presented, where are the CRIMES THAT HE COMMITTED that he lied about?
Or was the crime the crime of lying? Big difference here.
He was being paid by Turkey to lobby the US gov on their behalf. He didn't file as a foreign agent within 10 days (felony), and when he did file 4 months later after he got caught, he lied on the Foreign Agent application and didn't include things that were required by law to include (felony).
Let's see the court transcript and the supporting evidence, including full transcripts of the source documents.
There is a HUGE amount of very suspicious behavior in this case, and I will give you a hint. It's not on Flynn's side.
I don't think you understand. He pled guilty. There was no trial. The only court transcripts would be of him pleading guilty, and (almost) getting sentenced where the judge basically asked him a bunch of times "are you sure? do you understand what's happening? do you understand there's no take backs?"
I don't think you understand. This is what's called plea bargaining. There certainly is evidence and there are transcripts. Those would have been presented early in the process.
In the American legal system plea bargaining is much abused. Routinely, innocent people are put in jail for 3-5 years, being pressured to not go to trial as the DA says he will then seek the maximum term.
Plea bargaining guilty is not actually guilty, so please do not act like it is. This case is not over, and my prediction is Flynn will be free, as he should be. I suggest you move on to stronger issues, but if you want to defend the government's handling of this matter, go to it.
I'm not defending the government. All I'm saying is that with all the focus on Russia, impeachment and the FBI acting shady people are just assuming Flynn is innocent. He's not.
Michael Flynn is a convicted felon, but if people that reach a deal and plead guilty is not actually guilty let's just talk basic ethics here.
He wrote this op-ed on 2016 election day:
Our ally Turkey is in crisis and needs our supportAt the time Flynn was widely respected as a retired 3 Star General and part of the Trump Campaign.
Here's his Foreign Agent Registration Filing:
https://efile.fara.gov/docs/6406-Supplemental-Statement-20170307-1.pdfNotice how it was filed in March 2017?
Do you believe that Flynn was being paid by Turkey in 2016 while he was lobbying American politicians to support Turkey in 2016?
Do you believe he did not register as a foreign agent until March 2017?
Do you think it's ethical to lobby for another country that's paying you without being transparent about the fact you're getting paid? (On bitcointalk we call that shilling.)
Do you believe it would be wrong to make false statements when filing for FARA? If so, I'll explain the false statements he made if you need.