FBI goals in Michael Flynn probe were 'to get him to lie' and 'get him fired,' handwritten notes suggest
Explosive new internal FBI documents unsealed Wednesday show that top bureau officials discussed their motivations for interviewing then-national security adviser Michael Flynn in the White House in January 2017 -- and openly questioned if their "goal" was "to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired."
Explosive new internal FBI documents unsealed Wednesday show that top bureau officials discussed their motivations for interviewing then-national security adviser Michael Flynn in the White House in January 2017 -- and openly questioned if their "goal" was "to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired."
The handwritten notes -- written by the FBI's former head of counterintelligence Bill Priestap after a meeting with then-FBI Director James Comey and then-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, Fox News is told -- further suggest that agents planned in the alternative to get Flynn "to admit to breaking the Logan Act" when he spoke to then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the presidential transition period.
The Logan Act is an obscure statute that has never been used in a criminal prosecution; enacted in 1799 in an era before telephones, it was intended to prevent individuals from falsely claiming to represent the United States government abroad.
In an interview on "Hannity" Wednesday, Sidney Powell, Flynn's lead attorney, said, "It's just absolutely appalling what these agents, and then special counsel operatives, did to General Flynn. It's abuse of their authority at every turn." Click here for more.
Other related developments:
- Andy McCarthy: Bombshell documents prove FBI had 'meticulously planned-out scheme' to set Flynn up
- Hannity: Flynn 'unfairly and unjustly targeted'
- Andy McCarthy: Bombshell documents prove FBI had 'meticulously planned-out scheme' to set Flynn up
- Hannity: Flynn 'unfairly and unjustly targeted'
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