New release of the original Flynn 302 shows the reason why they didn’t want anyone to see it for almost 2 years. They lied on the 302.
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who arranged
the bureau’s interview with then-national security adviser Michael Flynn
at the White House on Jan. 24, 2017 — the interview that ultimately led
to Flynn’s guilty plea on one count of making false statements —
suggested Flynn not have a lawyer present at the session, according to
newly-filed court documents. In addition, FBI officials, along with the
two agents who interviewed Flynn, decided specifically not to warn him
that there would be penalties for making false statements because the
agents wanted to ensure that Flynn was “relaxed” during the session.
The new information, drawn from McCabe’s account of events plus the
FBI agents’ writeup of the interview — the so-called 302 report — is
contained in a sentencing memo filed Tuesday by Flynn’s defense team.
Citing McCabe’s account, the sentencing memo says that shortly after
noon on Jan. 24 — the fourth day of the new Trump administration —
McCabe called Flynn on a secure phone in Flynn’s West Wing office. The
two men discussed business briefly and then McCabe said that he “felt
that we needed to have two of our agents sit down” with Flynn to discuss
Flynn’s talks with Russian officials during the presidential
transition.
www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/memo-fbi-recommended-michael-flynn-not-have-lawyer-present-during-interview-did-not-warn-of-false-statement-consequences
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