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turbinetree

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Mon May 11, 2020, 11:20 AM May 2020

Leaked Obama Call: 'The Rule Of Law Is At Risk' With Barr's Flynn Fix "

Politics 5/11/20 4:31am Read time: 1 minute

I cannot emphasize to you enough how unusual it is for President Obama to speak out about the current administration. so to hear him say that, that is a really big deal," Reid said.

By Susie Madrak


"News of Flynn's "get out of prosecution free" card drew a scathing comment from the 44th president about the dangerous precedent that Barr has set," Joy Reid said yesterday. >>

PRESIDENT OBAMA: The news over the last 24 hours I think has been somewhat downplayed about the Justice Department dropping charges against Michael Flynn. And the fact that there is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free. That's the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried that basic, not just institutional norms, but our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk.
"That leaked audio is from a conference call President Obama held on Friday with former members of his administration. I cannot emphasize to you enough how unusual it is for President Obama to speak out about the current administration. so to hear him say that, that is a really big deal," Reid said.

https://crooksandliars.com/2020/05/leaked-obama-call-rule-law-risk-barrs

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Leaked Obama Call: 'The Rule Of Law Is At Risk' With Barr's Flynn Fix " (Original Post) turbinetree May 2020 OP
Someone wrote "where is the opposition party? They are getting bolder and bolder because Ninga May 2020 #1
Obama warned Trump to "steer clear of Flynn" Mike 03 May 2020 #2

Mike 03

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2. Obama warned Trump to "steer clear of Flynn"
Mon May 11, 2020, 11:31 AM
May 2020

Obama warned Trump about Flynn, officials say
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/08/obama-warn-trump-michael-flynn-238116

Former President Barack Obama warned then-President-elect Donald Trump about Michael Flynn during their Oval Office meeting two days after the election, current and former administration officials confirmed.

Obama and his staff felt Flynn was problematic and prone to what they thought of as crazy ideas, and had fired him from his job as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Obama relayed that to Trump during the 90 minutes they spent together.

Obama hadn’t planned to spend time in the meeting criticizing Flynn, but it came up as part of the conversation when the topic of personnel came up, according to a former Obama administration official. Accounts differ on how extensive he got, with one person familiar with the meeting saying that Obama forcefully told Trump to steer clear of Flynn.


This effort by Trump to bring Flynn back is probably also personal, since Obama gave him great advice he ignored and this is really a way of showing total disregard for Obama's good judgment and trying to rewrite history so Flynn is a "good guy."
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