Let's debunk another right wing media (RWM) myth, shall we.

[berg80]

Two things for Trumpleheards to keep in mind on the topic. The lie began when Trump misrepresented something he heard. Not an uncommon occurrence. It just happened in the Flynn case relating to the 302 document in question.

So, basically...you stuck with your MSM source 'MotherJones'?

Here are two sources, you probably didn't bother to even read or researched.

Matt Taibbi Calls Out Liberal Media For Pretending 'Not to Know' How Obama Was Conducting Political Surveillance... - The Last Refuge

Matt Taibbi writes a lengthy column calling out his colleagues for abandoning all pretense of civil liberties in an effort to ‘resist’ President Trump. Within the column Taibbi walks-through the ridiculous Russia collusion story and notes the necessary use of the media pretending not to know...

theconservativetreehouse.com

New Flynn Prosecution Documents Reveal Corruption in Russiagate Investigations

Our newest episode of SYSTEM UPDATE provides a comprehensive look at these grave abuses of power.

theintercept.com

Samantha Power was “the largest unmasker of US persons in our country’s history,” then-Rep. Trey Gowdy said in October 2017, when he was interviewing her during the House Intelligence Committee’s Russia probe.
As US ambassador to the United Nations, she made hundreds of “unmasking” requests during the final year of the Obama administration, although her post had no obvious intelligence function.

She asked that the identity of Gen. Michael Flynn be revealed in classified intelligence reports seven times between Election Day 2016 and the inauguration of President Trump on Jan. 20, 2017, although she testified later of having “no recollection” of the requests.

“Now, did I have a significant appetite for intelligence? I do,” Power told Gowdy.

No kidding.

Not that she was alone. We now discover, thanks to a document declassified by the nation’s intelligence chief, that more than three dozen members of the Obama administration, including Joe Biden, also had an unhealthy obsession with unmasking Flynn.

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Former Deputy AG Sally Yates Had The Original Joe Pientka 302 That is Now Mysteriously Missing... - The Last Refuge

FBI Agents Peter Strzok and Joe Pientka interviewed National Security Advisor Michael Flynn on January 24, 2017. According to documents presented in the court case, agent Peter Strzok did the questioning and agent Joe Pientka took most of the notes. Following the interview agent Pientka then...

theconservativetreehouse.com

I confess I only got as far as the second paragraph before I stopped reading Greenwald's piece in the Intercept. He mis-characterized the circumstances under which McCabe was forced out of the FBI and went on to show his biased hand when he dishonestly described the prosecution of the confessed felon Gen. Flynn complete with disingenuous hyperbole.

Allow me to recommend a more dispassionately analytical review of the facts surrounding the Flynn case.

Flynn Redux: What Those FBI Documents Really Show

A lot of people seem to be expecting Michael Flynn's sudden vindication. They should take a deep breath.

www.lawfareblog.com

 

[berg80]

Normally, when dismantling a RWM (and Trump) myth (lie) it takes quite a few sources because the lies tend to be multi-faceted.

This one is pretty straight forward both in its assertion and the relative ease with which it is refuted.

Two things for Trumpleheards to keep in mind on the topic. The lie began when Trump misrepresented something he heard. Not an uncommon occurrence. It just happened in the Flynn case relating to the 302 document in question.

Trump is talking about pardoning Michael Flynn based on a made-up claim

There is no evidence the FBI "lost" any records.

www.motherjones.com

Then it was unenthusiastically reinforced by his bagman............which is why cultists have adopted it as gospel. However..........................................

In a huge blow to Trump, the DOJ watchdog found no evidence to support the claim that the FBI spied on his 2016 campaign

In a huge blow to Trump, the DOJ watchdog found no evidence to support the claim that the FBI spied on his 2016 campaign

Trump has repeatedly, baselessly alleged that the FBI spied on his campaign and that President Barack Obama had intelligence officials tap his phones.

www.businessinsider.com

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The FBI is absolutely culpable for its questionable work regarding the FISA warrant requests and deserve to be criticized by Horowitz. But that does not change the credibility of his finding concerning the baseless allegation Trump was "spied on" by the Obama admin.

These are op ed pieces that don't prove anything. I can do one too:

Of course the FBI spied on the Trump campaign - Washington Examiner

The great debate about whether the FBI spied on the Trump campaign continues. The question is why there is still any argument. The newly released report from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz shows that by any definition the FBI did indeed spy.The proof is in the details of...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

You do know in the IG report York refers to in his erroneous article, Horowitz plainly states he did not find evidence of spying by the Obama admin, right?

The use of the word "spying" is employed by RWM because it's a hot button term, not because it accurately describes the facts or the FBI's predicate for opening Crossfire Hurricane.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Flynn definitely broke the law by not disclosing (and later lying) about his contacts with the Russian Ambassador. No amount of conspiracy theory can counteract that. Them's just the facts!

Yeah, never mind the myriad legal experts stating that he DIDN'T break the law, because the FBI wasn't asking him about anything illegal. No amount of "I WANT this to be true, so it is . . . no matter what!" can counteract that. Them's just the facts!

 

[The VOR]

These Berg TDS threads need a new forum, I propose either the trolling forum or the TDS forum. Since we already have a trolling forum it has to be the TDS forum.

You could have saved yourself some time and just typed in, "I've got nothing of value to add."

Neither do the Demoncraps, nothing to add to this economy except misery and poverty. Yesterday i check Hair Cuttery and they seem to be bankrupt. All those women and gay men who cut other peoples hair are now out of business thanks to the Wuhan Virus and Demoncraps. Of course this has been the whole plan all along, because when no one works, then Socialism can take over and then people are FORCED to work at the point of a gun, because that is what Socialist end up doing. Every day i pray you liberals get T-boned by a drunken illegal or murdered by the criminals released by the liberal governors. For Karma is a bitch........

Triggered much, LOL?

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

He wasn’t under oath nor given his Miranda rights

He was being interviewed by the FBI. Lying to them is a crime. Miranda rights aren't issued until a person is placed under arrest.

Try harder not to be so stupid.

Setting up a General and getting him to be in a sting operation is a felony....Shitstains like you need to be T-boned by an illegal alien or murdered by the criminals the Demoncrap Governors are releasing. Karma is a bitch and you need some.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

These Berg TDS threads need a new forum, I propose either the trolling forum or the TDS forum. Since we already have a trolling forum it has to be the TDS forum.

You could have saved yourself some time and just typed in, "I've got nothing of value to add."

Neither do the Demoncraps, nothing to add to this economy except misery and poverty. Yesterday i check Hair Cuttery and they seem to be bankrupt. All those women and gay men who cut other peoples hair are now out of business thanks to the Wuhan Virus and Demoncraps. Of course this has been the whole plan all along, because when no one works, then Socialism can take over and then people are FORCED to work at the point of a gun, because that is what Socialist end up doing. Every day i pray you liberals get T-boned by a drunken illegal or murdered by the criminals released by the liberal governors. For Karma is a bitch........

Triggered much, LOL?

Ah, have to go and use the rights wording do ya? Cant even thing of something original. Worthless shitstain of a cumquat.

 

[berg80]

Yeah, never mind the myriad legal experts stating that he DIDN'T break the law, because the FBI wasn't asking him about anything illegal.

If the FBI is investigating you and in response to a question regarding something you did you lie to them, you have broken the law. It's why Flynn confessed to breaking the law.
Anything else I can help you with?

Why the Flynn Interview Was Predicated

The Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is flawed in many ways, but one of its weakest arguments is that the investigation of Flynn was not properly “predicated.”

www.lawfareblog.com

 

[WEATHER53]

The first myth to debunk is that there Is a RWM

 

[berg80]

Setting up a General and getting him to be in a sting operation is a felony

If that happened it would be bad...........but it didn't.

Why the Flynn Interview Was Predicated

The Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is flawed in many ways, but one of its weakest arguments is that the investigation of Flynn was not properly “predicated.”

www.lawfareblog.com

Flynn Redux: What Those FBI Documents Really Show

A lot of people seem to be expecting Michael Flynn's sudden vindication. They should take a deep breath.

www.lawfareblog.com

You brought a squirt gun to a knife fight.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Yeah, never mind the myriad legal experts stating that he DIDN'T break the law, because the FBI wasn't asking him about anything illegal.

If the FBI is investigating you and in response to a question regarding something you did you lie to them, you have broken the law. It's why Flynn confessed to breaking the law.
Anything else I can help you with?

Why the Flynn Interview Was Predicated

The Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is flawed in many ways, but one of its weakest arguments is that the investigation of Flynn was not properly “predicated.”

www.lawfareblog.com

No, Chuckles, as much as you love toadying to any authority figure who presents a buttock for you to smooch, but the FBI does not just get to ask you whatever they want, for whatever reason they want. However much you want to cling to the belief that Flynn was still under investigation (he wasn't) and that the interview was completely above-board (it wasn't) and regarding illegal or possibly illegal behavior (it wasn't), whole crowds of legal experts have said you're wrong, including Justice Department investigators.