flacaltenn
Diamond Member
The is pretty straight forward and there are no exceptions for transition teams. Flynn may very well have been worried that it may be illegal.
See my posts above on Transition teams.. These key people are CLEARED AND OPERATING even BEFORE the election.. ABSOLUTELY NO crimes committed by talking with foreign countries ONCE the ELECTION IS decided. The general Intel Investigation of Flynn STATED -- they had NOTHING to tie him to Russia EVEN AFTER the call to Kislyak... See the WASHPO article I posted on the previous page..
But even presuming Flynn's discussions about sanctions were not illegal on their own, they are still relevant to Russian interference investigation and warrant an interview. Flynn's lying about this was illegal and charges against him were appropriate.
There's no PRESUMING about the legalities -- see the WashPo article where the group actually DOING the Flynn/Russia investigation found NO ISSUES for ANYTHING russian.. Not only the Kislyak call..
Wasn't until the conspirators at and slightly below the Comey decided to take this into their own hands,. And the entrapment and set-up of Flynn was ONLY to catch him on a "process crime"...
And now this week with new evidence pried from DOJ and Mueller notes -- it appears they did a shitty job of ambushing and entrapping him.... Bad enough that several high level FBI/CIA/NSAdvisor may be facing charges very soon..