BY WILLIAM JUNEAU
The sandbagging and humiliation which was accorded retired Army General Michael Flynn has finally come to an end. The staged production by Democrats and their tethered media puppets was a shameful episode, and it will be remembered in history books.
For the better part of four years, Flynn, 62, has been chased and harassed by the government which he served with distinction and dedication for 33 years. He was accused of lying to FBI agents during a sneaky, back-door interview in January, 2017, after he was named National Security Adviser to President Trump whose election over Hillary Clinton had floored the liberal world, and triggered the birth of the "Angry Never Trumpers."
Gen. Flynn served as the NSA chief for only a brief three weeks. His termination came in mid February, 2017, after he was framed by FBI agents who accused him of lying in answer to their questions. With the obsequious media doing its bidding, the agents fostered an account for media consumption which castigated General Flynn for deceiving the righteous FBI. It painted the general as as a tool of the Russians and a consort of the seditious President who had appointed him as his watchful eye and adviser on foreign matters and decisions.
On November 21, President Trump tweeted that it was his great honor to announce that he was granting a full pardon to General Flynn and was wiping the slate clean for all time of the fabricated charges that the retired three star officer had lied about his conversation with a Russian ambassador and committed a felony. "Gen. Flynn," said Trump, "is a good man and was treated very badly by angry Democrats, and lying federal agents; and by the biased and bullying media. The President wished Gen. Flynn and his family the best.
As a career soldier, Flynn played key roles in shaping America's counterterrorism strategy and in dismantling insurgent networks during the combat of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. He was a recipient of a Bronze star for meritorious service and of an assortment of other medals and awards. Also, he had achieved the respected status of master paratrooper and was a graduate of the army's tough Ranger school. Coupled with the aforementioned credentials, his patriotism, ability and, respect from peer officers led him to prominence and in 2012 President Obama appointed him as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Although General Flynn was a professed Democrat and had been reared in a strong, Irish Catholic home and had eight brothers and sisters, he was an independent thinker and often spoke critically of the appeasement polices of President Obama. He often lashed out at the threat which radical Islam posed for the world in its quest to bring about a global caliphate. He disregarded the Obama declaration that the term "Islamic Radicals" was never to be used. In 2014, Flynn resigned from his post and retired from the army, but reportedly, he was actually fired by Obama as Defense Intelligence chief for insubordination.
In 2015, harboring an acidic taste for Obama and his administration, and an equally low regard for the prevaricating Hillary Clinton in her fumbling role as Secretary of State, Flynn became an adviser to candidate Trump and even at one point led a Trump rally in cheers of "Lock Her Up."
The new President admired the expertise of the "America First" General, and his unabashed energy and conservative values, and following his surprise election over Clinton in 2016, appointed Gen. Flynn as his National Security Adviser. The post did not require the consent of Congress, as did most other security and cabinet posts, and Democrats were muted in any formal attack on the general---which they saved for later.
Trump revealed that in transition conferences with Obama, the outgoing President warned Trump against appointing Flynn as he was a trouble maker and could not be trusted. That negative evaluation probably motivated the new President to make him his NSA chief, relying upon his own judgment of the General and the anti military mindset of the Obama crowd.
Flynn remained a problem to Democrats because he was privy to the internal machinations of Obama with intelligence matters and with the nation's relationships with foreign friends and adversaries. As they say, Gen. Flynn knew fairly well "where all the bodies were buried."
And as such, he became a key target as a part of the FBI's "Crossfire Hurricane," investigation which was busy with participants making up stories and leaking them to the malleable press revealing how President Trump was a handmaiden of Vladimir Putin.
As a means of taking down General Flynn, FBI Director James Comey assigned two "get Trump" agents to interview Flynn and "get him to lie," as a means of getting him fired, and prosecuted. Use the "Logan Act," suggested Vice President Joe Biden, who sat in on conferences focusing upon ways to dismantle Gen. Flynn.
Despite some undercurrent among agents that the FBI was "playing games" as a means of making the case that the President was "Putin's Pawn," Flynn was sandbagged and accused of lying. He resigned as the NSA in mid-February, 2017, and for the next four years has fought the matter and had even entered a guilty plea after agents threatened to prosecute his son unless he admitted the make-believe crime.
After retaining new attorneys, Flynn withdrew his plea of guilty, and the justice department headed by Atty. Gen. William Barr announced that it was dismissing all prosecution of Flynn since he had been framed by the FBI which was sucking up to Democrats who were continuing in efforts to destroy the nation's duly elected 45th President.
Federal Judge Emmett Sullivan declined to dismiss the Flynn litigation. Flynn, joined by the Attorney General, appealed the matter to the Court of Appeals. Aware that the appellate process could take months, even years, the Flynn lawyers and the Attorney General were confident that the eventual ruling would be in Flynn's favor. In view of that time element, President Trump declined to wait for a court ruling, and instead announced the immediate pardon, exercising his constitutional right to grant pardons as he sees fit to do.
Flynn and his family were grateful to have the prosecution terminated by President Trump who has regularly lambasted the Democrat perpetrators in the FBI and the "fake news" media as a lying and disgraceful bunch. Reportedly, the litigation and pressure on Gen. Flynn has pushed the family to the brink of bankruptcy and had forced them to sell their home to meet the costs of hiring lawyers and fighting charges against them.
A grateful Gen. Flynn responded to the President's pardon by posting a verse from the bible's book of Jeremiah. It read:
"And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee."
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