Rachel Maddow Outsmarts Fox And Calls Out Their Effort To Get Mike Flynn To Withdraw His Guilty Plea

Rachel Maddow is ahead of the curve and calling out Fox News for pressuring Mike Flynn to withdraw his guilty plea.

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Maddow said, “One of the things that’s going on in the conservative media right now is that the Fox News channel and conservative media online, they’ve started agitating today for something you would not expect. They’ve started agitating today, advocating today that trump national security adviser Mike Flynn should withdraw his guilty plea. Now Mike Flynn, of course, pled guilty in December, signed a cooperation agreement with Mueller’s prosecutors at that time. Conservative media have decided that as he pled guilty, that was a mistake or miscarriage of justice. It is a strange argument. It is so far not making that many waves in mainstream media circles. But as you know, when it comes to the scandal and this white house, things have a way of moving very quickly out of the fringes to become the big idea in Washington. You should know that is happening out there on the fringe, including some expert advice that I think will help make some sense out of that strange story. That is percolating out there. We’re watching it.”

We all know how this cycle works by now. Sean Hannity or Fox and Friends will call for Flynn to withdraw his guilty plea, Trump will retweet it, and it will be all over mainstream media. Everyone understands how this game is played. The difference is that Rachel Maddow is calling out the scam before it has a chance to take root. Flynn isn’t going to withdraw his guilty plea and risk going to trial, and even if he did, it’s too late.

Mike Flynn has been cooperating with the Special Counsel. The game is over. Mueller already knows what Flynn knows, and not even the Fox News to Trump pipeline can save this president from the inevitable Russia scandal conclusion.

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Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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