Last updated on September 25th, 2023 at 02:32 pm
Mike Flynn told Robert Mueller that Republicans in Congress tried to interfere and obstruct his investigation to protect Trump.
Republicans in Congress obstructed justice
Tom Winter of NBC News tweeted:
BREAKING / NBC News: Ret. Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn told Special Counsel Mueller's Office about efforts to interfere "both before and after his guilty plea, where either he or his attorneys received communication from persons connected to the Administration or Congress…†(1/2)
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— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) May 16, 2019
MORE: "….that could have affected both his willingness to cooperate and the completeness of that cooperation.†(2/2)
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) May 16, 2019
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It wasn’t just Trump obstructing justice
It is amazing that Mueller got as much information as he did. He had to fight through both the White House obstructing justice and congressional Republicans. It doesn’t take too much guesswork to figure who among the Republicans were obstructing the investigation for Trump. An excellent place to begin is Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) the former House Intelligence Committee chairman, and then you can look at someone like Reps. Jim Jordan and Matt Gaetz.
The criminal activity goes beyond the White House. Congressional Republicans have also been trying to sweep the Russian attack on US democracy under the rug.
The Russian influence goes beyond the buying of a president. Putin has bought the Republican Party.
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