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"It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon." - President Donald Trump

Posted by freedomforall 3 years, 4 months ago to Government
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"Just minutes before the market closed on the day before Thanksgiving (typically one of the slowest, lowest-volume days of the year) John Solomon reported that President Trump has pardoned Michael Flynn, the man who briefly served as his national security advisor before being taken down (and then charged and convicted of lying to investigators) in an effort that some have described as a deep state-backed setup.

Trump just confirmed the initial reports, published minutes ago by John Solomon and Just the News, and tweeted that: "It is my Great Honor to announce that retired Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon,” Trump tweeted. “Congratulations to @GenFlynn and his wonderful family, I know you will now have a truly fantastic Thanksgiving!".

Flynn was granted a full pardon by the president, who also commuted the sentence of former advisor Roger Stone back in July."
SOURCE URL: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/president-trump-pardons-michael-flynn


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  • Posted by Bill54 3 years, 4 months ago
    As has been said often in D.C., "Where do I go to get my reputation back?" General Flynn has lost all but his family. Will he recoup his losses? There should be some restoration, but the scars will remain.
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  • Posted by diessos 3 years, 4 months ago
    Good. Expected that to happen after the election loss...

    Kyle Rittenhouse should be next.
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    • Posted by $ allosaur 3 years, 4 months ago
      Noticed you wound up with a zero most likely for writing "after the election loss." Only Fake News has claimed that Trump lost that now a contested stolen election.
      Furthermore, that so-called "Officer of the President-Elect" sign Biden now postures before (same Schiff written on the podium before him) is just a sign because at this point he can't be President-Elect unless Trump concedes.
      Me dino giving you the benefit of a doubt over what just may be an errant choice of words, I'm popping you back a point. Me tries to be a fair dino.
      Nevertheless, Trump IS running up against a deadline and I also hope he helps Rittenhouse out.
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      • Posted by $ Suzanne43 3 years, 4 months ago
        I agree with you, Dino, so I gave him an up vote, too.
        The discussion during our Thanksgiving dinner was whether of not our president still has a chance of remaining our president. All of us think that he will make it.
        Happy about the pardon for Flynn. He certainly deserves it.
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        • Posted by $ allosaur 3 years, 4 months ago
          Looks like two Gulchers cancelled us out. At the table during my thanksgiving dinner, my age 33 son Daniel (who has bipolar disorder and thinks almost all police are scum) revealed he believes Trump is against the Second Amendment. While everyone including myself was trying to tell him such wasn't the case, Daniel just kept getting madder and madder. At that point I announced my dearly departed mother's belief that discussing politics is taboo. So everyone shut up and peace and harmony returned to the Thanksgiving dinner table. I'm beginning to suspect Daniel picked that notion about Trump up from people he likes to play Dungeons And Dragons with on the other side of Birmingham. (Happy to say I know he didn't go vote this time like he sometimes does).
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          • Posted by $ Suzanne43 3 years, 4 months ago
            Oh, my gosh, has Daniel gone over to the dark side! It’s Biden who wants to get rid of the second amendment....during one of the Democrat debates one of the candidates said he would work hard to get rid of the second amendment. Biden’s response to that was, “Bingo!”
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            • Posted by $ allosaur 3 years, 4 months ago
              Knowing my son, I'd say he has at times gone over to a confused side rather than a dark side.
              I was about to bring up that "bingo!" bit when a relative said Biden wanted us to have no more than 10 rounds for a gun but that's when Daniel piped up with that misinformation about Trump.
              When Daniel started to get overly emotional about being contradicted, that's when I (thankfully that was a success) shut the conversation down.
              Daniel has his problems but he is very knowledgeable about assorted things that has nothing to do about current events.. When I have a technical or a mechanical problem, he is very handy to have around.
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      • Posted by diessos 3 years, 4 months ago
        Doesn't the first tenant of Objectivism mention an objective reality. Trump lost the election. I'm not happy about it and I cannot deny reality.
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        • Posted by 3 years, 4 months ago
          I'm not an expert on tenants of Objectivism.
          You are apparently ready to accept that the 2020 election was fairly run. If I accepted that, I'd also say that Trump lost.
          The evidence now available leads me to conclude that the election was rigged to favor Buy-dem. That is objective reality.
          It may yet happen that the government is so completely corrupt that there will be no attempt to rectify the election rigging.
          I think that it is too soon to conclude that Trump lost.
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        • Posted by $ allosaur 3 years, 4 months ago
          Me dino is waiting to see if Trump and his team of lawyers can "stop the steal." Trump has not conceded and Quid Pro Quo Joe's "Office of the President Elect" is nothing but a phony propaganda ploy.
          Trump has stated during this weekend that he would accept the vote of the Electoral College.
          Don't know if that's a good idea because the Constitution states that a presidential election dispute can be settled in the House of Representatives (once in 1880 and once more--I forgot exactly when--later during that century).
          Each state (not seats) gets only one vote and for that reason the GOP has the numerical advantage.
          A X-number of Never Trumper RINOs in the House may create a wild card, though. Crap, it just occurred to me dino that may also be true of the Electoral College.
          Hope any such career political creatures enjoy socialism (more likely something worse). Know I won't. I'd rather keep my freedom and my money.
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    • Posted by $ pixelate 3 years, 4 months ago
      Nope -- Mt. Rittenhouse acted in a manner according to properly handling the aggressive mongrels. I was joyous to discover that the mongrels were dead and would no longer be a cause for concern. The videos illustrated that he can handle an AR even better than me. And on that note, I head out to the range for a sunny Friday afternoon of shooting with my fellow Libertarians.
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      • Posted by bobsprinkle 3 years, 4 months ago
        I admit minimal knowledge of the law regarding pardons etc. But, I don't think he can be pardoned until convicted. I think he should be awarded a battlefield commission of Captain in the upcoming civil war against the left. I would follow him into the streets.
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        • Posted by $ WilliamShipley 3 years, 4 months ago
          From Ford's pardon of Nixon:

          As a result of certain acts or omissions occurring before his resignation from the Office of President, Richard Nixon has become liable to possible indictment and trial for offenses against the United States. Whether or not he shall be so prosecuted depends on findings of the appropriate grand jury and on the discretion of the authorized prosecutor. Should an indictment ensue, the accused shall then be entitled to a fair trial by an impartial jury, as guaranteed to every individual by the Constitution.

          It is believed that a trial of Richard Nixon, if it became necessary, could not fairly begin until a year or more has elapsed. In the meantime, the tranquility to which this nation has been restored by the events of recent weeks could be irreparably lost by the prospects of bringing to trial a former President of the United States. The prospects of such trial will cause prolonged and divisive debate over the propriety of exposing to further punishment and degradation a man who has already paid the unprecedented penalty of relinquishing the highest elective office of the United States.

          Now, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9,1974.
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