Why Mueller left out possible crimes from Flynn’s plea deal
By Joel Cohen, opinion contributor — 12/11/17 10:20 AM EST
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The dust has begun to settle over how to view the Michael Flynn guilty plea and plea agreement.
The partisans have all weighed in on whether the plea is a “big nothing†or a critical crack in the president’s armor. The talking heads have now moved on to the issues du jour: did the president’s personal attorney, John Dowd, actually author Trump’s seemingly confessional tweet over why he fired Flynn (“he lied to the VP and the FBIâ€)? Is Trump, as president, “above the law†so that he simply cannot be charged with obstruction — or, maybe, any other crime — no matter how compelling the evidence against him?
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