Trump White House caught off guard by Flynn plea

[mystery-ak]

 Trump White House caught off guard by Flynn plea

The former national security adviser appeared in federal court to admit to a single charge of lying to FBI investigators just as the White House was focused on the passage of its landmark tax bill.

By ANDREW RESTUCCIA, ANNIE KARNI and NANCY COOK

12/01/2017 03:29 PM EST

Updated 12/01/2017 04:13 PM EST

No one in the White House was prepared.

Friday began with the now-routine flurry of tweets from President Donald Trump — two about the acquittal of an undocumented immigrant accused of a 2015 killing in San Francisco, one about his tax legislation. White House staffers, fresh from their inhouse holiday party Thursday, prepared to welcome the press to the annual media party later in the afternoon.

There were no leaks in advance that former national security adviser Michael Flynn planned to plead guilty to a single count of lying to FBI agents — lies he told in January, after Trump took office, about his contacts with Russia’s then-ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, during the presidential transition last December. Flynn has promised to cooperate fully with the Mueller investigation and, according to prosecutors, says his Russia outreach was ordered by two other top members of Trump’s transition team, claims that bring the probe deeper than ever into the Trump White House.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/01/trump-white-house-michael-flynn-response-274518

[skeeter]

How could they have been? Every major network was breathlessly running with the Mueller leak about ‘flipping Flynn’ three weeks ago.

[Right_in_Virginia]

December 1, 2017 / 11:58 AM

“Nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than Mr. Flynn,” said Ty Cobb, a White House attorney.

“The false statements involved mirror the false statements to White House officials which resulted in his resignation in February of this year,” Cobb said, adding that the plea “clears the way for a prompt and reasonable conclusion” of the Office of the Special Counsel’s probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and potential collusion by Trump’s campaign.


More:  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-whitehouse/white-house-says-flynns-russia-plea-implicates-flynn-alone-idUSKBN1DV5H0?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social

[aligncare]

How could they have been? Every major network was breathlessly running with the Mueller leak about ‘flipping Flynn’ three weeks ago.

Breathless headlines are politico’s specialty.

[Bigun]

Breathless headlines are politico’s specialty.

Why not?  They succeed in stampeding some folks every single time!