Michael Flynn seems to have lied to Mike Pence about not discussing sanctions with the Russians during the transition. Reportedly the President knew about this lie from Sally Yates for nearly 3 weeks before 'firing' Flynn, 'though he sort of pretended not to know about this or specific press reports about it. Mike Pence seem to have lied about (or have been incompetent in?) not knowing during the transition about Michael Flynn's apparent conflict of interest as a foreign during the campaign, despite having been formally notified of this as head of the transition by Congressman Elijah Cummings, and the transition discussing this with Flynn's lawyers. John Dean, who knows something about presidential cover-ups, said over a week ago that the white house seems to be in cover-up mode. Most recently, the White House seems to have been interested in stopping Sally Yates from testifying before the House Intelligence Committee, and when she was going to testify anyway, the hearing was cancelled. Coincidentally? Or does Sally Yates know something else?
Is the White House trying to hide something? I have tended not to believe that there was any really serious wrong-doing or criminal collusion of the Trump campaign with Russian attempts to hurt Clinton's reputation, but the White House does look like they are trying to hide something or at least distract attention away from other people's concerns. Or perhaps they are just terribly incompetent at media communications.
Is the White House trying to hide something? I have tended not to believe that there was any really serious wrong-doing or criminal collusion of the Trump campaign with Russian attempts to hurt Clinton's reputation, but the White House does look like they are trying to hide something or at least distract attention away from other people's concerns. Or perhaps they are just terribly incompetent at media communications.
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