PERPS, NOT PATRIOTS

Based on a TV talking head I saw recently, it appears that some people might consider perps like lawyer Michael Cohen and General Michael Flynn to be patriots because they decided to cooperate with the investigation being conducted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. According to the perps and their lawyers, these guys chose to cooperate, to tell the truth, out of a loyalty to their country, out of their civil duty, out of their patriotism. 

I don't buy it; these guys are crooks and con artists. Cohen will do time; Flynn should, too.

Breaking news today sheds a bright light on the mercenary business of Mike Flynn. I don't have the energy to go into the details - just look at your news feeds - but this guy is, as they say, a real piece of work. He didn't just lie to the F.B.I., he was operating as the agent for a foreign government, Turkey, without filing the required papers with the US government to do so. His company had a $600,000 contract from the Turkish government to help them get their hands on a Turkish ex-patriot living legally in the United States, a man Turkish President Erdogan claims orchestrated the coup against him, and wants the US to extradite him to Turkey. And believe me, if he is extradited to Turkey, they will murder him the moment he steps off the plane! And Flynn was doing this while he was an advisor to Trump, and then when he was National Security Advisor. Even worse, the Trump team was informed of this by the intelligence services, and they chose to do nothing for a few weeks.

Alligators in the Swamp!

Mike Flynn, retired U.S. Army General. If you don't remember it, internet search Mike Flynn and "lock her up." He participated in, and led the crowds in the Trump rally chants of "Lock her up! Lock her up!"

Michael Cohen, according to Michael Cohen, was duped by Donald Trump, followed a man he admired and was mislead, regrets his actions,.....(excuse me while I throw up). Cohen is a well-known con man who is guilty of much more than we've seen recently. He deserves the jail time he got, and more.

I am aware, as I write this, that tomorrow a judge will sentence Mike Flynn. Mueller recommended no jail time for Mike, based on his cooperation with the Special Counsel. I understand the reasoning here, send a message to other perps that, if they cooperate, they could get a good deal from the DOJ.

But I say: "Lock him Up! Lock him Up!"

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