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The Justice Department’s surprising choice to drop all charges against Donald Trump’s former nationwide security adviser has triggered a cascade of allegations and counter-accusations. And at the centre of it are today and previous presidents.
Michael Flynn was forced to resign early in the Trump presidency for lying to Vice-President Mike Pence about his contacts with Russian government officials.
He had actually likewise pleaded guilty to lying to FBI representatives investigating ties between Russia and the Trump campaign.
After years of legal wrangling, however, the former three-star general is now a complimentary male.
What are Trump and Obama stating?
Obama has actually mainly held his tongue about the actions of his successor but on Friday in a call to 3,000 former assistants and authorities that was dripped to the media, he let loose.
” There is no precedent that anyone can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free,” he stated. “That’s the kind of stuff where you begin to get stressed that standard – not simply institutional standards – but our basic understanding of guideline of law is at danger.”
Trump, who has never been shy about criticising – or blaming – his predecessor, responded with a flurry of social media posts and retweets on Sunday, accusing Obama and his aides of taking part in a criminal effort to undermine his presidency.
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He amplified the assertions of right-wing commentators and blasted Obama, former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, previous Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel and various press reporters and media outlets.
” The greatest political criminal activity in American history, without a doubt!” the president wrote, retweeting a conservative talk-radio host who accused Obama authorities of undermining Trump in the days prior to he took o