It looks like General Flynn is talking. As we've heard from his lawyer since the beginning of the Trump/Russia/etc. investigation, the general "has a lot to say"--enough to cut a deal with prosecutors. The only reason for the investigation to cut a deal with him is that he has information that incriminates someone with an even higher status. There aren't a lot of people with an equal or higher status than the National Security Advisor: Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon (perhaps), Melania Trump, Reince Priebus, Mike Pence, John Kelly, Ivanka Trump, Kellyanne Conway (maybe), Steven Miller, Paul Manafort (maybe), Donald McGahn, Jeff Sessions, Chris Christie, Eric Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Rebekah Mercer, Steve Mnuchin, Anthony Scaramucci, Rex Tillerson, James Mattis, Dan Coats, Mike Pompeo, Sean Spicer, Donald J. Trump. Manafort is already under indictment, without Flynn's testimony. Mattis and Tillerson didn't have enough overlap with Flynn to make either of them them the object of a deal.
If we are focusing on the campaign and/or Trump business dealings, the names to look for are Jared Kushner, Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump. Eric Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Mike Pence, Jeff Sessions, and Donald J. Trump. I'd exclude Pence, since he was such a late addition to the campaign (although he did have a role in the transition). That leaves Kushner, Sessions, and five Trumps.
One person only has value as an "ultimate" target: the president. All he has to offer Robert Mueller is a relatively painless resignation, and a complete debriefing to investigators for counterintelligence and financial crimes. Everyone else has to be talking to their legal teams, asking for options. I wonder how many other senior defense teams have cut ties with the DJT defense?
A Split From Trump Indicates That Flynn Is Moving to Cooperate With Mueller - The New York Times
If we are focusing on the campaign and/or Trump business dealings, the names to look for are Jared Kushner, Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump. Eric Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Mike Pence, Jeff Sessions, and Donald J. Trump. I'd exclude Pence, since he was such a late addition to the campaign (although he did have a role in the transition). That leaves Kushner, Sessions, and five Trumps.
One person only has value as an "ultimate" target: the president. All he has to offer Robert Mueller is a relatively painless resignation, and a complete debriefing to investigators for counterintelligence and financial crimes. Everyone else has to be talking to their legal teams, asking for options. I wonder how many other senior defense teams have cut ties with the DJT defense?
A Split From Trump Indicates That Flynn Is Moving to Cooperate With Mueller - The New York Times
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