Those allegations turned out to be false.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/policy/defense/4217...
This is an incredible scandal which didn't come to light since the DOJ dropped the case against him.
The prosecutors colluded with his own law firm to deny him justice.
This has all come out since Syndey Powell took his case.
Any citations?
According to this, Judge Sullivan rejected the assertions of FBI entrapment and prosecutorial malfeasance:
> Similar to Horowitz’s findings, the court ruling undercut arguments that the FBI investigation or Justice Department prosecution of Flynn was unjustified or improperly handled.
> Refuting Flynn’s claims that he was misled into unwittingly pleading guilty to charges, Sullivan wrote that it was undisputed that Flynn told the same lies to the FBI, Vice President Pence and senior White House officials, who repeated them to the American public, leading to his firing in February 2017.
> “The sworn statements of Mr. Flynn and his former counsel belie his new claims of innocence and his new assertions that he was pressured into pleading guilty to making materially false statements to the FBI,” Sullivan wrote.
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> “Arguably, you sold your country out,” Sullivan told Flynn during Flynn’s initially scheduled sentencing hearing, on Dec. 18, 2018. Sullivan cited Flynn’s admissions that he hid the substance of talks with Kislyak and lied when he said he did not know the extent of the Turkish government's involvement in work his firm had obtained and when he claimed an op-ed he wrote for the Turkish president’s benefit was done at his own initiative.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/michael-fl...
Oh and by the way, “The Hill” is definitely not part of the “liberal media.”
I don't see how someone with that kind of education could be so easily mislead.
What am I missing?
You're missing the transcripts of what Flynn told the FBI, provided by someone other than the FBI.
It's arguable that Flynn violated the Logan Act, which criminalizes private citizens negotiating with foreign governments. However, that act (which dates back to John Adams) has not been invoked in court since 1852 and has never been applied to an incoming administration official going through an entirely predictable "get to know you" phase with foreign officials.
It's telling that Flynn was indicted for the lying and not the Logan Act violation. I honestly have no idea why he lied, but if he'd just told the FBI to go away, that probably would have been the end of it.
He continued his pro turkey stance in his short term as NSA and tried some shady stuff like selling nuclear tech to the saudis while enriching himself and some friends.
This guys corruption is pretty impressive.