Michael Flynn May Have Flipped On Trump

Harvard professor and CNN political analyst Juliette Kayyem says, per sources, Michael Flynn may have flipped on Trump. Here’s an analysis of this breaking development by attorney and freelance journalist Seth Abramson:

(1) First, as an attorney I want to make clear that, if this @CNN analyst's sources are correct, the #Russiagate scandal is blown wide open.

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017

(2) The FBI flips witnesses, turning them into cooperating individuals, _only_ when they can help secure conviction of a bigger "target."

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017

(3) Michael Flynn was the National Security Adviser for the President of the United States. The only _bigger_ target is Donald J. Trump.

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017

(4) But Flynn also held a clandestine meeting with Russian ambassador/spy Sergey Kislyak and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner in December '16.

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017

(5) And Flynn coordinated with infamous Iran-Contra figure and Russian oil/gas pipeline advocate Bud McFarlane in hiring Trump's Deputy NSA.

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017

(6) And of course Flynn had the highest possible clearance and greatest possible access to POTUS in discussing matters of national security.

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017

(7) Flynn's hire as NSA was controversial–even suspicious–when it was made due to Flynn's absolutely _terrible_ reputation in Washington.

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017

(8) This suggests the hire wasn't based on merit, but rather the fact that Flynn is _known_ to have ties (in-person ties) to Vladimir Putin.

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017

(9) We should conclude from the foregoing that Flynn was in the best position of _anyone_ involved in #Russiagate to see _all_ its contours.

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017

(10) Given all of the above, we can say that if any one person could bring down Trump due to #Russiagate, it's the man the FBI may now have. pic.twitter.com/sLwjBTVTcF

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017

(CREDIT) I want to give a hat tip to @JustineBateman for drawing my attention to this breaking development. Stay tuned for more news soon.

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017