an admission that Flynn did this not just with the knowledge of, but on orders from, Trump
https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/05/09/the-logan-act-is-just-the-cherry-on-mike-flynns-foreign-agent-sundae/
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Only one thing explains Barrs view, and it is damning. The FBI had reason to investigate anyway, and as Litt correctly lays out, these actions were solidly within the guidelines laid out in the FBIs Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide. But the only way to conclude, as Barr has, that Flynns actions calling up the Russian Ambassador and telling him not to worry about the sanctions imposed for helping Trump get elected are not clear cut evidence that he was clandestinely operating as an Agent of Russia is if Trump told him to do it.
That doesnt make it laudable. But it is as close as weve ever come to an admission that Flynn did this not just with the knowledge of, but on orders from, Trump. Thats probably why Trump is boasting about learning from Nixon right now: Because unlike Nixon, he got away with cheating to win an election.