Pence says he's 'more inclined' to believe Flynn omission was unintentional

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Hill

BY MORGAN CHALFANT - 04/30/20 04:59 PM EDT

Vice President Pence said Thursday he was "more inclined" to believe that former national security adviser Michael Flynn unintentionally misled him in early 2017 about his contacts with the Russian ambassador, an event that triggered Flynn's firing by the White House.

Pence told reporters while traveling in Indiana that he was “deeply troubled” by new documents released in Flynn's criminal case, describing them as evidence of “investigative abuse.”

“I think Gen. Michael Flynn is a patriotic American who served with great distinction in the armed forces,” Pence told reporters. “I’m deeply troubled by the revelations of what appears to have been investigative abuse by officials in the Justice Department and we are going to continue to look into that very carefully.”

Asked if Flynn was appropriately fired, Pence didn’t answer directly but said: “I know what Gen. Flynn told me and I’m more inclined to believe it was unintentional than ever before.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/495551-pence-says-he-is-deeply-troubled-by-flynn-documents

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. ...

[GriffenRamsey]

4. He sells the China angle so often...

...I've begun to doubt the virus started there. I mean if Trump says it, it CAN'T be right.

[dalton99a]

7. A 'patriotic' American who served at the right hand of Putin:

[pecosbob]

8. Was it unintentional when he tried to trade the Wasabi dictators nuclear reactors?

Asking for a friend

[marble falls]

9. So the Pence defense is something like this: "Mike Flynn isn't a liar, he's incompetent."

[Marcuse]

10. Flynn gave Pence plausible deniability. Pence is trying to return the favor.