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In reply to the discussion: Liz Cheney's smug, self-satisfied con job: Don't fall for it - Salon [View all]AntiFascist
(12,792 posts)71. I still think there needs to be more focus on the role of Flynn and his associates...
as summarized here pretty clearly:
Reuters reported in December 2021 that Flynn and associated military-intelligence veterans played a central role in spreading false information alleging the 2020 election had been stolen from Trump. Phil Waldron, a psychological operations expert, said he worked with Flynn on secret projects during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and worked in clandestine services under Flynn at the Defense Intelligence Agency. Waldron had distributed a 38-page PowerPoint presentation detailing an elaborate theory that China and Venezuela had taken control of voting machines a theory also promoted by Trump and Flynn attorney Sidney Powell. Waldron said he had conveyed his theory to congressman Louie Gohmert who immediately called Trump. Waldron soon met with Powell and Rudy Giuliani before attending a meeting with Trump in the Oval Office. Waldron said he spoke with Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows several times and discussed his theory with several members of Congress. The presentation recommended that Trump declare a national security emergency to delay the January 6 certification of electors, reject all ballots cast by machine, and have paper ballots secured by U.S. marshals and National Guard troops to conduct a recount. Flynn also worked with Ivan Raiklin, a former special forces officer who presented himself as a constitutional attorney, though Reuters could not find evidence he had such expertise. Raiklin promoted conspiracy theories involving Pence, intelligence agencies, big tech, China and the postal service. On December 22, he tweeted to Trump a two-page memo entitled, "Operation Pence Card," describing how the vice president might reject electors from states Biden won and in which Trump alleged fraud. Trump retweeted the Raiklin tweet. Seth Keshel, a former Army intelligence officer, conducted a statistical analysis that falsely[307] claimed to prove the 2020 election results were fraudulent; he told Reuters he contacted Flynn and they began collaborating. Shortly after the election, Flynn, Powell, Keshel and others gathered for days of strategy sessions at the South Carolina estate of Lin Wood. Also present was Doug Logan, the CEO of Cyber Ninjas, which managed the controversial election audit in Maricopa County, Arizona after Waldron recommended him to Arizona Senate president Karen Fann. A Flynn fundraising organization provided most of the $5.7 million funding for that audit, which ultimately affirmed Biden's victory in Arizona without proving fraud.[308][309][310]
Flynn was subpoenaed for testimony and documents by the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack in November 2021; he appeared before the committee in March 2022 but exercised his Fifth Amendment right to decline to answer questions.[311]
Flynn was subpoenaed for testimony and documents by the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack in November 2021; he appeared before the committee in March 2022 but exercised his Fifth Amendment right to decline to answer questions.[311]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Flynn
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Thanks for posting this. I watched "the show" and was absolutely appalled. . . .
h2ebits
Jul 2022
#1
Shitty self-congratulating wanker is the only smug shite I see here ... guy's a wanker author.
NotHardly
Jul 2022
#28
Please don't. The guy that wrote it is an idiot and it is not helpful...look into the background
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#38
Please don't insult Democrats by suggesting that Susan Sarandon is one of us.
comradebillyboy
Jul 2022
#12
She is a traitor who wanted Trump to win both times and anything that falls from her lips is BS.
Demsrule86
Jul 2022
#36
I have mixed feelings about this article. But K & R for the reminder to be wary of ALL Repubs!
50 Shades Of Blue
Jul 2022
#4
Kinzinger has conned a lot of people, too. He isn't running for re election. BUT
mucifer
Jul 2022
#6
Just another example of how far the party has gone to the insane side of right.
Ferrets are Cool
Jul 2022
#24
Cheney and some low-life scum for VP, too (probably tfg supporter). It will be a disgusting ticket.
C Moon
Jul 2022
#41
Liz is a guided missile, launched by the establishment corporate wing of the GOP to destroy
sop
Jul 2022
#55
Cheney isn't trying to help Democrats. She is among the few GOPers who agree with Dems about J6
Raven123
Jul 2022
#29
Regardless of whether I fully trust Cheney's motives she is a very useful and powerful ally for now
Silent3
Jul 2022
#54
She's doing a great job on committee, but she is a qpuke. Never forget that!
SheltieLover
Jul 2022
#26
This isn't helpful. The J6 isn't about politics, it isn't about Democrat vs. Republican
Mr. Ected
Jul 2022
#46
Cheney is doing well at clearing out the tRumpistas, but she is awful in the rest of her beliefs.
diane in sf
Jul 2022
#53
Well, being willing to work for him shows that they weren't the most perceptive bunch, lol.
ShazzieB
Jul 2022
#134
I still think there needs to be more focus on the role of Flynn and his associates...
AntiFascist
Jul 2022
#71
She is doing a service. Doesn't mean she doesn't hold despicable political positions.
Novara
Jul 2022
#81
Klannyanne is not too proud to not pat herself on the back for a job well-done either.
czarjak
Jul 2022
#89
She's there to protect neocon interest. If the fascist take control they stand a chance of
Hotler
Jul 2022
#100
When I see things like this I feel like they are angry that she is going after Trump
JI7
Jul 2022
#112
My bet is she is trying to position herself for a run at the Senate in a few years as a moderate.
cstanleytech
Jul 2022
#109
What I remember about Salon is article after article bashing Hillary every chance they could get
JohnSJ
Jul 2022
#121