Flynn intentionally pleaded guilty because it allowed him to legally violate his NDAs that he signed as Director of DIA. As Q said, he knows where the bodies are buried per se. Even mainstream media reported that he was assisting with other investigations! Like Q said, you can't prosecute without prosecutors.
where is (ret) Adm Woolsey in all this? he bailed on trump transition ONE DAY AFTER he attended the NYC meeting about Fethullah Gülen. ONE YEAR LATER, woolsey (dec 2017) is then sitting LITERALLY NEXT TO trump, in mal - as guest of trump's buddy, Chris Ruddy. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT REPORTING?!?
They also receive annual training on ethics issues and are encouraged to seek guidance from the Agency ethics advisor. No excuse. Flynn knew he was going wrong before he did it and that the FBI had him dead to rights.
@@shawnwales696 So he's someone who knowingly and brazenly does the opposite of what's ethical, legal, or in proper service of his country. Yep, sounds like exactly the kind of person Donald Trump would not only recruit, but protect by granting a presidential pardon. A man who acted as a secret advocate for foreign powers, knowing full well the consequences of what he was doing, THAT GUY gets a full pardon. Much like the other aspects of the presidency that have been strained and stretched well beyond what's reasonable, it may be time to rethink of a president's pardon power works.
@@tutuadefolalu3661 General Russell Honore also recently brought up a good, and infuriating, point that even after pleading guilty on many occasions to lying to the FBI and working as a foreign agent without disclosure he still gets to keep his fat O4 retirement and all the benefits associated with it. Absolute garbage. It does a disservice to every veteran that served and separated honorably. I refuse to refer to him by his military rank, especially now that he’s openly encouraging sedition post election.
@@rizzorizzo2311 Wow. I had no idea it was that bad. I agree wholeheartedly. He doesn't deserve to be referred to by military rank. He should simply be known as Foreign Agent Flynn. Or Trump Pardon Recipient Flynn.
The GRU is *not* the successor to the KGB. The FSB is the successor to the KGB, the GRU is the successor to... the GRU. The GRU was the rival to the NKVD (precursor to the KGB). Stalin always liked to have two of everything, so he could play them off against each other. In 1991, when the KGB tried to overthrow Gorbachev, the GRU refused to back their longtime rivals in a coup. As a result, the new Russian Federation allowed the GRU to keep its name, whereas the KGB had to rebrand. TLDR: The GRU is not the KGB's successor, it's another arm of Russian Intelligence.
The GRU was and is mostly directed at gathering intelligence (mainly military) on other countries, whereas the KGB (now FSB) is mostly directed at internal affairs, though. Also, the name of the GRU literally means "Main Intelligence Directorate" (and is a shortening of the full name which is "Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff")
The RCMP are the successors to the MSS of China. (Ministry of State Security). I was reminded because in French the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are refereed to as the GRC or Royal Gendarmerie of Canada.
The GRU is the rough equivalent of the Defense Intelligence Agency while the KGB/FSB is closer to the FBI, but not exactly. The GRU’s focus is on external military threats and the KGB/FSB on internal and political threats.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRU_(G.U.) Its kind of complicated how it all worked out. But this is a good read. "The military intelligence was known in the Soviet government for its fierce independence from the rival "internal intelligence organizations", such as the NKVD, later the KGB. The military intelligence headquarters were located at Prechistenka street [ru], west of the Kremlin, whereas the NKVD was in the very centre of Moscow, next to the building that housed People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs at the bottom of Kuznetsky Most. Due to this fact, the Soviet military intelligence came to be known in Soviet diplomats' cant as distant neighbours (Russian: дальние соседи) as opposed to near neighbours, i.e. the NKVD/KGB intelligence officers.[8][9] According to public statements of Soviet military intelligence veterans, the GRU had always been operationally subordinate to the KGB.[8] The GRU per se (under this name) was established by Joseph Stalin's order of 16 February 1942. From April 1943, the GRU handled human intelligence exclusively outside the USSR.[10][11] " "Following the dissolution of the USSR in December 1991, the GRU continued as an important part of Russia's intelligence services, especially since it was never split up (unlike the KGB).[13] The KGB was dissolved after aiding a failed coup in 1991 against the then Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. It has since been divided into the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and the Federal Security Service (FSB). " So it started off as a subset arm of the KGB but after the KGB fell and was reformed into the FSB, the GRU continued on its own branch.
the republican party is so far-right that their voters have to completely reject reality to be able to live with what tragedies and abuses they have supported.
@@Boristien405 Really? THAT"S what you took away from this video? Why are you even here if you're not going to watch or listen? Do you really think you're going to radicalize viewers of this channel?
@@Boristien405 I suppose it's frustrating to realize we are the same species. Like, how can it be that there are rational human beings, and then there are "people" like you?
If I were inclined to edit Mark Twain (which I’m not), I’d add “memes” between “damned lies”, and “statistics”. They are perfectly designed to present false assertions with flair
Remember when Legal Eagle was like, "Hey, 'My Cousin Vinny' is a fun movie!" and now he's like "The basis of our entire democracy is being eroded. Use Ting."
Yeah, that's the problem with lawyers. They always have an ulterior motive and their judgment is usually compromised and poorly formed by their legal training rather than any training in morality. They just make it up as they go.
@@passionofthecrust9173 Yeah that wasn't the issue. It was that he went from having interesting videos to pushing his personal political opinions on his viewers. His legal training compromises his moral reasoning.
@@PaulDo22 What political views have been expressed here that are in no way connected to the legality and ethicacy of the Flynn case? What is wrong with expressing political beliefs? How has expressing political beliefs displayed legal training compromising moral reasoning? Wouldn't that BE moral reasoning?
@@passionofthecrust9173 It's about respecting your viewers. I don't want to hear anyone's personally political opinions unless it's part of the schtick. In this case he surreptitiously sneaks them. It's equally inappropriate as it is duplicitous.
What’s the supposed nonsensical offense you’re referring to here? 1) Flynn told Russia not to sweat about the sanctions. He admits it. 2) He lies about 1 to VP Pence, and later, the FBI, and again, admits it. What’s so Chewbacca-y about that? Your accusation of a Chewbacca Offense with no follow up detail or claims is essentially in its own way a Chewbacca Defense. At worst, it’s just plugging your ears and shouting In can’t hear you!’ because you don’t like what’s being said.
Hey, Sarge, I know Just how you feel---predictability, a little peace in the night, ability to shop for a plethora of goods, foreign and domestic, in comfort and ease with nice tunes from the radio. It is very easy to blame the Proximal Cause, the Proximal Donnie, but the root is farther afield, in the Lands of the Russias and the Internet Research Agency. The cause is the Flibble of VLADIMIR THE NEOFIRST, Czar Of The Shrunken Russias, and it seems to all work so well for him, thanks to the bedraggled Donnie who is impaired and can't think clearly because his scalp was reduced and gave him funny hair and a tickled, but malfunctioning, cerebrum. It is a shame of Huge Import, and we all supplicate for some sort of Mental Health to take Root and find Good Soil & Purchase in the Brain of Donnie. We can but hope..... It's up to Donnie's Brain and the Russians, now, the stalwart citizens of Earth's Most Sprawling Country! Удачи и счастливого пути!
Devin: "But the real travesty is how much money that call probably cost..." Me: "He's not...." Devin: "He could have saved so much money with Ting Mobile!" 👏👏👏
AS in a full and well publicised correction and retraction of this and other videos that misstate federal law, & based on conjecture and documents now known to be false statements and the publicity releases of information by government agencies & officials.
@Akatsuki693Kikin no, far more likely to be youtibe comment filters. Many creators have talked about comments disappearing without them doing anything, usually ending up in the "comments for review" or whatever tab, and since most creators don't have any manual filters they never check those and the comments are never seen. Since this video has over a million views, very likely they were bot/spam replies anyway. ...also, wait, that's not how shadow banning works lmfao. Shadow banning means the person who was banned is not aware they are banned and think they are still interacting with the content. No one else is aware they are banned.
@Justin McCain is another issue. The GOP has hated him for a while. They had been trying to discredit him because of his work across the isle specifically. So every time up until he had won Presidential nomination of the party, they would call up his POW Manchurian Candidate, Birth in the Panama Canal Zone, and his belief in UFO's ... constantly. His only protection had been his high rating with his constituency and super rich spouse. Just a quick blurb on the subject.
"So you agree to these questions?" "Yes" "So you bought the gun?" "Yes" "You loaded it?" "Yes" "You took it to the park?" "Yes" "You shot those people?" "Yes" "Ladies and gentlemen I believe this man is innocent and to ask him these questions is improper and the whole case should be thrown out."
@@BuddaOnDaRoll Which is shorthand for "I really don't care enough to follow through my own investigative process. I'm going to ignore the immutable truth you just stated given the recent unsealing of FBI documents that proves they were threatening Flynn and his family in order to get him to perjure himself. I'm going to ignore the recently unsealed FBI documents that also confirm without any shadow of a doubt that the previous administration, namely Obama and Biden, were directly and explicitly informed about the fact that the FBI was fraudulently investigating Trump and his staff in order to further peddle the now proven false narrative around Russiagate. I'm also going to ignore the recently unsealed FBI documents that prove the 2016 watchdog for the DOJ was explicitly lying when he suggested the FBI was not wiretapping Trump at Obamas orders, a thing that is now 100% proven to be true. I'm going to ignore this irrefutable rebuttal on the grounds that your name is mean. You're pathetic.
A few years ago, somebody bringing something like this into a writers room or to a publisher would would have been laughed at for their plot being unbelievable.
So you're suggesting that there are two justice systems in America: one for the rich and powerful and one for everyone else! I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked (and saddened).
Obama is a constitutional scholar yet he lost 73 cases before the SCOTUS the most of any president in history. In at least 2 of them the vote was 9 to 0. When the house took a 3 day break Obama delclared them in recess and appointed 3 UNION ringers to the EPA who wrote regulations in favor of UNIONS and UNION contracts. It took 3 years for the SCOTUS to reverse the appointments and multiple years to reverse the unfair regulations. THESCOTUS admonished him for thug like unconstitutional behavior.
I didn't see this two years ago but I'm glad it came up. I appreciate how you explain current legal topics in a simple yet comprehensive manner. You have a knack for making the subject of law fascinating without resorting to entertainment and gimmics. Makes me want to go to law school even at my age.
@@chrisjung7139 choosing to give himself a _russian_ nickname, in combination with the rest of the facts of this case, is at least highly suggestive of disloyalty.
*Chris Jung* Your name is your name no matter what country you go to or what language is being spoken. In Russia, his name is still Michael Flynn. Him calling himself Misha (the Russian form of Mike) is more or less a wink-and-nod that he’s acting as a Russian asset / Russia-friendly. The fact that he signed documents as that is especially damning to the argument that it was just a cute nickname.
Guys, no need to give me a primer on Russian names, it's my native language :) I'm not saying whether it's damning or not, it just sounds too funny for me as for a native speaker for somebody to self-call himself like that, with a formal military rank in paired with an informal diminutive name.
@@Kyle_Schaff My name is also Michael, but whenever I visit Poland people just call me Mihau, it is unknown to me if this is normal or I've just met very friendly people, but I'd hardly say this means I have ties to Poland.
10:50 Just a reminder everyone, it's a crime to lie to the government, but it's not a crime for the government to lie to you. Not just not answer a question, mind you, but say outright nonsense.
Article 1 Section 8 of Nixon Impeachment reads: making or causing to be made false or misleading public statements for the purpose of deceiving the people of the United States into believing that a thorough and complete investigation had been conducted with respect to allegations of misconduct on the part of personnel of the executive branch of the United States and personnel of the Committee for the Re-election of the President, and that there was no involvement of such personnel in such misconduct: or
@zhuull1 It is not hard to think of a scenario where a lie from people in authority can dissuade a normally honest citizen from telling the truth. For instance, let's say the government has a stance on buying donuts: you're a bad person if you buy donuts, Krispy Kreme is now an underground black market etc. They tell you people who eat donuts are criminals and murderers. But you are just a normal guy who likes your donuts. They may not be particularly good for you, but really who are you hurting by eating a donut? But now you're in court lying about how you ate a donut because your government is lying saying donuts are only eaten by criminals (although, if donuts were illegal, this would technically be true, but you get the point.) For an extra credit thought experiment, replace donuts with marijuana and imagine how many people have lied in court about this plant that harms no one and can be legally and recreationally used in many states, but because their government lies about the dangers of marijuana, not because there is actually anything to lie about.
Objection: The GRU is the colloquial name of the intelligence arm of the Russian military, after the USSR the responsibilities of the KGB were split up among the FSB (internal counter-intelligence), SVR (foreign intelligence) and FSO (VIP protection)
ElPocho DelMundo I’d say we should go one further, exiling him and his Entire family from US soil, States and territories. I’d even be satisfied if Brooklyn Bridge were treated like ancient London Bridge, at least for him and his entire administration. Would-be fascists would know that the US does not accept their platform.
A very, very well detailed, and chronologically prepared explanation of a very significant issue, really helps give the viewer a clearer understanding about the "Flynn Matter", particularly defining most of the key players, prior to this I was having difficulty following this piece by piece, I'm very thankful
@@patrickderp1044 Fox news say's Flynn is being railroaded , that is the lie. Flynn lied about trading sanctions for a UN vote. That is what he plead guilty over.That is what Judge Sullivan is suppose to pass sentence over. Fox is creating a alternate story. Transcripts shows he did it.
@@55dionysus That is a lie: Flynn was never asked about sanctions, never talked about sanctions so IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR FLYNN TO LIE ABOUT SANCTIONS. That he lied about sanctions is actually SC Mueller's fabrication. ANd we have transcripts, true, so I wonder how's your reading comprehension?
@@55dionysus Both Flynn and the FBI knew that the FBI recorded the phone conversation with the Russian ambassador. The FBI questioned Flynn about something they both knew they both knew, and they both knew what Flynn said on the phone conversation wasn't illegal or wrong. Then the original 302 documenting the FBI interview magically can't be seen by anyone, in an FBI investigation run by a dirty FBI agent who hated Trump and expressed he wanted to take Trump down. Common sense and logic says the only crime here is from the FBI.
@@cpwm17 your right both the FBI and Flynn knew about the call. Flynn lied about it because it is illegal. Obama had ordered the UN ambassador to abstain from the UN vote and allow it to go thru. Flynn was trying to get Russia to veto the vote thus undermining Obama's foreign policy . If Russia had vetoed the UN vote it would have been treason. 302s and such things are smoke and mirror's. 302s unmask phone calls not people Flynn happen to be on the unmask phone call. Here is a source :ua-cam.com/video/kdQRX2g4uMg/v-deo.html
@Rachel Forshee Indeed, I could already see the problem from afar but this video really explains both the methods, the seriousness and the level of corruption at play.
We all expected Trump to pardon Flynn but Trump "not" ordering AG Burr to undo the conviction as publicly as possible, it's... It's corruption used as contempt against the rule of law. It's insane.
@Rachel Forshee Moreover, people who pay attention and can accurately recite the facts are valuable influencers of public opinion. Not in the social media circus, but out in the real world. when someone starts to shrug with the "well, they all do it" or "it's too complicate - I don't have time to follow it" - that's you moment to inject some objective information into their world. You can't make them believe it, but you can expose them to it whether they like it or not. If you can change one person's mind, you've just force multiplied your vote by a factor of two.
@@Zomby_Woof Sure, but two votes out of over 300 million isn't relevant. You could convince every single person you meet between elections and it might not even be relevant. I'm not going to tell you not to try if you enjoy doing it, but in reality there is no such thing as "individuals making a difference." Without a platform that can reach millions of people you're basically just doing it as a hobby.
@@Amarianee The most powerful Stand. No matter what, if it is sufficiently disruptive to proceedings or deviates from its place, any disorderly force will be tackled to the floor and removed in contempt of court.
You mean Prosecutors: we like to dismiss the case because the FBI were trying to entrap and corrupt the use of justice. Judge: I AM THE LAW I WILL DECIDE I AM JUDGE, JURY, AND EXECUTIONER.
If there is no opposing party, the role of "the aggrieved" is still in play, IMO. Even though the prosecution stands down, the fact remains that it is us Americans that are the aggrieved here. It is like our lawyer got paid off (or memo 618) and moved to drop a civil case without talking to us.
Objection: This is unfair. The transition to the Ting ad was too smooth and I have ineffective counsel to deal with this smoothness. I guess I am going to have to get Ting Mobile along with my Indochino suits.
If Flynn isn't sent to jail for this, what recourse is there in future for undeclared foreign agents working inside the US government. If only there were a shorter word for undeclared foreign agent...
LOL - how do you think our government operates? How do you think that they can afford the lifestyles that they have? Flynn was just a small time player - but he got caught between the Obama Administration and the Trump Administration - he's just a pawn.
This seriously feels like that Man-Ray Patrick meme. -This man was found lying to the federal government, yes? Yep. -Commiting this is a federal offense mandating jailtime, correct? -Yep. -Therfore, if that's the case he should be convicted and go to prison. -We don't have enough evidence to convict!
@@jond2720 This dude breaks down the entire case so far and your takeaway from this 45 minute long video is that he's simple-minded and a plant by the CCP/MSNBC? God, you people are so predictable it's pathetic.
@@jessehall6651 How can you listen to all that and come away with "their only argument is he pleaded guilty?" He broke dozens of laws and had one judge comment that he deserved to be charged with treason.
So basically, if you are part of Grifters, Inc., at least when it is in control of 2/3 of our federal government as it is now, that Rule of Law thing spelled out in the Constitution, means absolutely nothing in terms of any consequences you might face if you want to commit these types of crimes (or maybe any crimes), other than the occasional mild inconvenience of trials, etc. So, as Orwell warned us, all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. And the only thing between our democratic republic and the end of our slide into fascism is enough of us turning out in November in droves and voting to stop this and the many other outrages of this period of Klepto/kakisto/crats Gone Wild. With a packed court system, we'll still have our work cut out for us, but if we can oust 45 and his enablers, at least we'll have a prayer of getting our country back on track, or at least headed in the right direction. The Democrats certainly have their problems, but the Republicans are irredeemably corrupt, greedy, bought, and traitorous, and must go.
any new power that any president has asserted in the past and gotten away with has been retained by every single succeeding president. that is the nature of power, and of human beings. with the senate and the supreme court supporting and affirming trump's anti-constitutional actions, the office of the presidency, and so our democracy, is irredeemably destroyed. there is no going back. now, anything goes.
@Jardani Jovonovich Except that, just like Trump and "obamagate" or the ravings of so many other paranoid Trump supporters, you can't actually explain with facts, what this biblical "corruption" actually is. All of you just keep babbling on with empty threats and no specifics.
2:30 - Chapter 1 - Background on michael flynn 10:55 - Chapter 2 - Lying to the federal government 20:30 - Chapter 3 - Barr's department of justice changed its mind 41:35 - End roll ads
Objection: It is unknown if Flynn's calls were made on a cell phone or a landline. If Flynn made the calls on landline, then Ting would not have been able to make those calls less expensive!
Due to it happening in 2015, I would say there is a high probability that it happened on a cell phone, or a VoIP system rather than a true landline phone due to telephone landlines being much rarer as of that time
He called the Ambassador’s office. That’s how they got him. It doesn’t matter if his call originated from a cellphone or a landline. The Ambassador’s office was bugged (they all are) so they heard every word.
But now that crime is legal in the US the supreme court is to be disbanded surely?....Im thinking of coming to the US to rob your banks, I can get five years for armed robbery here...I would like to do my armed robbery in a country where even if you catch me and i plead guilty i dont go to prison....NICE....The land of the free!!!!!
I think he's smart enough to avoid Supreme Court nomination. Republicans would eat him alive. Democrats would only be able to tepidly and impotently intervene.
zhuull1 that’s easy, steal at least $5 million. $1 for bribes, (campaign donations) $3 million for your lawyers and $1 million so you can buy enough equipment to rob another bank for $100 million. Rinse and repeat until you are a billionaire and then become president.
Hey, hey, let's not perpetuate stereotypes here. LegalEagle only condones the consumption of blood from a glass, never directly from the source. We're not uncultured here.
@@john-paulsilke893 Except you don't need to be a billionaire; just claim to be one. Edit: there's a famous bank robbery in Argentina that you would probably enjoy learning about.
The rich and powerful are responsible for the Russiagate hoax. Poor people should not act against their own interests in promoting more world conflict, which is the actual main purpose of the hoax.
But the president proves the American dream! It's the kind of country where you can inherit hundreds of millions, and eventually hope to be a billionaire
@elijah mikle to bad the riots that occurred during protests and those in the protests that fell into rioting have hurt their causes. The more extreme the action they take the more likely you will see a more extreme reaction to them.
Because maybe they have a sense of humor? If like, you couldn't view what has happened to the DOJ under Trump and Barr with a sense of "humor", you would be sick to your stomach.
"If you're going to commit treason you might as well do it as affordable as possible" has to be the absolute greatest segue I have ever seen in my entire life.
@@NookaNifty He absolutely committed treason. It's just not the kind of treason that is extremely narrowly defined in US law. Because of this he can't be sued for treason, but he can absolutely be called a traitor and described as such.
@@dh2profit You fascist goons said that about Obama, too, and it wasn't true then. Obama kept a record number of prior administration appointments in place, and many of those appointments stayed on for years. I also can't think of a single Inspector General that Obama fired who was in the process of an investigation and, when partisan Republican investigations did take place (like Benghazi, lol), the Obama administration cooperated fully, even allowing Hillary to testify for 11 hours straight.
Objection! The GRU is Russian military intelligence ((Russian: Гла́вное разве́дывательное управле́ние, tr. Glavnoye razvedyvatel'noye upravleniye; English: Main Intelligence Directorate) and existed during the Cold War alongside the KGB. Successor to the KGB is the FSB.
Legal Eagle never lets facts get in the way of a good narrative. The narrative is red scare. GRU isn't scary so associate them with the KGB. Legal Eagle knows he is lying.
I was going to make this correction! I believe the SVR is also successor to the KGB, at least in regards to foreign intelligence carried out by the KGB (since KGB was both foreign and domestic). But it's worth pointing out that the GRU seems to be bigger (or more active) than the SVR nowadays, even though it was subordinate to the KGB back in the day. It was the GRU, for instance, that poisoned Sergei Skripal in the UK 2 years ago.
You know Mitchy HATES being called Moscow Mitch. Hates it. I enjoy using the term Moscow Mitch every change I get. I think someone should get a cemetery plot next to his in a few years with a arrow pointing to his plot and the words "Moscow Mitch is 10 feet that way".
@@TheRussellStover if he wants to use his aura of ignorant befuddlement to dismiss all of his criticism away, that's fine, the media will give him a pass 'till the end of time. But should anyone give me lip about the nickname he justly earned, I'll hit 'em with the same moscowmitch befuddlement look.
Theres some important details in your synopsis that were sorely missed. First, prior to his sentencing hearing, Flynn changed counsel representation and it was found that his first counsel's legal advice was horrible. There are investigations into the possibility that this first counsel was taking bribes or purposely throwing the trial. Second, around this time was when the government declassified documents related to his original questioning. Rather than approach the situation for investigative purposes, the FBI agents questioning him had the strategy of deliberately getting him to lie and threatened a lengthy investigation of his family and children if he did not testify to his lies. Third, all other charges in this case are nonexistent. The entire investigation in which Flynn was originally questioned is over and found no criminal wrongdoing. Thus, many people and myself included, believe that these charges are simply an effort to get something from this otherwise botched investigation to stick, rather than thr conviction of a man based on guilt and malice.
wow you all must be lawyers who spend more than 8 yrs in college learning about all this right? oh wait your not. please refrain from trying to sound smart if you have 0 experience on the matter thank you.
@@pur3d3m0n67 I actually have 12 years in college and a vast legal background. I say that RollingThunder is absolutely correct. LegalEagle might be a good looking man, but he is either sorely uneducated on this situation, bias beyond belief, or simply a bit slow. I highly suggest you educate yourself. Flynn was literally done dirty. And LegalEagle's bias is obvious and apparent by not mentioning literally the hundreds of things that were done illegally and/or wrong to entrap Flynn.
I too have significant knowledge of the law and this attorney is as bias as the judge. The original investigation was in the process of being closed when Struck said hold on I think we can get him in a perjury trap. This guy is lying out his ass too. Even Comey said the interview with Flyn was not carried out according to protocol. This ass clown is doing all the things he is accusing Flynn of. I believe it's time to do some research and find out what is his status with the bar. I also think You Tube needs to start reviewing his severely compromised videos.
I think there's a fundamental flaw with the idea of resigning from an organisation to protest corruption. It would make a lot more sense to me if people instead made a lot of noise about it and got themselves fired rather than resign.
@Ex Animus Yet, you claim "laws" and fail to endorse existing immigration laws AS WRITTEN despite EVERY OTHER COUNTRY enforcing THEIR immigration laws. Hmmmmm,...
We still have laws. The problem is that the laws only apply to certain people. They are supposed to apply to all. But then we used to have a Constitution that meant something, and that seems to have fallen by the wayside, too.
@@rangerrecon so that's your reply? whataboutism? what do you honestly think of bill barr? a man who is subverting his office for the political agenda of a sitting president?
This was helpful in understanding what exactly is going on with Flynn's case. The amount of information that is continuously lobbed at us in the news feels overwhelming and hard to keep track of, especially as this has been ongoing for years.
Well legal eagle is biased and really understating and downplaying the reasons why Flynn wants to remove his guilty plea, why the Prosecution wants to drop the case, how bad the FBI performed during the whole case, how the Judge wants to corrupt justice by trying to go against the supreme court and take the powers of the executive branch and play Judge Jury and executioner by trying to get his own prosecutor via a amicus curea of a heavily biased retired judge. And his defamatory false accusations that gen. Flynn is a traitor. Here's the parts that biased legaleagle forgot to mention New evidence shows that the FBI went into the interview trying to entrap Flynn “What is our goal? Truth/Admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute [him] or get him fired?” Which begs an obvious question: why would a law enforcement agency (FBI) ask if the goal of the investigation/questioning is to get someone fired? That appears as a political motive. Also, one of the agents involved in the investigation what Peter Strzock, the day was who assured Lisa Page about "Plan B" should Trump be elected President (Highly political statement made against the incoming President). One would assume was given as an obvious bias, there would be a need to re-review said officer (in this case, an FBI agent) dealings regarding the Trump administration. At the very least, one would think that explaining, or even addressing, the recent revelation of the note as of some legal merit, LegalEagle glosses it with "new documents were found, which usually doesn't paint a good image of the defendant's previous legal team..... BUT!" It should be noted as BOTH Flynn's previous legal team (C&B), as well as the FBI (and maybe the DOJ) had the handwritten memo (which may or may not have been written the very same Bill Priestap that the DOJ interviewed recently), as well as Flynn's original 302's, which somehow when missing ("surprisingly", ha?) The case didn't "turn into a partisan political activity", it began as one.
@CLP You're a fascist, cold warring kook. Washington DC and the media have promoted such xenophobia, it's scary -- and it's being done by the Democratic Party. Jill Stein was there to promote peace, something you sociopaths couldn't care less about.
LegalEagle you should breakdown the Silk Road Trial. It's been a few years, but I think it would be interesting to hear a lawyer react to a case that in my opinion, is one of the most controversial and corrupt trials in the history of the United States.
DOJ: "Drop the charges on Flynn, the penalty is way too severe!" Judge: "Hmm. Too severe, huh? Okay." *Judge uses Contempt of Court* DOJ: "wait, that's illegal." Judge: "Do you even know what that word means?"
Phones don’t call people. Scammers robo-dialing with spoofed numbers call people. However, if that is the case, then why do I resent the ringing phone ☎️ and feel like it is some sort of malevolent person pet owner demanding I come to it or it will continue to shrilly berate me for not responding? I hate telephones. I guess that is why karma has conspired with fate to place me in the Faustian position of telephone company employee.
I would like to know if you intentionally left out the fact that the Hill and Politico have both reported that a) the interviewing FBI agents have stated that they don't think Flynn intentionally lied to them and that their recommendation was not for prosecution and b) that Flynn only agreed to plead guilty because Mueller's team threatened to go after his son and whether or not you feel that information has any bearing on this case? If you had a client that the police said they thought were innocent but the DA needs or wants the conviction for their own purposes, and the DA threatened to prosecute your defendant's child on a made up or trumped up crime, how would you approach the situation?
Objection! Is there no other person who could act as a neutral third party to determine contempt of court? It looks bad that the judge is asking the same person to be both objective in one matter and adversarial in another.
It makes more sense when you realize dude's basically there to do the prosecution's job. Prosecution decided not to punish Flinn, so here comes a "Neutral third party" to force feed a reality check.
This situation though still needs to be forced though, Supreme court be damned when prosecution would rather play with their dick after they built such a solid case when Barr steps in and just goes we can't convict him because Jesus said not to.
I must say that i love the segue to Ting right at the end. "Your calls to Moscow will be as loud and clear..." Perfect for every aspiring traitors out there
Obviously, anyone believing in “the truth shall set you free” has never stood as a defendant in court in the State of New Jersey There, the truth will get you 30 years...
"the truth shall put its feet up and let you get arrested, then after you've lost many years of your life and your entire outside persona, maybe it'll show up and let you out. Maybe."
"but what are you going to do about it" is their usual response. its all well and nice writing an op-ed demanding a resignation, but this administration and republicans have no shame and will just respond "so what?"
There's only one solution to this. We must *vote* out of office not just the president, but _every_ Republican - certainly every Republican who has supported Trump, up to and including lying under oath about being an impartial juror during the impeachment investigation (which is nearly all of them). If there are no consequences to the Republican Party - _not_ just Trump - they'll keep doing this. It's simply that simple.
@@Bill_Garthright It's highly unlikely that every Republican up for election will be defeated. Remember, some of these are blind banjo picker states like Alabama where Roy Moore the child molester is still politically viable. But...if all but a couple were defeated, that would mean a super majority. And that would give the Dem majority the option of expelling all the remaining Senators for violating their oaths to be unbiased jurors, in that they refused to hear relevant evidence. They could argue all they want - or all they are allotted time for - but there is no legal recourse. The Governors of those states would then need to appoint temporary Senators pending special elections. Some states the Governors are obligated to appoint Senators of the same party of the expelled Senator - but I don't know that there is a requirement that it can't be someone who recently changed parties.
So I know you check comments for the first hour that a video is up and I've been trying to ask this question for a while now.is it legal or illegal for states to declare bankruptcy like Andrew Cuomo has said. If it is legal for a state to go bankrupt what does that mean for the state? I know that municipalities can go bankrupt but I don't know what happens to the municipality when it goes bankrupt. Does the state take over those services at some point does the state give that service back to the local government?
@@jamesbakley5073 To be perfectly honest, we wouldn't know until it happened. This is an area of law that is nebulous at best and completely silent at worst. The bankruptcy case would be long, difficult, and devastating with absolutely no clear winners. The court could mandate a raise in taxes to pay off a portion of the debt while absolving the state of another portion. The court could assign the debt to the federal government as a means of saying "The government cannot declare bankruptcy except as a whole". The truth is we don't have any idea how such a case would play out, and the supreme court would likely way in at some point which is nearly unheard of in bankruptcy cases.
Look at Puerto Rico if you want to see how such a situation would be exploited to privatize and loot public assets. What's more interesting is the federal government: despite all the partisan handwringing about "how will you pay for it", the federal government can't run out of money or go broke.
@@mxpants4884 I don't think we can look at PR for an example. It is not officially a state and has less autonomy than the other states. We could also say the same thing about Quam D.C, US Virgin Islands, etc.
@@trapfethen What I'm confused about is how Cuomo can say that it is illegal for a state to declare, while Mitch McConnel is all for states declaring bankruptcy. What are the potential arguments they both are making? That is what interests me as much as the "what if"
Brilliant analysis of a complex situation which you crystallize in terms even us non-lawyers can grasp. I lament one so beautiful is straight, but rejoice in your invaluable intellectual resources. Thanks for helping me, one of the faceless unwashed as he struggles to grasp this complex legal world. Love you, dude. You give lawyers a good name.
@@Redtecho Kind of like how Flynn lied out of his ass to the FBI? Then submitted a statement admitting to lying multiple times? That has nothing to do with legal representation, he lied.
@@xlockedbmw The FBI investigation of Flynn was corrupt. They threatened to go after his family if he didn't testify to lying. The case was thrown out due to FBI malpractice and had no bases in the court of law. Do you just believe everything that someone in a suit says? This is widely confirmed at this point the FBI investigation of Michael Flynn was a verifiable fraud.
@@xlockedbmw Legal Eagle is a left wing pundate who just parrots left wing talking points. He may practice law, but he has no idea what he's talking about in the realm of politics.
@@xlockedbmw Do you even know what they were investigating Flynn for in realms of the "lie" that he is projected to have told. The FBI already knew all the answers to the questions that they asked him before doing so. The FBI was so determined to find something wrong with Flynn that they went as far as to tell him that he didn't need a lawyer while talking to them, then cross referenced things that he said outside of a legal court while saying they weren't investigating him. I have no love for government, but the FBI in this case was far more corrupt then anything Flynn did. The left doesn't want to admit it because it was their tribe. Stop getting played by democrats.
Very interesting. And by "interesting" I mean appalling and frightening. The extent to which this corruption continues in broad daylight is just crazy.
Thank you for always going through the issues clearly and in a way non legal professionals can understand. I always enjoy your videos and learn several things from each one. You are the best LegalEagle!
The Flynn case is insane. Write a description of events and then replace the players and country with a third world country somewhere and tell me the whole thing doesn't just scream "failed state"
I really hope your sponsors are paying you good, because the way you work in ads is amazing. I can't bring myself to go online without an ad blocker because of how intrusive they tend to be. You not only make them seem more than reasonable, but actively make me pay attention so I don't miss one of your silly quips!
The problem is the circumstances behind his confession and the setup behind the meeting. The Obama era DOJ had already decided that Flynn's phone calls to the Russian ambassador were not enough to prosecute on, and the FBI had already cleared him of suspicion of being a foreign agent before the meeting according to internal documents, and for all intents and purposes the investigation was supposed to be closed but the FBI never formally closed it. Apparently this was a mistake as evidenced by an internal memo that said "our incompetence might have saved our asses" in reference to the FBI's desire to interview Flynn and their initial belief that they couldn't do so because the investigation was closed. When interviewing Flynn they didn't give him notice that it was for an investigation, and made it sound like a friendly chat. They never told him that he was at risk of prosecution based on what he said in the interview, and they didn't give him transcripts of the call to jog his memory despite Flynn knowing that the fbi already had all of his calls. Plus the doj was repeatedly telling the FBI not to interview Flynn without the DOJ present, but these phone calls and memos were deliberately ignored. It was a perjury trap. Then, as for his confession, they told him if he confessed they wouldn't prosecute his son, which isn't problematic in and of itself but in the court filings, they didn't disclose this very important information, making his whole confession fruit of the poisoned tree and inadmissible as evidence. I feel bad that you've made this long video only to get it really wrong.
Let me get this straight, the official thing to do when people in your department are being corrupt is to just leave and be replaced by someone who goes along with the corruption? ... What?
it's called the ghandi effect were people will object to something but they lack the means to actually do anything about it so they hope there inactivity helps broaden the chance that it's picked up by news companies.
The corrupt people involved in this case are the ones who are trying to have Flynn acquitted for crimes the he did commit and plead guilty too twice. All of the Trump administrations officials who have been convicted and sentenced to prison are getting off easy, some of them even being released. The corruption is taken place right in front of everyone's eyes, Flynn betrayed his country and deserves to be in prison.
During the entire Mueller investigation and the subsequent prosecutions for perjury, I kept thinking of something my father told me when I was very young: "If you have to lie about what you are doing, you are not doing the right thing."
So, was that a knock on Flynn, or Sleagle, cause one deceived what could be seen as an active threat to his life, liberty and well being, and the other seems to be putting out a job application to TYT.
The lying is the Russiagate scam. Politicians would go on TV and claim they had evidence for collusion, but under oath, they would tell the truth (including Schiff) and say they have no evidence.
@Fred Freddy That's not what George Papadopolus said, and there are plenty of interviews on UA-cam where George Papadopolus speaks about what actually happened, and you can look up third-party sources should you want to doublecheck the details. Also, for some healthy leftwing pushback on the very troubling context surrounding Flynn's legal issues, and the Russiagate narrative in its entirity check out Aaron Mate and Matt Taibbi (both solid journalists, I.F "Izzy" Stone award winners amongst their other achievements, published at The Nation, The Hill etc...). The link provided is a Rolling Stone program ironically called "Useful Idiots" (named just one of the pejoratives they've recieved after they flagged troubling issues with Russiagate and certain other narratives from their side of politics). ua-cam.com/video/TgqaEBw9Ev0/v-deo.html
@Fred Freddy I don't know how familiar you are with your own legal system (a strange place to be if that's the case), but people plead guilty even if they're innocent for a multitude of reasons. Look at that link from award winning journalists from the LEFT who've been critical of Russiagate all along. Even if you don't agree hopefully at least you'll see why Russiagate has actually been a gift to Trump. : ua-cam.com/video/TgqaEBw9Ev0/v-deo.html
⚖️Should Flynn go to jail?
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Yes he should. Guilty should be punished.
Yes. He admitted guilt and should pay for his crimes like any normal citizen. Cronyism is corruption.
He made his choice, so he should stick to it.
He should yes.
Flynn intentionally pleaded guilty because it allowed him to legally violate his NDAs that he signed as Director of DIA. As Q said, he knows where the bodies are buried per se. Even mainstream media reported that he was assisting with other investigations! Like Q said, you can't prosecute without prosecutors.
“If you’re gonna commit treason, you might as well do it affordably” absolutely killed me
I'm reminded now of the woman who went to strom the capitol on 1/6 and flew by private jet. not very affordable lol
me too -- He's wonderful.
where is (ret) Adm Woolsey in all this?
he bailed on trump transition ONE DAY AFTER he attended the NYC meeting about Fethullah Gülen.
ONE YEAR LATER, woolsey (dec 2017) is then sitting LITERALLY NEXT TO trump, in mal - as guest of trump's buddy, Chris Ruddy.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT REPORTING?!?
Best Transition Ever
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As remember of the military...
I should point out that military officers and DOD civilians are tested on Ethics laws annually so he can't complain he "I didn't know."
They also receive annual training on ethics issues and are encouraged to seek guidance from the Agency ethics advisor. No excuse. Flynn knew he was going wrong before he did it and that the FBI had him dead to rights.
@@shawnwales696 So he's someone who knowingly and brazenly does the opposite of what's ethical, legal, or in proper service of his country. Yep, sounds like exactly the kind of person Donald Trump would not only recruit, but protect by granting a presidential pardon. A man who acted as a secret advocate for foreign powers, knowing full well the consequences of what he was doing, THAT GUY gets a full pardon. Much like the other aspects of the presidency that have been strained and stretched well beyond what's reasonable, it may be time to rethink of a president's pardon power works.
@@tutuadefolalu3661 General Russell Honore also recently brought up a good, and infuriating, point that even after pleading guilty on many occasions to lying to the FBI and working as a foreign agent without disclosure he still gets to keep his fat O4 retirement and all the benefits associated with it. Absolute garbage. It does a disservice to every veteran that served and separated honorably. I refuse to refer to him by his military rank, especially now that he’s openly encouraging sedition post election.
@@rizzorizzo2311 Wow. I had no idea it was that bad. I agree wholeheartedly. He doesn't deserve to be referred to by military rank. He should simply be known as Foreign Agent Flynn. Or Trump Pardon Recipient Flynn.
@@rizzorizzo2311 - Actually Flynn can be called back into service by the Army where he can be court-martialed.
watching this again at the end of November and seeing Sidney Powell's name all the way back here is an Experience
Same thought. It's the same names over and over.
Dec 2023 now, and it's even more of an experience since Powell plead guilty to election interference
According to Trump's logic:
- Lying to the vice president will get you fired.
- Lying to the FBI will get you a pardon.
The GRU is *not* the successor to the KGB.
The FSB is the successor to the KGB, the GRU is the successor to... the GRU.
The GRU was the rival to the NKVD (precursor to the KGB). Stalin always liked to have two of everything, so he could play them off against each other. In 1991, when the KGB tried to overthrow Gorbachev, the GRU refused to back their longtime rivals in a coup. As a result, the new Russian Federation allowed the GRU to keep its name, whereas the KGB had to rebrand.
TLDR: The GRU is not the KGB's successor, it's another arm of Russian Intelligence.
The GRU was and is mostly directed at gathering intelligence (mainly military) on other countries, whereas the KGB (now FSB) is mostly directed at internal affairs, though. Also, the name of the GRU literally means "Main Intelligence Directorate" (and is a shortening of the full name which is "Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff")
-- Thank you, for the factual clarification.
The RCMP are the successors to the MSS of China. (Ministry of State Security). I was reminded because in French the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are refereed to as the GRC or Royal Gendarmerie of Canada.
The GRU is the rough equivalent of the Defense Intelligence Agency while the KGB/FSB is closer to the FBI, but not exactly. The GRU’s focus is on external military threats and the KGB/FSB on internal and political threats.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRU_(G.U.)
Its kind of complicated how it all worked out. But this is a good read.
"The military intelligence was known in the Soviet government for its fierce independence from the rival "internal intelligence organizations", such as the NKVD, later the KGB. The military intelligence headquarters were located at Prechistenka street [ru], west of the Kremlin, whereas the NKVD was in the very centre of Moscow, next to the building that housed People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs at the bottom of Kuznetsky Most. Due to this fact, the Soviet military intelligence came to be known in Soviet diplomats' cant as distant neighbours (Russian: дальние соседи) as opposed to near neighbours, i.e. the NKVD/KGB intelligence officers.[8][9] According to public statements of Soviet military intelligence veterans, the GRU had always been operationally subordinate to the KGB.[8]
The GRU per se (under this name) was established by Joseph Stalin's order of 16 February 1942. From April 1943, the GRU handled human intelligence exclusively outside the USSR.[10][11] "
"Following the dissolution of the USSR in December 1991, the GRU continued as an important part of Russia's intelligence services, especially since it was never split up (unlike the KGB).[13] The KGB was dissolved after aiding a failed coup in 1991 against the then Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. It has since been divided into the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and the Federal Security Service (FSB). "
So it started off as a subset arm of the KGB but after the KGB fell and was reformed into the FSB, the GRU continued on its own branch.
This is so far off the rails of what checks and balances are supposed to be.
I honestly don't understand how people pretend this is anything other than obvious abuse of power
The checks and balances *were never really there*.
@@ahmedamine24 They are there. The party in control has chosen not to enforce them.
@@WCM1945 It doesn't matter whether they exist then, correct? Just like it's technically legal for the workers party of Korea to oust Kim Jong.
the republican party is so far-right that their voters have to completely reject reality to be able to live with what tragedies and abuses they have supported.
As a former Ting employee I'm so glad I helped provide affordable treason.
when actual government court cases sound like conspiracy theories:
because they did conspire. but, i know, it feels so "george orwellian"...
Cus it's a conspiracy
A surprising amount of actual big conspiracies just happen.
You know things aren't going well, when the lawyer says "Aside from all the legal issues".
You know he's biased when
@@Boristien405 Really? THAT"S what you took away from this video? Why are you even here if you're not going to watch or listen? Do you really think you're going to radicalize viewers of this channel?
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@@TekGriffon What are you so mad about lol? You sound like the radical here.
@@Boristien405 I suppose it's frustrating to realize we are the same species. Like, how can it be that there are rational human beings, and then there are "people" like you?
Flynn should go to jail for failing to call his group “The Flynntel Group”. That portmanteau is too juicy to pass up.
Patrick King 🤴
Came here looking for this comment
Thank you for letting me know the word "portmanteau" exists!
Right? Anyone who chooses Flynn Intel Group over that has some serious issues
This I can wholeheartedky support
when you said "there are three categories of lies..." i half expected you to follow with "lies, damned lies, and statistics"
@Timefliesbye I'll take the Mark Twain quote over yours.
If I were inclined to edit Mark Twain (which I’m not), I’d add “memes” between “damned lies”, and “statistics”. They are perfectly designed to present false assertions with flair
My lies YOUR lies and CNN lies.
@ memes are mostly pictures that are maybe Photoshop or not.
Real lawyers think Legal Beagle is an idiot: ua-cam.com/video/6SSse90R72o/v-deo.html
Remember when Legal Eagle was like, "Hey, 'My Cousin Vinny' is a fun movie!" and now he's like "The basis of our entire democracy is being eroded. Use Ting."
Yeah, that's the problem with lawyers. They always have an ulterior motive and their judgment is usually compromised and poorly formed by their legal training rather than any training in morality. They just make it up as they go.
@@PaulDo22 . . . What are you talking about? It's a sponsorship for a mobile provider.
@@passionofthecrust9173 Yeah that wasn't the issue. It was that he went from having interesting videos to pushing his personal political opinions on his viewers. His legal training compromises his moral reasoning.
@@PaulDo22 What political views have been expressed here that are in no way connected to the legality and ethicacy of the Flynn case?
What is wrong with expressing political beliefs?
How has expressing political beliefs displayed legal training compromising moral reasoning? Wouldn't that BE moral reasoning?
@@passionofthecrust9173 It's about respecting your viewers. I don't want to hear anyone's personally political opinions unless it's part of the schtick. In this case he surreptitiously sneaks them. It's equally inappropriate as it is duplicitous.
Objection! I’ve heard of the “Chewbacca Defense,” but the Chewbacca Offense? That’s new...
I am shamelessly stealing this.
is that where you rip your opponent's legs off and then point out that he has no leg to stand on?
What’s the supposed nonsensical offense you’re referring to here?
1) Flynn told Russia not to sweat about the sanctions. He admits it.
2) He lies about 1 to VP Pence, and later, the FBI, and again, admits it.
What’s so Chewbacca-y about that? Your accusation of a Chewbacca Offense with no follow up detail or claims is essentially in its own way a Chewbacca Defense. At worst, it’s just plugging your ears and shouting In can’t hear you!’ because you don’t like what’s being said.
How is this an objection? You just yelled objection then posted a generic comment -.-
David Johnson, that’s the rules. “Phrase your comments in the form of an objection.”
Oh, how I miss living in precedented times
Hey, Sarge, I know Just how you feel---predictability, a little peace in the night, ability to shop for a plethora of goods, foreign and domestic, in comfort and ease with nice tunes from the radio. It is very easy to blame the Proximal Cause, the Proximal Donnie, but the root is farther afield, in the Lands of the Russias and the Internet Research Agency. The cause is the Flibble of VLADIMIR THE NEOFIRST, Czar Of The Shrunken Russias, and it seems to all work so well for him, thanks to the bedraggled Donnie who is impaired and can't think clearly because his scalp was reduced and gave him funny hair and a tickled, but malfunctioning, cerebrum. It is a shame of Huge Import, and we all supplicate for some sort of Mental Health to take Root and find Good Soil & Purchase in the Brain of Donnie. We can but hope..... It's up to Donnie's Brain and the Russians, now, the stalwart citizens of Earth's Most Sprawling Country! Удачи и счастливого пути!
Devin: "But the real travesty is how much money that call probably cost..."
Me: "He's not...."
Devin: "He could have saved so much money with Ting Mobile!"
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If you're going to commit treason, you might as well do it as affordably as possible!
does it work in the dominican republic?
This has the most fire sponsor segues
I wish you would do update videos on some of these, frankly, scary and troubling court cases that involve the DOJ.
Doj isn’t corrupt. At least not in the way you’re thinking it kiddo
AS in a full and well publicised correction and retraction of this and other videos that misstate federal law, & based on conjecture and documents now known to be false statements and the publicity releases of information by government agencies & officials.
Interesting, you have 2 replies, and yet they are invisible.
@@crazyrussiannhb shadow bans
@Akatsuki693Kikin no, far more likely to be youtibe comment filters. Many creators have talked about comments disappearing without them doing anything, usually ending up in the "comments for review" or whatever tab, and since most creators don't have any manual filters they never check those and the comments are never seen.
Since this video has over a million views, very likely they were bot/spam replies anyway.
...also, wait, that's not how shadow banning works lmfao. Shadow banning means the person who was banned is not aware they are banned and think they are still interacting with the content. No one else is aware they are banned.
Ting Mobile: Here's some money, pitch my product on youtube.
LegalEagle: Commit treason with TING everyone!
To get this joke you need to stay until the 41 minute mark.
@@dwight_s or scroll down and see your comment
@Justin McCain is another issue. The GOP has hated him for a while. They had been trying to discredit him because of his work across the isle specifically. So every time up until he had won Presidential nomination of the party, they would call up his POW Manchurian Candidate, Birth in the Panama Canal Zone, and his belief in UFO's ... constantly. His only protection had been his high rating with his constituency and super rich spouse.
Just a quick blurb on the subject.
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The lead into the Ting promo at the end is gold. LOL, didn't see that coming.
yah, I lol'd hard, that was good one
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@@trousersnake81 YEAH>
I wish there were a trophy for influencer advert commentaries . . .
"If you're going to commit treason, you might as well do it affordably ... ". Not sure if that's what Ting mobile had in mind for their tagline.
prolly not, but... since their using other companies relay transmitters, they prolly ok with it.
"It's unprecedented." It's sad that we have to offer that caveat almost every single day.
Someone has to go through the unprecedented to set the precedent for those to come, right?
Also that is quite the profile photo
It’s like that word doesn’t even have any meaning anymore.
Still no justice
"So you agree to these questions?"
"Yes"
"So you bought the gun?"
"Yes"
"You loaded it?"
"Yes"
"You took it to the park?"
"Yes"
"You shot those people?"
"Yes"
"Ladies and gentlemen I believe this man is innocent and to ask him these questions is improper and the whole case should be thrown out."
You didn't clarify that he shot those people with that gun that he had bought, and specifically at that park he went to.
@@Andromedon777 Even if i did would it have mattered? Because possible precedent suggests it wouldn't have.
he wouodnt be the first and last to be charged even imprision, but to be released when its found the police breached the law to even talk to you
@@nigget-tv-videos4135 Whether your point holds any water or not i can't take someone with the user name "Nigget-tv-videos" seriously in any capacity.
@@BuddaOnDaRoll Which is shorthand for "I really don't care enough to follow through my own investigative process. I'm going to ignore the immutable truth you just stated given the recent unsealing of FBI documents that proves they were threatening Flynn and his family in order to get him to perjure himself. I'm going to ignore the recently unsealed FBI documents that also confirm without any shadow of a doubt that the previous administration, namely Obama and Biden, were directly and explicitly informed about the fact that the FBI was fraudulently investigating Trump and his staff in order to further peddle the now proven false narrative around Russiagate. I'm also going to ignore the recently unsealed FBI documents that prove the 2016 watchdog for the DOJ was explicitly lying when he suggested the FBI was not wiretapping Trump at Obamas orders, a thing that is now 100% proven to be true. I'm going to ignore this irrefutable rebuttal on the grounds that your name is mean.
You're pathetic.
“If you’re going to commit treason you might as well do it as affordable as possible.” 😂 LOL.
I'm not sure Ting mobile would like the new slogan he made for them XD
It was definitely an... Interesting segue.
I swear no one does segues like LegalEagle
Remember treason only can be charged for someone working with a county we are at war with.
@@brandonlee1328 lol you are a special sort of stupid to forget Julius and Ethel Rosenburg who were executed for being spies in peace time
Now we know why Netflix shows like “Homeland” can’t stay afloat!
YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF UP!
Also, at 41:25 another excellent segue!
A few years ago, somebody bringing something like this into a writers room or to a publisher would would have been laughed at for their plot being unbelievable.
also because amazon would sue them for using their content
I must admit I do not understand why he lied. Why not just follow the law??
So it is not spelled as "SEGWAY"??? Omg, what have I done with my life
Could have something to do with the concept getting pretty stale almost immediately. Home _coming_ is infinitely better.
“This is just special favours to one of the president’s closest advisors.” Whelp... that just happened...
3:20 - the FSB is the "successor to the KGB". The GRU is military intelligence, and it operates under the same acronym as it had in the Soviet era.
Точность и точность - это хорошие вещи, если, возможно, то же самое. Счастливого дня святости и бедности для Putie-Poo!
Noone cares. Bears, vodka, matryoshka... As usual.
Well... He is an Idiot! So...
Thanks for correcting that I was wondering if someone would
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“You thought you could release this video on Monday?”
It’s Sunday. So he’s either a day early or a week late.
You be the judge.
It's a week late, in case you were serious.
Daniel McClintock, I’m Florida Man. I’m rarely ever serious.
Enigma6344, he makes headlines 😎
He uploads during my sleep time, so I'm watching this as soon as I physically can: Monday.
So you're suggesting that there are two justice systems in America: one for the rich and powerful and one for everyone else! I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked (and saddened).
There's one written US Constitution, one SCOTUS, but two conflicting cultures. Guess which cult you belong to?
Obama is a constitutional scholar yet he lost 73 cases before the SCOTUS the most of any president in history. In at least 2 of them the vote was 9 to 0. When the house took a 3 day break Obama delclared them in recess and appointed 3 UNION ringers to the EPA who wrote regulations in favor of UNIONS and UNION contracts. It took 3 years for the SCOTUS to reverse the appointments and multiple years to reverse the unfair regulations. THESCOTUS admonished him for thug like unconstitutional behavior.
I didn't see this two years ago but I'm glad it came up. I appreciate how you explain current legal topics in a simple yet comprehensive manner. You have a knack for making the subject of law fascinating without resorting to entertainment and gimmics. Makes me want to go to law school even at my age.
"With Flinn referring to himself as General Misha"
Jesus, it's so hilarious it's impossible to make it up
Misha being a nickname for Michael which is his name is not really a damning evidence.
@@chrisjung7139
choosing to give himself a _russian_ nickname, in combination with the rest of the facts of this case, is at least highly suggestive of disloyalty.
*Chris Jung*
Your name is your name no matter what country you go to or what language is being spoken. In Russia, his name is still Michael Flynn. Him calling himself Misha (the Russian form of Mike) is more or less a wink-and-nod that he’s acting as a Russian asset / Russia-friendly. The fact that he signed documents as that is especially damning to the argument that it was just a cute nickname.
Guys, no need to give me a primer on Russian names, it's my native language :) I'm not saying whether it's damning or not, it just sounds too funny for me as for a native speaker for somebody to self-call himself like that, with a formal military rank in paired with an informal diminutive name.
@@Kyle_Schaff My name is also Michael, but whenever I visit Poland people just call me Mihau, it is unknown to me if this is normal or I've just met very friendly people, but I'd hardly say this means I have ties to Poland.
10:50 Just a reminder everyone, it's a crime to lie to the government, but it's not a crime for the government to lie to you.
Not just not answer a question, mind you, but say outright nonsense.
Well that's just prosecution 101.
Article 1 Section 8 of Nixon Impeachment reads:
making or causing to be made false or misleading public statements for the purpose of deceiving the people of the United States into believing that a thorough and complete investigation had been conducted with respect to allegations of misconduct on the part of personnel of the executive branch of the United States and personnel of the Committee for the Re-election of the President, and that there was no involvement of such personnel in such misconduct: or
I'd love to know how you expect undercovers or authorities working on message boards to work without telling lies.
@zhuull1 It is not hard to think of a scenario where a lie from people in authority can dissuade a normally honest citizen from telling the truth. For instance, let's say the government has a stance on buying donuts: you're a bad person if you buy donuts, Krispy Kreme is now an underground black market etc. They tell you people who eat donuts are criminals and murderers. But you are just a normal guy who likes your donuts. They may not be particularly good for you, but really who are you hurting by eating a donut? But now you're in court lying about how you ate a donut because your government is lying saying donuts are only eaten by criminals (although, if donuts were illegal, this would technically be true, but you get the point.) For an extra credit thought experiment, replace donuts with marijuana and imagine how many people have lied in court about this plant that harms no one and can be legally and recreationally used in many states, but because their government lies about the dangers of marijuana, not because there is actually anything to lie about.
You say that like ‘entrapment’ is not a thing. Or like the government doesn’t have the burden of proof on any case it brings up.
Objection: The GRU is the colloquial name of the intelligence arm of the Russian military, after the USSR the responsibilities of the KGB were split up among the FSB (internal counter-intelligence), SVR (foreign intelligence) and FSO (VIP protection)
thank you
@Harold Slick Point of parliamentary procedure: GRU sounds cooler.
I was about to point that out too.
that's not accurate, they named their military intelligence GRU
+1 though as someone pointed out it’s not a colloquial name it’s the actual name
How are people doing all of this without going to jail? If I, a regular citizen, were to do any of this, I’d be locked up for the rest of my life.
No you wouldn’t, not if your so called “lie” was immaterial to any case under investigation.
@@sl3966 People who know nothing will be easily manipulated by those that do.
@@Redtecho Case in point.
ElPocho DelMundo I’d say we should go one further, exiling him and his Entire family from US soil, States and territories. I’d even be satisfied if Brooklyn Bridge were treated like ancient London Bridge, at least for him and his entire administration. Would-be fascists would know that the US does not accept their platform.
A very, very well detailed, and chronologically prepared explanation of a very significant issue, really helps give the viewer a clearer understanding about the "Flynn Matter", particularly defining most of the key players, prior to this I was having difficulty following this piece by piece, I'm very thankful
34 minutes of unprecedented stuff, followed by "but here's where things get really crazy"
The last four years in a nutshell lol
That's exactly the problem, though... He ran through so many shitstorms that by now his followers think his skin is naturally brown...
Yes, we’ve got a problem here. It’s broader than the Flynn issue
it is REALLLY messed up that he is ok with railroading flynn
@@patrickderp1044 Fox news say's Flynn is being railroaded , that is the lie. Flynn lied about trading sanctions for a UN vote. That is what he plead guilty over.That is what Judge Sullivan is suppose to pass sentence over. Fox is creating a alternate story. Transcripts shows he did it.
@@55dionysus That is a lie: Flynn was never asked about sanctions, never talked about sanctions so IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR FLYNN TO LIE ABOUT SANCTIONS. That he lied about sanctions is actually SC Mueller's fabrication. ANd we have transcripts, true, so I wonder how's your reading comprehension?
@@55dionysus Both Flynn and the FBI knew that the FBI recorded the phone conversation with the Russian ambassador. The FBI questioned Flynn about something they both knew they both knew, and they both knew what Flynn said on the phone conversation wasn't illegal or wrong. Then the original 302 documenting the FBI interview magically can't be seen by anyone, in an FBI investigation run by a dirty FBI agent who hated Trump and expressed he wanted to take Trump down.
Common sense and logic says the only crime here is from the FBI.
@@cpwm17 your right both the FBI and Flynn knew about the call. Flynn lied about it because it is illegal. Obama had ordered the UN ambassador to abstain from the UN vote and allow it to go thru. Flynn was trying to get Russia to veto the vote thus undermining Obama's foreign policy . If Russia had vetoed the UN vote it would have been treason. 302s and such things are smoke and mirror's. 302s unmask phone calls not people Flynn happen to be on the unmask phone call. Here is a source :ua-cam.com/video/kdQRX2g4uMg/v-deo.html
His true crime was not calling his company “Flynntel”
Breaking news: Corrupt institution run by corrupt people uses corrupt methods to help the corrupt.
Gosh what a surprise.
@Rachel Forshee Good point!
@Rachel Forshee Indeed, I could already see the problem from afar but this video really explains both the methods, the seriousness and the level of corruption at play.
We all expected Trump to pardon Flynn but Trump "not" ordering AG Burr to undo the conviction as publicly as possible, it's...
It's corruption used as contempt against the rule of law. It's insane.
@Rachel Forshee Moreover, people who pay attention and can accurately recite the facts are valuable influencers of public opinion.
Not in the social media circus, but out in the real world.
when someone starts to shrug with the "well, they all do it" or "it's too complicate - I don't have time to follow it" - that's you moment to inject some objective information into their world. You can't make them believe it, but you can expose them to it whether they like it or not.
If you can change one person's mind, you've just force multiplied your vote by a factor of two.
@@Zomby_Woof Sure, but two votes out of over 300 million isn't relevant. You could convince every single person you meet between elections and it might not even be relevant. I'm not going to tell you not to try if you enjoy doing it, but in reality there is no such thing as "individuals making a difference." Without a platform that can reach millions of people you're basically just doing it as a hobby.
Barr: I AM THE LAW!
Judge: Oh, you're approaching me?
*bailiff tackle*
@@Amarianee
The most powerful Stand. No matter what, if it is sufficiently disruptive to proceedings or deviates from its place, any disorderly force will be tackled to the floor and removed in contempt of court.
Dredd: *snarls*
damn, beat me to it by 4 hours...
You mean
Prosecutors: we like to dismiss the case because the FBI were trying to entrap and corrupt the use of justice.
Judge: I AM THE LAW I WILL DECIDE I AM JUDGE, JURY, AND EXECUTIONER.
"If a Wookie would live on Endor, Michael Flynn did not lie to the FBI". William Barr, 2020.
It’s 2020 and I can’t tell if you’re joking.
@@KingofHearts LMAO
"It doesn't make sense"
*head explodes
Goddamn you, Chewbacca Defense!
The wookie defense... damn that’s smart
I can't stress enough how valuable your videos are in a sea of partisan pundits.
You can tell Mr. Eagle is very biased toward liberal. But I guess Trump and his "friends" are making it easy for that bias not to matter.
If there is no opposing party, the role of "the aggrieved" is still in play, IMO. Even though the prosecution stands down, the fact remains that it is us Americans that are the aggrieved here.
It is like our lawyer got paid off (or memo 618) and moved to drop a civil case without talking to us.
John Gleeson will take care of it.
Objection: This is unfair. The transition to the Ting ad was too smooth and I have ineffective counsel to deal with this smoothness. I guess I am going to have to get Ting Mobile along with my Indochino suits.
Cal the Canadian, Overruled. Even though Ting Mobile is based in Canada, its service not available to Canadian citizens per CRTC rules 🇨🇦.
And Mack Weldon underwear
Ziggy Stardog Sustained, I need to learn more about the CRTC and I can do that with the help of Skillshare
Cal the Canadian, I’ll allow it, but only if you also watch Nebula.
Ziggy Stardog Will do, just let me open up a new tab with Tab for a Cause.
If Flynn isn't sent to jail for this, what recourse is there in future for undeclared foreign agents working inside the US government. If only there were a shorter word for undeclared foreign agent...
Lol, what do you think AIPAC is, and they've been operating in the US for a VERY long time.
LOL - how do you think our government operates? How do you think that they can afford the lifestyles that they have? Flynn was just a small time player - but he got caught between the Obama Administration and the Trump Administration - he's just a pawn.
@T_ C True (well, at least they should be more severely punished than they often are) but that hasn't got anything to do with Flynn.
A shorter word for foreign undeclared agent? POTUS?
It will only matter if a Democrat does it. That's current GOP operating procedure.
The segway from talking about Flynn making calls to foreign governments to your sponsor was top notch smooth. Well done and funny.
All time top five ad pivot I have ever heard. That as seamless as the quality suits made by Indochino.
A comment this witty is a great skill to have, one of the many skills you could learn to master using skillshare
@@patrickking5883 you can only be as smooth as this comment if you're wearing Mack Weldon underwear
@@Flimzes Mack Weldon underwear is great for concealing your privates, like how you can conceal your private information using NordVPN
@@NotQuiteFirst ...Disney would like for you to sell your soul...
How did I do?
This seriously feels like that Man-Ray Patrick meme.
-This man was found lying to the federal government, yes?
Yep.
-Commiting this is a federal offense mandating jailtime, correct?
-Yep.
-Therfore, if that's the case he should be convicted and go to prison.
-We don't have enough evidence to convict!
@ That's their only argument... He pleaded guilty, that means he's guilty reeeee!!
@ Simple-minded people who listen to Maddow and Xi NN, what can you expect from them?
@Ben Arnona What a moron.
@@jond2720 This dude breaks down the entire case so far and your takeaway from this 45 minute long video is that he's simple-minded and a plant by the CCP/MSNBC? God, you people are so predictable it's pathetic.
@@jessehall6651 How can you listen to all that and come away with "their only argument is he pleaded guilty?" He broke dozens of laws and had one judge comment that he deserved to be charged with treason.
So basically, if you are part of Grifters, Inc., at least when it is in control of 2/3 of our federal government as it is now, that Rule of Law thing spelled out in the Constitution, means absolutely nothing in terms of any consequences you might face if you want to commit these types of crimes (or maybe any crimes), other than the occasional mild inconvenience of trials, etc.
So, as Orwell warned us, all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. And the only thing between our democratic republic and the end of our slide into fascism is enough of us turning out in November in droves and voting to stop this and the many other outrages of this period of Klepto/kakisto/crats Gone Wild.
With a packed court system, we'll still have our work cut out for us, but if we can oust 45 and his enablers, at least we'll have a prayer of getting our country back on track, or at least headed in the right direction.
The Democrats certainly have their problems, but the Republicans are irredeemably corrupt, greedy, bought, and traitorous, and must go.
HRC says hi
I don't want to say it's all Republicans but it's the current toxic leadership going on now and the publicity stunts
any new power that any president has asserted in the past and gotten away with has been retained by every single succeeding president. that is the nature of power, and of human beings.
with the senate and the supreme court supporting and affirming trump's anti-constitutional actions, the office of the presidency, and so our democracy, is irredeemably destroyed. there is no going back. now, anything goes.
@Jardani Jovonovich need a refill on that koolaid?
@Jardani Jovonovich Except that, just like Trump and "obamagate" or the ravings of so many other paranoid Trump supporters, you can't actually explain with facts, what this biblical "corruption" actually is. All of you just keep babbling on with empty threats and no specifics.
2:30 - Chapter 1 - Background on michael flynn
10:55 - Chapter 2 - Lying to the federal government
20:30 - Chapter 3 - Barr's department of justice changed its mind
41:35 - End roll ads
Objection: It is unknown if Flynn's calls were made on a cell phone or a landline. If Flynn made the calls on landline, then Ting would not have been able to make those calls less expensive!
Due to it happening in 2015, I would say there is a high probability that it happened on a cell phone, or a VoIP system rather than a true landline phone due to telephone landlines being much rarer as of that time
Finally, someone cuts to the heart of the issue
He called the Ambassador’s office. That’s how they got him. It doesn’t matter if his call originated from a cellphone or a landline.
The Ambassador’s office was bugged (they all are) so they heard every word.
Chris Schroth I’m pretty sure he was in an aircraft when he made the call. So decidedly not a landline.
we know we're in the bad timeline when the bloodsucking lawyer is the most reasonable person out there....
LegalEagle for Supreme Court!
But now that crime is legal in the US the supreme court is to be disbanded surely?....Im thinking of coming to the US to rob your banks, I can get five years for armed robbery here...I would like to do my armed robbery in a country where even if you catch me and i plead guilty i dont go to prison....NICE....The land of the free!!!!!
I think he's smart enough to avoid Supreme Court nomination.
Republicans would eat him alive. Democrats would only be able to tepidly and impotently intervene.
zhuull1 that’s easy, steal at least $5 million. $1 for bribes, (campaign donations) $3 million for your lawyers and $1 million so you can buy enough equipment to rob another bank for $100 million. Rinse and repeat until you are a billionaire and then become president.
Hey, hey, let's not perpetuate stereotypes here.
LegalEagle only condones the consumption of blood from a glass, never directly from the source. We're not uncultured here.
@@john-paulsilke893 Except you don't need to be a billionaire; just claim to be one.
Edit: there's a famous bank robbery in Argentina that you would probably enjoy learning about.
It’s amazing that the poor haven’t revolted against such a corruptive government.
Yet today, 5/29, the White House was forced into lockdown due to heavy protests outside.
The rich and powerful are responsible for the Russiagate hoax. Poor people should not act against their own interests in promoting more world conflict, which is the actual main purpose of the hoax.
But the president proves the American dream! It's the kind of country where you can inherit hundreds of millions, and eventually hope to be a billionaire
This comment didn’t age particularly well did it 🤣
@elijah mikle to bad the riots that occurred during protests and those in the protests that fell into rioting have hurt their causes. The more extreme the action they take the more likely you will see a more extreme reaction to them.
I'd love to know how Ting took being associated with having their products used to make committing treason easier and cheaper. 🤣
Everyone likes discounts, Ninja.
Because maybe they have a sense of humor? If like, you couldn't view what has happened to the DOJ under Trump and Barr with a sense of "humor", you would be sick to your stomach.
"If you're going to commit treason you might as well do it as affordable as possible" has to be the absolute greatest segue I have ever seen in my entire life.
segue
@@Laurabeck329 thank you
The dude always had the best segues
He did not commit a treason, nor was he ever sued of commiting one.
@@NookaNifty He absolutely committed treason. It's just not the kind of treason that is extremely narrowly defined in US law. Because of this he can't be sued for treason, but he can absolutely be called a traitor and described as such.
I can't keep up with the speed of crazy, 2020.
Scuttlebutt, 2021
I love that your picture is HAL
we're getting pretty close to ludicrous speed
Idk man. Every year people are like, 'this year sucks, I cant wait for next one'. How about we just make the current year suck less.
we'll make it to plaid soon.
Bill Barr makes the DOJ a sick joke.
You would think his massive oversize head would contain a lot of brains.
Pigs have tiny brains and massive heads because there's just layer upon layer of empty cavity surrounding it for protection.
The DoJ was a sick joke long before the arrival of Barr.
He's set a new low barr.
@@dog61 Don't misconstrue things. The man isn't dumb. He's objectively smart. And he's doing it all intentionally.
Glad you did this video. News outlets are so irresponsible at this
And the inspectors generals being dismissed too?
Robert Jarman Not at DOJ, but Trump administration recently fired senior State Department IG officials
It is technically un-related, but fall under the administrations dislike for independent review.
Oh please. If Biden wins he will replace every Trump appointment and the media will be silent.
@@dh2profit You fascist goons said that about Obama, too, and it wasn't true then. Obama kept a record number of prior administration appointments in place, and many of those appointments stayed on for years. I also can't think of a single Inspector General that Obama fired who was in the process of an investigation and, when partisan Republican investigations did take place (like Benghazi, lol), the Obama administration cooperated fully, even allowing Hillary to testify for 11 hours straight.
@@dh2profit he probably will remove the ones that are clearly puppets.
You have a license plate that says “NTGUILTY” 😂
and Saul Goodman's Lawyer Up plate
"I would never try to scam the government!"
"...your license plate says 'SCAMMIN'
It's the license plate from the titular Lincoln in 'the Lincoln Lawyer'. I'm hoping this is a subtle hint that a reaction video is coming soon.
Matthew mcConaughy is a God. Change my mind.
Saw a 911 parked in front of a law office in my town a couple years back, the plate on it said "GTUOFF"
OBJECTION: Why wouldn't you go with "Flynntelligence"? *It's right there.*
10/10
Because he appears less than intelligent
Are you going to do an update video on this subject now that the amicus brief has been submitted?
Objection! The GRU is Russian military intelligence ((Russian: Гла́вное разве́дывательное управле́ние, tr. Glavnoye razvedyvatel'noye upravleniye; English: Main Intelligence Directorate) and existed during the Cold War alongside the KGB. Successor to the KGB is the FSB.
Legal Eagle never lets facts get in the way of a good narrative. The narrative is red scare. GRU isn't scary so associate them with the KGB. Legal Eagle knows he is lying.
@@gtaylor2455 Yea, his perfect jaw line screams deep state.
@@gtaylor2455 still an intelligence agency
I was going to make this correction! I believe the SVR is also successor to the KGB, at least in regards to foreign intelligence carried out by the KGB (since KGB was both foreign and domestic). But it's worth pointing out that the GRU seems to be bigger (or more active) than the SVR nowadays, even though it was subordinate to the KGB back in the day. It was the GRU, for instance, that poisoned Sergei Skripal in the UK 2 years ago.
@@kevinc9065 No just a lawyer. He is a POS who caters in fakse narratives.
"do not mess with federal judges"
*moscow mitch has entered the chat*
You know Mitchy HATES being called Moscow Mitch. Hates it. I enjoy using the term Moscow Mitch every change I get. I think someone should get a cemetery plot next to his in a few years with a arrow pointing to his plot and the words "Moscow Mitch is 10 feet that way".
@@TheRussellStover if he wants to use his aura of ignorant befuddlement to dismiss all of his criticism away, that's fine, the media will give him a pass 'till the end of time.
But should anyone give me lip about the nickname he justly earned, I'll hit 'em with the same moscowmitch befuddlement look.
@CLP you definitely don't want to live in his state
Curious: why is he Moscow Mitch when he is clearly Chinese Jaded by his wealthy wife?
Ever thought, that the evidence of the call "will" incriminate the FBI? Dumb ass
Obama was spying...
"If you're going to commit treason you might as well do it affordablly", this is the best argument for an ad I've ever heard.
Theres some important details in your synopsis that were sorely missed. First, prior to his sentencing hearing, Flynn changed counsel representation and it was found that his first counsel's legal advice was horrible. There are investigations into the possibility that this first counsel was taking bribes or purposely throwing the trial. Second, around this time was when the government declassified documents related to his original questioning. Rather than approach the situation for investigative purposes, the FBI agents questioning him had the strategy of deliberately getting him to lie and threatened a lengthy investigation of his family and children if he did not testify to his lies. Third, all other charges in this case are nonexistent. The entire investigation in which Flynn was originally questioned is over and found no criminal wrongdoing. Thus, many people and myself included, believe that these charges are simply an effort to get something from this otherwise botched investigation to stick, rather than thr conviction of a man based on guilt and malice.
You are right and knowledgeable, you must google everything as I do. Nice to see a smart person on here.
Too bad Legal Eagle's left leaning suit didn't catch up on how corrupt the Flynn investigation was.
wow you all must be lawyers who spend more than 8 yrs in college learning about all this right? oh wait your not. please refrain from trying to sound smart if you have 0 experience on the matter thank you.
@@pur3d3m0n67 I actually have 12 years in college and a vast legal background. I say that RollingThunder is absolutely correct. LegalEagle might be a good looking man, but he is either sorely uneducated on this situation, bias beyond belief, or simply a bit slow. I highly suggest you educate yourself. Flynn was literally done dirty. And LegalEagle's bias is obvious and apparent by not mentioning literally the hundreds of things that were done illegally and/or wrong to entrap Flynn.
I too have significant knowledge of the law and this attorney is as bias as the judge. The original investigation was in the process of being closed when Struck said hold on I think we can get him in a perjury trap. This guy is lying out his ass too. Even Comey said the interview with Flyn was not carried out according to protocol. This ass clown is doing all the things he is accusing Flynn of. I believe it's time to do some research and find out what is his status with the bar. I also think You Tube needs to start reviewing his severely compromised videos.
I think there's a fundamental flaw with the idea of resigning from an organisation to protest corruption. It would make a lot more sense to me if people instead made a lot of noise about it and got themselves fired rather than resign.
it's depressing to watch people in 2020 pretend america still has laws
@Ex Animus Yet, you claim "laws" and fail to endorse existing immigration laws AS WRITTEN despite EVERY OTHER COUNTRY enforcing THEIR immigration laws. Hmmmmm,...
We still have laws. The problem is that the laws only apply to certain people. They are supposed to apply to all. But then we used to have a Constitution that meant something, and that seems to have fallen by the wayside, too.
@Bobby Smith Dammit, Bobby.
another episode of "how the department of justice turns"? more like how my stomach turns. bill barr just makes me sick...
That means it's working
And you we're ok with Eric Holder and Susan Rice?
@@rangerrecon so that's your reply? whataboutism? what do you honestly think of bill barr? a man who is subverting his office for the political agenda of a sitting president?
If Barr was working for Obama, you’d be gushing over him. Hypocrite!
Ren Amamiya The Iran deal is proof of Obama’s corruption.
"If your going to commit treason, you might as well do it as affordably as possible." I love your advertisement tie-ins.
This was helpful in understanding what exactly is going on with Flynn's case. The amount of information that is continuously lobbed at us in the news feels overwhelming and hard to keep track of, especially as this has been ongoing for years.
Well legal eagle is biased and really understating and downplaying the reasons why Flynn wants to remove his guilty plea, why the Prosecution wants to drop the case, how bad the FBI performed during the whole case, how the Judge wants to corrupt justice by trying to go against the supreme court and take the powers of the executive branch and play Judge Jury and executioner by trying to get his own prosecutor via a amicus curea of a heavily biased retired judge. And his defamatory false accusations that gen. Flynn is a traitor.
Here's the parts that biased legaleagle forgot to mention
New evidence shows that the FBI went into the interview trying to entrap Flynn
“What is our goal? Truth/Admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute [him] or get him fired?”
Which begs an obvious question: why would a law enforcement agency (FBI) ask if the goal of the investigation/questioning is to get someone fired? That appears as a political motive.
Also, one of the agents involved in the investigation what Peter Strzock, the day was who assured Lisa Page about "Plan B" should Trump be elected President (Highly political statement made against the incoming President). One would assume was given as an obvious bias, there would be a need to re-review said officer (in this case, an FBI agent) dealings regarding the Trump administration.
At the very least, one would think that explaining, or even addressing, the recent revelation of the note as of some legal merit, LegalEagle glosses it with "new documents were found, which usually doesn't paint a good image of the defendant's previous legal team..... BUT!"
It should be noted as BOTH Flynn's previous legal team (C&B), as well as the FBI (and maybe the DOJ) had the handwritten memo (which may or may not have been written the very same Bill Priestap that the DOJ interviewed recently), as well as Flynn's original 302's, which somehow when missing ("surprisingly", ha?)
The case didn't "turn into a partisan political activity", it began as one.
6:35
Jill Stein being there was a plot twist I wasn't expecting. Good lord.
@CLP You're a fascist, cold warring kook. Washington DC and the media have promoted such xenophobia, it's scary -- and it's being done by the Democratic Party.
Jill Stein was there to promote peace, something you sociopaths couldn't care less about.
felixvelariusbos I don’t understand-it’s so shocking, I have began editing it out of memory.
@@cpwm17 Oh look here you are again, spewing more nonsense. You don't even know what fascism is.
Green is the new red....
@CLP what evidence is there for her being a russian stooge as you say ?
LegalEagle you should breakdown the Silk Road Trial. It's been a few years, but I think it would be interesting to hear a lawyer react to a case that in my opinion, is one of the most controversial and corrupt trials in the history of the United States.
DOJ: "Drop the charges on Flynn, the penalty is way too severe!"
Judge: "Hmm. Too severe, huh? Okay."
*Judge uses Contempt of Court*
DOJ: "wait, that's illegal."
Judge: "Do you even know what that word means?"
High profile attorney Robert Barnes laughing at how bad Legal Beagle's knowledge of actual law: ua-cam.com/video/6SSse90R72o/v-deo.html
"If you're going to commit treason" LMAO. I wonder how Ting Mobile feels about that analysis.
Ting mobile: We're not saying our service is for committing treason - you're the one that's gonna be talking!
Phones don't commit treason people commit treason.
Phones don’t call people. Scammers robo-dialing with spoofed numbers call people. However, if that is the case, then why do I resent the ringing phone ☎️ and feel like it is some sort of malevolent person pet owner demanding I come to it or it will continue to shrilly berate me for not responding? I hate telephones. I guess that is why karma has conspired with fate to place me in the Faustian position of telephone company employee.
Thank you for doing this video. It is obvious how much attention and time you gave it, and I appreciate your thoroughness and tone.
You're telling me he had the opportunity to call his company flintel group but didn't?
I would like to know if you intentionally left out the fact that the Hill and Politico have both reported that a) the interviewing FBI agents have stated that they don't think Flynn intentionally lied to them and that their recommendation was not for prosecution and b) that Flynn only agreed to plead guilty because Mueller's team threatened to go after his son and whether or not you feel that information has any bearing on this case?
If you had a client that the police said they thought were innocent but the DA needs or wants the conviction for their own purposes, and the DA threatened to prosecute your defendant's child on a made up or trumped up crime, how would you approach the situation?
Objection! Is there no other person who could act as a neutral third party to determine contempt of court? It looks bad that the judge is asking the same person to be both objective in one matter and adversarial in another.
It makes more sense when you realize dude's basically there to do the prosecution's job. Prosecution decided not to punish Flinn, so here comes a "Neutral third party" to force feed a reality check.
@@meghanhenderson6682 despite the fact that the supreme court literally just ruled against this type of behavior by the courts
This situation though still needs to be forced though, Supreme court be damned when prosecution would rather play with their dick after they built such a solid case when Barr steps in and just goes we can't convict him because Jesus said not to.
A neutral third party like a judge?
I must say that i love the segue to Ting right at the end.
"Your calls to Moscow will be as loud and clear..."
Perfect for every aspiring traitors out there
That transition into the ad was Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal - moonwalk included! Worth a standing ovation.
Obviously, anyone believing in “the truth shall set you free” has never stood as a defendant in court in the State of New Jersey
There, the truth will get you 30 years...
"the truth shall put its feet up and let you get arrested, then after you've lost many years of your life and your entire outside persona, maybe it'll show up and let you out. Maybe."
scotcheggable kudos
"but what are you going to do about it" is their usual response. its all well and nice writing an op-ed demanding a resignation, but this administration and republicans have no shame and will just respond "so what?"
Mulvaney literally said that at the podium during the initial flare up around Ukraine.
There's only one solution to this. We must *vote* out of office not just the president, but _every_ Republican - certainly every Republican who has supported Trump, up to and including lying under oath about being an impartial juror during the impeachment investigation (which is nearly all of them).
If there are no consequences to the Republican Party - _not_ just Trump - they'll keep doing this. It's simply that simple.
@@Bill_Garthright It's highly unlikely that every Republican up for election will be defeated.
Remember, some of these are blind banjo picker states like Alabama where Roy Moore the child molester is still politically viable.
But...if all but a couple were defeated, that would mean a super majority.
And that would give the Dem majority the option of expelling all the remaining Senators for violating their oaths to be unbiased jurors, in that they refused to hear relevant evidence.
They could argue all they want - or all they are allotted time for - but there is no legal recourse.
The Governors of those states would then need to appoint temporary Senators pending special elections.
Some states the Governors are obligated to appoint Senators of the same party of the expelled Senator - but I don't know that there is a requirement that it can't be someone who recently changed parties.
Same with Democrats. Politicians, in general, are corrupt. You can't do jack unless you are.
So I know you check comments for the first hour that a video is up and I've been trying to ask this question for a while now.is it legal or illegal for states to declare bankruptcy like Andrew Cuomo has said. If it is legal for a state to go bankrupt what does that mean for the state?
I know that municipalities can go bankrupt but I don't know what happens to the municipality when it goes bankrupt. Does the state take over those services at some point does the state give that service back to the local government?
@zhuull1 What are the variations?
@@jamesbakley5073 To be perfectly honest, we wouldn't know until it happened. This is an area of law that is nebulous at best and completely silent at worst. The bankruptcy case would be long, difficult, and devastating with absolutely no clear winners. The court could mandate a raise in taxes to pay off a portion of the debt while absolving the state of another portion. The court could assign the debt to the federal government as a means of saying "The government cannot declare bankruptcy except as a whole". The truth is we don't have any idea how such a case would play out, and the supreme court would likely way in at some point which is nearly unheard of in bankruptcy cases.
Look at Puerto Rico if you want to see how such a situation would be exploited to privatize and loot public assets.
What's more interesting is the federal government: despite all the partisan handwringing about "how will you pay for it", the federal government can't run out of money or go broke.
@@mxpants4884 I don't think we can look at PR for an example. It is not officially a state and has less autonomy than the other states. We could also say the same thing about Quam D.C, US Virgin Islands, etc.
@@trapfethen What I'm confused about is how Cuomo can say that it is illegal for a state to declare, while Mitch McConnel is all for states declaring bankruptcy. What are the potential arguments they both are making? That is what interests me as much as the "what if"
From Covington & Burling to Sidney Powell, that's quite a leap. What a sleezy mess.
43:17 Missed the opportunity to say "No Tings attached!"
Really not that good, no opportunity lost here
Honestly... that was the SMOOTHEST transition to an add I have ever seen in my life!! Nicely done lol
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Brilliant analysis of a complex situation which you crystallize in terms even us non-lawyers can grasp. I lament one so beautiful is straight, but rejoice in your invaluable intellectual resources. Thanks for helping me, one of the faceless unwashed as he struggles to grasp this complex legal world. Love you, dude. You give lawyers a good name.
19:22 "Well-known attorney Sidney Powell"
Oh. Oh GOD. So this is where this began.
I really appreciate the way you break things down, and I have never laughed about a commercial intro until today...great segue
Too bad he's lying through his ass.
@@Redtecho Kind of like how Flynn lied out of his ass to the FBI? Then submitted a statement admitting to lying multiple times? That has nothing to do with legal representation, he lied.
@@xlockedbmw The FBI investigation of Flynn was corrupt. They threatened to go after his family if he didn't testify to lying.
The case was thrown out due to FBI malpractice and had no bases in the court of law.
Do you just believe everything that someone in a suit says?
This is widely confirmed at this point the FBI investigation of Michael Flynn was a verifiable fraud.
@@xlockedbmw Legal Eagle is a left wing pundate who just parrots left wing talking points.
He may practice law, but he has no idea what he's talking about in the realm of politics.
@@xlockedbmw Do you even know what they were investigating Flynn for in realms of the "lie" that he is projected to have told.
The FBI already knew all the answers to the questions that they asked him before doing so.
The FBI was so determined to find something wrong with Flynn that they went as far as to tell him that he didn't need a lawyer while talking to them, then cross referenced things that he said outside of a legal court while saying they weren't investigating him.
I have no love for government, but the FBI in this case was far more corrupt then anything Flynn did.
The left doesn't want to admit it because it was their tribe.
Stop getting played by democrats.
He really did miss the chance to call it the Flyntel group.
Very interesting. And by "interesting" I mean appalling and frightening. The extent to which this corruption continues in broad daylight is just crazy.
And yet there are people who defend it because they consider all the accusations as lies
I think maybe this video needs another update !!!!
Thank you for always going through the issues clearly and in a way non legal professionals can understand. I always enjoy your videos and learn several things from each one. You are the best LegalEagle!
He's also partisan, and a lawyer. In this case pushing the prosecutors side.
The Flynn case is insane. Write a description of events and then replace the players and country with a third world country somewhere and tell me the whole thing doesn't just scream "failed state"
I really hope your sponsors are paying you good, because the way you work in ads is amazing. I can't bring myself to go online without an ad blocker because of how intrusive they tend to be. You not only make them seem more than reasonable, but actively make me pay attention so I don't miss one of your silly quips!
The problem is the circumstances behind his confession and the setup behind the meeting. The Obama era DOJ had already decided that Flynn's phone calls to the Russian ambassador were not enough to prosecute on, and the FBI had already cleared him of suspicion of being a foreign agent before the meeting according to internal documents, and for all intents and purposes the investigation was supposed to be closed but the FBI never formally closed it. Apparently this was a mistake as evidenced by an internal memo that said "our incompetence might have saved our asses" in reference to the FBI's desire to interview Flynn and their initial belief that they couldn't do so because the investigation was closed. When interviewing Flynn they didn't give him notice that it was for an investigation, and made it sound like a friendly chat. They never told him that he was at risk of prosecution based on what he said in the interview, and they didn't give him transcripts of the call to jog his memory despite Flynn knowing that the fbi already had all of his calls. Plus the doj was repeatedly telling the FBI not to interview Flynn without the DOJ present, but these phone calls and memos were deliberately ignored. It was a perjury trap. Then, as for his confession, they told him if he confessed they wouldn't prosecute his son, which isn't problematic in and of itself but in the court filings, they didn't disclose this very important information, making his whole confession fruit of the poisoned tree and inadmissible as evidence. I feel bad that you've made this long video only to get it really wrong.
Let me get this straight, the official thing to do when people in your department are being corrupt is to just leave and be replaced by someone who goes along with the corruption? ... What?
it's called the ghandi effect were people will object to something but they lack the means to actually do anything about it so they hope there inactivity helps broaden the chance that it's picked up by news companies.
The corrupt people involved in this case are the ones who are trying to have Flynn acquitted for crimes the he did commit and plead guilty too twice. All of the Trump administrations officials who have been convicted and sentenced to prison are getting off easy, some of them even being released. The corruption is taken place right in front of everyone's eyes, Flynn betrayed his country and deserves to be in prison.
During the entire Mueller investigation and the subsequent prosecutions for perjury, I kept thinking of something my father told me when I was very young: "If you have to lie about what you are doing, you are not doing the right thing."
So, was that a knock on Flynn, or Sleagle, cause one deceived what could be seen as an active threat to his life, liberty and well being, and the other seems to be putting out a job application to TYT.
The lying is the Russiagate scam. Politicians would go on TV and claim they had evidence for collusion, but under oath, they would tell the truth (including Schiff) and say they have no evidence.
@Fred Freddy That's not what George Papadopolus said, and there are plenty of interviews on UA-cam where George Papadopolus speaks about what actually happened, and you can look up third-party sources should you want to doublecheck the details. Also, for some healthy leftwing pushback on the very troubling context surrounding Flynn's legal issues, and the Russiagate narrative in its entirity check out Aaron Mate and Matt Taibbi (both solid journalists, I.F "Izzy" Stone award winners amongst their other achievements, published at The Nation, The Hill etc...). The link provided is a Rolling Stone program ironically called "Useful Idiots" (named just one of the pejoratives they've recieved after they flagged troubling issues with Russiagate and certain other narratives from their side of politics). ua-cam.com/video/TgqaEBw9Ev0/v-deo.html
@Fred Freddy I don't know how familiar you are with your own legal system (a strange place to be if that's the case), but people plead guilty even if they're innocent for a multitude of reasons. Look at that link from award winning journalists from the LEFT who've been critical of Russiagate all along. Even if you don't agree hopefully at least you'll see why Russiagate has actually been a gift to Trump. : ua-cam.com/video/TgqaEBw9Ev0/v-deo.html
@★ Froggie Animation ★ Come on. You know better than ask a trumpist for true facts and thier reliability.
I hope the judge sentences Flynn, finally have someone show that this behavior isn't acceptable already
Yeah but then Trump will just pardon him citing "deep state judge" *sigh.* It is so predictably stupid.