Judge throws the book at Flynn

[SoCal]

Sorry...that's not specific. What did he do to sell my country out?

Being an agent of Turkey while working for us at the same time. It doesn't have to be more specific than that. If you don't understand, you might be unaware of what constitutes a crime. Flynn didn't have to personally hand over some of our country's intelligence or secrets to a Turkey official to be selling out our country, but he still violated;

18 U.S. Code § 953 - Private correspondence with foreign governments

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

Think of it this way, if a mob boss orders one of his henchmen to murder someone, he's still breaking the law even if he doesn't 'specifically' pull the trigger. If a gun nut brings a cache of weapons while wearing a ballistic vest to a school, he doesn't have to 'specifically' slaughter any children to be breaking the law.

I can give you more examples if you need them...

 

[Fishking]

Being an agent of Turkey while working for us at the same time. It doesn't have to be more specific than that. If you don't understand, you might be unaware of what constitutes a crime. Flynn didn't have to personally hand over some of our country's intelligence or secrets to a Turkey official to be selling out our country, but he still violated;

18 U.S. Code § 953 - Private correspondence with foreign governments

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

Think of it this way, if a mob boss orders one of his henchmen to murder someone, he's still breaking the law even if he doesn't 'specifically' pull the trigger. If a gun nut brings a cache of weapons while wearing a ballistic vest to a school, he doesn't have to 'specifically' slaughter any children to be breaking the law.

I can give you more examples if you need them...

That's not what he got dinged for 2 things:

1. Lying to the FBI.

2. Not declaring himself to be an agent of a foreign power (i.e. working for a foreign government [perfectly legal])

So you've given evidence of him committing crimes but you've not given an example of him selling out my country.