Michael Flynn's lobbying firm received $530,000 from Turkish client

[akyron]

So what.. he earns more than that every time he goes on vacation.

It's ...unique in a good way. For once.

 

[tres borrachos]

Flynn is a foreign agent. Trump appointed him as our national security advisor and now the trump administration is claiming they didn't know. The people who want to implement "EXTREME VETTING" had no clue they were appointing a foreign agent.

White House: Trump unaware of Flynn's foreign agent work​

Yup, that's the problem here. Trump has convinced people he's an expert on "extreme vetting", and yet he didn't even vet the man who was at his side for virtually every single day of those 3+ months he was working on behalf of a government that is hostile to the United States. I felt bad for Mike Pence yesterday when Bret Baier brought this up. You can tell Pence is repulsed by this and try as he might, really had no way to cover for Trump here.

And this man was tapped to be the National Security Adviser, without being vetted. WTF, seriously?

 

[iguanaman]

The CIA aren't keeping anything. Their secrets are being vomited all over the internet.

Seriously it's no ones fault but hillarys that she was a corrupt, self serving, and vile candidate.

I can guarantee she would not suffer through the office of the president for 1 dollar.

President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will give up his presidential salary of $400,000 (£319,500) and take just $1 a year.

How common is Trump's $1 salary? - BBC News

400k would be a life changing amount for me anyway.

LOL Trump is costing us $3 Million a week because he has to vacation in Florida every weekend.

Trump’s visits to the Sunshine State have included golf outings and 2020 campaign rallies, a Super Bowl watching party, and strategy sessions with foreign leaders conducted in the open. In total, he’s spent 242 hours under the sun, according to the Palm Beach Post — that’s nearly 23 percent of his entire time in office so far.

Vacations was a subject that Trump was happy to hammer “habitual vacationer,” former President Barack Obama, on before Trump was sworn in.
Taxpayers are footing the bill for Trump’s trips to Mar-a-Lago, and the successive weekend visits are adding up. Last month, Politico estimated that each trip to Trump’s for-profit estate cost taxpayers $3 million, meaning the president’s trips aboard Air Force One — the Trump shuttle — are costing people more and more.

If he keeps up this pace, the cost for Trump’s trips will surpass Obama’s entire two-term travel bill by the end of the year.

Florida bound again: Trump goes to Mar-a-Lago for fourth weekend in a row - Salon.com

 

[Rogue Valley]

LOL Trump is costing us $3 Million a week because he has to vacation in Florida every weekend.[/url]

Trump has to golf with and entertain his wealthy ($200,000 membership fee) clients at Mar-a-Lago every week. So far, this has cost US taxpayers an extra $12 million in five weeks.

Members of Trumps family that accompany him to Florida do not travel in Air Force One. They use Trump aircraft, and can bill the government the cost of airfare for the accompanying Secret Service detail.

 

[Nilly]

Yup, that's the problem here. Trump has convinced people he's an expert on "extreme vetting", and yet he didn't even vet the man who was at his side for virtually every single day of those 3+ months he was working on behalf of a government that is hostile to the United States. I felt bad for Mike Pence yesterday when Bret Baier brought this up. You can tell Pence is repulsed by this and try as he might, really had no way to cover for Trump here.

And this man was tapped to be the National Security Adviser, without being vetted. WTF, seriously?

Don't feel sorry for Pence, he was even told about this!!!

Top Democrat sent letter to Mike Pence in November warning of Michael Flynn's Turkey lobbying

The letter, from Cummings

https://democrats-oversight.house.g...v/files/documents/2016-11-18.EEC to Pence.pdf

"Recent news reports have revealed that Lt. Gen. Flynn was receiving classified briefings during the presidential campaign while his consulting firm, Flynn Intel Group, Inc., was being paid to lobby the U.S. Government on behalf of a foreign government's interests,"

Man this administration is either hilariously inept or they really just don't give a ****.

 

[TheGoverness]

Michael Flynn's lobbying firm received $530,000 from Turkish client


Michael Flynn, former national security adviser, has confirmed his lobbying firm carried out $530,000 worth of work that may have helped the Turkish government in the run-up to the US election.
Mr Trump sacked Flynn, a former US army lieutenant-general, last month for misleading Vice President Mike Pence about the extent of his contacts with Russia's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak.
In the latest development a lawyer for Mr Flynn filed documents with the US Department of Justice registering him as a "foreign agent" over work on behalf of a Turkish company.
The documents said Mr Flynn and his consulting firm Flynn Intel Group Inc. were voluntarily registering for having carried out lobbying from August to November that "could be construed to have principally benefited the Republic of Turkey".
Under the Foreign Agent Registration Act US citizens who lobby on behalf of foreign governments or political entities must disclose their work to the Justice Department.


What happened to everyone signing that NO LOBBYING agreement?

If this is true then he probably needs to sit next to hillary in jail.

He had to see this coming a mile off and thats why he dropped off the radar.

It's a good thing that Flynn was removed.

 

[akyron]

It's a good thing that Flynn was removed.

Perhaps we should delay hiring in the federal government for 90-120 days until vetting processes can be upgraded. :3oops:

 

[prometeus]

The CIA aren't keeping anything. Their secrets are being vomited all over the internet.

Seriously it's no ones fault but hillarys that she was a corrupt, self serving, and vile candidate.

I can guarantee she would not suffer through the office of the president for 1 dollar.

President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will give up his presidential salary of $400,000 (£319,500) and take just $1 a year.

How common is Trump's $1 salary? - BBC News

400k would be a life changing amount for me anyway.

WTF is this incoherent babble about? It is Hillary's fault that Trump is an idiot?

 

[bluesmoke]

There is only remote connection of these people's connection's with Communists having people with connections to Trump. That there are more, and more, and more of Communist connection cannot prove so. Timing with Communist attendance to the Republican Convention and White House meetings in connection with other significant matter has nothing to do with all of this. People are making too much of this. Just because Communist are present at Secretary of Stare operational meeting has no bearing on the matter. Prove that any of what I've given is not something that the President and the US Government has not the right to do in the exercise of governmental duties?

 

[Middleground]

Trump has to golf with and entertain his wealthy ($200,000 membership fee) clients at Mar-a-Lago every week. So far, this has cost US taxpayers an extra $12 million in five weeks.

Members of Trumps family that accompany him to Florida do not travel in Air Force One. They use Trump aircraft, and can bill the government the cost of airfare for the accompanying Secret Service detail.

Isn't that a conflict of interest?

 

[JackA]

Michael Flynn's lobbying firm received $530,000 from Turkish client


Michael Flynn, former national security adviser, has confirmed his lobbying firm carried out $530,000 worth of work that may have helped the Turkish government in the run-up to the US election.
Mr Trump sacked Flynn, a former US army lieutenant-general, last month for misleading Vice President Mike Pence about the extent of his contacts with Russia's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak.
In the latest development a lawyer for Mr Flynn filed documents with the US Department of Justice registering him as a "foreign agent" over work on behalf of a Turkish company.
The documents said Mr Flynn and his consulting firm Flynn Intel Group Inc. were voluntarily registering for having carried out lobbying from August to November that "could be construed to have principally benefited the Republic of Turkey".
Under the Foreign Agent Registration Act US citizens who lobby on behalf of foreign governments or political entities must disclose their work to the Justice Department.


What happened to everyone signing that NO LOBBYING agreement?

If this is true then he probably needs to sit next to hillary in jail.

He had to see this coming a mile off and thats why he dropped off the radar.

The question is whether Trump knew Flynn was an agent for the Turkish government when Trump appointed him to the National Security Council. If Trump did know he should be removed from office.

 

[akyron]

The question is whether Trump knew Flynn was an agent for the Turkish government when Trump appointed him to the National Security Council. If Trump did know he should be removed from office.

If anyone in any of the branches are knowingly working against american interests I support their removal.

Now let's look at the Iran deal.

 

[JackA]

If anyone in any of the branches are knowingly working against american interests I support their removal.

Now let's look at the Iran deal.

A deal made in the regular course of multinational diplomacy. This you compare to slipping a foreign agent into the highest rank of our national security. Such I suppose is ideological reasoning at work.

 

[j-mac]

Michael Flynn's lobbying firm received $530,000 from Turkish client


Michael Flynn, former national security adviser, has confirmed his lobbying firm carried out $530,000 worth of work that may have helped the Turkish government in the run-up to the US election.
Mr Trump sacked Flynn, a former US army lieutenant-general, last month for misleading Vice President Mike Pence about the extent of his contacts with Russia's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak.
In the latest development a lawyer for Mr Flynn filed documents with the US Department of Justice registering him as a "foreign agent" over work on behalf of a Turkish company.
The documents said Mr Flynn and his consulting firm Flynn Intel Group Inc. were voluntarily registering for having carried out lobbying from August to November that "could be construed to have principally benefited the Republic of Turkey".
Under the Foreign Agent Registration Act US citizens who lobby on behalf of foreign governments or political entities must disclose their work to the Justice Department.


What happened to everyone signing that NO LOBBYING agreement?

If this is true then he probably needs to sit next to hillary in jail.

He had to see this coming a mile off and thats why he dropped off the radar.

Clearly his days in the administration were numbered....How much you wanna bet that this is the real reason he was asked to resign...?

 

[j-mac]

The question is whether Trump knew Flynn was an agent for the Turkish government when Trump appointed him to the National Security Council. If Trump did know he should be removed from office.

:lol: oh come on! Is everything with you guys going to be a "removal from office" moment? Good grief...

 

[JackA]

:lol: oh come on! Is everything with you guys going to be a "removal from office" moment? Good grief...

Not everything. I don't much care about the ***** grabbing or illicit deal making, but knowingly putting a plant on the NSC, if he did, crosses a verboten line.

 

[prometeus]

Of course that such events trouble any and everyone that places decency and integrity above partisanship, but what bothers me the most is that the SOB is a marine, a General no less and one would think that reaching such a rank would make a marine a pilar of integrity not a political whore.

 

[akyron]

A deal made in the regular course of multinational diplomacy. This you compare to slipping a foreign agent into the highest rank of our national security. Such I suppose is ideological reasoning at work.

1.5 billion plus cash flushed after 30 democrats meet behind closed doors with the russion ambassador among others does tend to raise questions. Right? Thats what we hear about daily. I called for Flynns removal as soon as evidence presented itself.

Flying over that much cash in the back of a cargo plane raises concern for me and does not seem "normal". As you dismiss it so casually I suppose is ideological reasoning at work.

 

[akyron]

Of course that such events trouble any and everyone that places decency and integrity above partisanship, but what bothers me the most is that the SOB is a marine, a General no less and one would think that reaching such a rank would make a marine a pilar of integrity not a political whore.

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-11-16/trumps-lobbyist-ban-complicates-administration-hiring


We have needed a lobbying ban and term limits for a long long time.

 

[lurchadams]

I didn't see a cited article or news cite in my post. Maybe you're referring to a different post.

I thought he was part of the confirmation process...I didn't recall he was an appointment. I thought the Director of the NSA had to be confirmed. My bad.

But most definitely not fake news. The only fake news I've ever seen is far right stuff. They usually cite a partisan website as a source and try to pass it off as real news. An opinion by a poster doesn't qualify
Keep at it. You'll catch on this posting in a forum thingie.

So if it was only Trump that knew, that speaks volumes about Trump's loyalty to America vs loyalty to the dollar, from wherever it may come.

Fake news, according to a Trumpanzee = Reporting all the dishonest and stupid things Trump says.

 

[JackA]

1.5 billion plus cash flushed after 30 democrats meet behind closed doors with the russion ambassador among others does tend to raise questions. Right? Thats what we hear about daily. I called for Flynns removal as soon as evidence presented itself.

Flying over that much cash in the back of a cargo plane raises concern for me and does not seem "normal". As you dismiss it so casually I suppose is ideological reasoning at work.

Yes, a cargo plane, no less, and cash. Goodness. It did raise concern for normal people until normal people found out what it was about, the return to Iran of its money. The focus on the way something might look while closing your mind to what the something is, a common attitude among ideologues.

 

[akyron]

Yes, a cargo plane, no less, and cash. Goodness. It did raise concern for normal people until normal people found out what it was about, the return to Iran of its money. The focus on the way something might look while closing your mind to what the something is, a common attitude among ideologues.

OH.. lets give all the drug dealers their confiscated cash back. They will only do GOOD things with it.

The idea of giving the #1 state sponsor of terrorism their cash back is moronic and only a common attitude among ideologues.

 

[JackA]

OH.. lets give all the drug dealers their confiscated cash back. They will only do GOOD things with it.

The idea of giving the #1 state sponsor of terrorism their cash back is moronic and only a common attitude among ideologues.

You're quoting Obama's state department. Smart. Wouldn't have expected it. The not smart part is getting side tracked from the issue. Iran, by the way, is smart enough to confine its terrorist activities to its own neighborhood. Almost all of the incidents the state department referenced happened in Iraq and Syria.

 

[Socrates1]

Michael Flynn's lobbying firm received $530,000 from Turkish client


Michael Flynn, former national security adviser, has confirmed his lobbying firm carried out $530,000 worth of work that may have helped the Turkish government in the run-up to the US election.
Mr Trump sacked Flynn, a former US army lieutenant-general, last month for misleading Vice President Mike Pence about the extent of his contacts with Russia's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak.
In the latest development a lawyer for Mr Flynn filed documents with the US Department of Justice registering him as a "foreign agent" over work on behalf of a Turkish company.
The documents said Mr Flynn and his consulting firm Flynn Intel Group Inc. were voluntarily registering for having carried out lobbying from August to November that "could be construed to have principally benefited the Republic of Turkey".
Under the Foreign Agent Registration Act US citizens who lobby on behalf of foreign governments or political entities must disclose their work to the Justice Department.


What happened to everyone signing that NO LOBBYING agreement?

If this is true then he probably needs to sit next to hillary in jail.

He had to see this coming a mile off and thats why he dropped off the radar.

The Times also noted that groups such as the AFL-CIO and the Sierra Club also have international affiliations. The AFL-CIO has pledged to spend $53 million on the midterm elections, mainly supporting Democrats ! :roll:

 

[Motti]

Good riddance to Michael Flynn anyway. Trump is beginning to appear clueless on what his own appointees are up to!