Wall Street Journal questions Obama remarks in Flynn case: 'We wonder what he's really worried about'
By: Joe Concha (TheHill)
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The Wall Street Journal's editorial board is asking why former President Obama commented on the Justice Department's decision to drop the case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, asking "what he's really worried about."
"Barack ObamaBarack Hussein ObamaKamala Harris leads the list of Biden running matesProtecting the black vote from suppression The Hill's 12:30 Report: White House scrambles after Pence aide tests positive for CovidMORE is a lawyer, so it was stunning to read that he ventured into the Michael Flynn case in a way that misstated the supposed crime and ignored the history of his own Administration in targeting Mr. Flynn," the editorial board wrote. "Since the former President chose to offer his legal views when he didn't need to, we wonder what he's really worried about."
The perspective comes after Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrTrump abruptly ends press conference after heated exchange with reportersAlmost 2,000 former Justice officials condemn department for dropping Flynn caseProsecutor who quit DOJ over handling of Roger Stone blasts Flynn dismissalMORE dropped the charges of lying to the FBI against Flynn, President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump to visit Pennsylvania medical equipment distributor on ThursdayTrump camp outraged over Jezebel article calling for Stephen Miller to get coronavirusMcConnell: Obama 'should have kept his mouth shut' on Trump's coronavirus responseMORE's first national security adviser, after unsealed documents showed one bureau agent asking in a handwritten note whether the bureau's goal was to "to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired."
Obama weighed in on the decision during a call on Friday, the details of which were leaked to Yahoo News and confirmed by his spokeswoman.
"There is no precedent that anybody can find for someone who has been charged with perjury just getting off scot-free," Obama said to approximately 3,000 members of the Obama Alumni Association.
"That's the kind of stuff where you begin to get worried that basic—not just institutional norms—but our basic understanding of rule of law is at risk. And when you start moving in those directions, it can accelerate pretty quickly as we've seen in other places."
The Journal also accused Obama of being "eager to distort the truth" ahead of an investigation being conducted by U.S. Attorney John DurhamJohn DurhamWall Street Journal questions Obama remarks in Flynn case: 'We wonder what he's really worried about'AG Barr just signaled that things are about to get ugly for the Russia collusion teamTrump tweets test Attorney General BarrMORE into the origins of the Russia investigation.
"Donald Trump's victory increased the chances that this unprecedented spying on a political opponent would be uncovered, which would have been politically embarrassing at the very least. Targeting Mr. Flynn—and flogging the discredited Steele dossier—kept the Russia collusion pot boiling and evolved into the two-year Mueller investigation that turned up no evidence of collusion," the board states.
"This among other things is what U.S. Attorney John Durham is investigating at the request of Attorney General William Barr. Maybe that's why Mr. Obama is so eager to distort the truth of the Flynn prosecution," the editors argued.
Trump over the weekend tweeted or retweeted more than 50 times about investigations conducted by the FBI and House Intelligence Committee into his 2016 campaign and alleged connections to Russia.
In April 2019, former special counsel Robert Mueller and his team concluded that Trump and his campaign associates did not collude or conspire with Russian officials leading up to the 2016 election.
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"I think President Obama should have kept his mouth shut ... I think it's a little bit classless frankly to critique an administration that comes after you," McConnell said of Obama.
Obama's likely afraid of how a real investigation quietly gathers facts instead of some congressional circus publicly beating the laundry - even with the support of 2000 former hookers.
That's why he released that so called "leaked" phone call to the media yesterday. How did you like the way he pretended to make it look like a random assessment of the day's events?
We got them scared now!
Sen. Chuck Grassley: "It's time we asked what did Obama and Biden know and when did they know it?"
Obama needs to take a page from Bush Jr and Bush Sr and just shut the fuck up about the administration that replaces them.
There can only be one President at a time. Seems that Republican past presidents can respect that. Democrat ones can't.
Maybe Obama should do some research into his Administration's corrupt DOJ and FBI./S
that's funny, he was the source of corruption in his administration so he shouldn't have to look further than a mirror.
That is what I meant with the /S.
I realize that Obama knew fully well what his administration was doing. Only morons believe his line about finding out everything his administration was doing wrong from the media..
Do I think Obama will pay for his crimes? No, he is safe; but his "legacy" will be tarnished forever. Those that served under him will face the charges, trials, prison time, and be turned into political pariah.
at some point, his secret service protection will start to look like being in secret service custody.
The press has always worked as his pr department. His staged “leak” was just the boss giving instructions to his minions at CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, etc on how to spin the evidence of his publicly revealed wrongdoing.
hes getting the band back together.