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Running Out of Rungs on the Ladder

by Josh Marshall
03.30.17 | 6:53 pm

Mike Flynn tells the FBI he’s willing to talk, but only for immunity. But you only get immunity if you deliver someone else higher up the ladder. And there’s only one person higher up the ladder.

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