GOPer Knocks Trump Admin Over Flynn: ‘Terrible Failure Of Judgment And Vetting’

National Security Adviser Michael Flynn stands with K.T. McFarland, deputy national security adviser, before speaking during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Flynn said the administration is putting Iran "on notice" after it tested a ballistic missile. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
FILE - This Feb. 1, 2017, file photo shows then National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, joined by K.T. McFarland, deputy national security adviser, during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington. P... FILE - This Feb. 1, 2017, file photo shows then National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, joined by K.T. McFarland, deputy national security adviser, during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington. President Donald Trump says his former national security adviser, Mike Flynn, is right to ask for immunity in exchange for talking about Russia. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) MORE LESS
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A Republican congressman called Michael Flynn’s brief stint as national security adviser “indefensible” in light of a fresh report that the Trump administration knew before inauguration that he was under investigation for failing to register as a foreign agent.

Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) was pressed in an interview Thursday morning on the point that the torrent of scandalous White House news is “self-inflicted.” CNN’s Chris Cuomo referenced a Wednesday night New York Times report that in early January, Flynn informed Trump transition team lawyer Don McGahn that he was under investigation for acting as an unregistered lobbyist for Turkey during the campaign.

“Look, certainly that’s a failure of vetting, it’s a failure of judgment,” Dent told Cuomo. “There was certainly a lot of questions about General Flynn’s suitability for that position even before this revelation of the Turkish connection. So yeah, I really can’t defend that, that’s indefensible, and it’s just a terrible failure of judgment and vetting.”

Flynn was named national security adviser on Nov. 17, and he served officially in the position from Jan. 20-Feb. 13, when he was fired. McGahn, for his part, went on to be White House counsel.

Flynn only was fired after media organizations reported that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and others about his conversations regarding sanctions with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. The firing came 18 days after then-acting Attorney General Sally Yates warned McGahn that Flynn had lied to White House officials about the same conversations.

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  1. Oh, spare us this fake outrage about “judgment and vetting” – they were in on it!

    On the other hand, as more and more GOPigs throw Flynn under the bus as a putative fall guy, he will have more and more incentive to flip on Donnie and acknowledge the obvious: That Trump knew about and authorized all of his shady contacts with the Russians.

  2. The GOP congressrats are fleeing the scene of the crimes…

  3. We just need 2-3 of those rats to turn around for a moment and flip on Donnie.

    FLIP, FLYNN, FLIP!

  4. Dent is very much a moderate Republican, even voted no on the AHCA. While I’m sure he’s doing it to save his ass in 2018, I’ll take it for now because Trump isn’t going anywhere until the House GOP makes him.

  5. Donald: “Judas !”

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