Trump: ‘I Feel Very Badly For Flynn’ That The FBI ‘Destroyed His Life’

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to Salt Lake City, Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to Salt Lake City, Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Donald Trump on Monday morning claimed that the FBI “destroyed” former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s life but did not go after Hillary Clinton, telling reporters outside the White House that he feels “very badly” for Flynn.

“I feel badly for Gen. Flynn. I feel very badly. He’s led a very strong life. And I feel very badly,” Trump told reporters. “I will say this, Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI, nothing happened to her. Flynn lied, and they destroyed his life.”

Trump’s Monday morning comments echoed a Saturday tweet reacting to Flynn’s Friday guilty plea.

Flynn on Friday reached a plea agreement with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team and pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his conversations with Russian officials during the Trump transition.

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  1. Wait until you see what they do with your life.

  2. Every fucking day
    More jaw dropping stupidity an outright lies.
    Keep trying Donnie It may grab the morning news cycle…But
    The deflection ain’t working with Mueller
    He is like a pit bull locked on your ankle and he will bring you and your crooked administration down
    @mattinpa

  3. I know the Republican Party is completely complicit in this and will never do its duty to protect this republic. But I also know this crazy son of a bitch is going to destroy himself. He doesn’t need any help for that.

  4. Avatar for milt69 milt69 says:

    YOU and Flynn have destroyed Democracy, this Country and its standing in the world. Right now the Special Counsel is the only thing attempting to save this Nation from the damage this 71 yr old, played out jackass has caused.

    BTW keep picking on the Intelligence Community and implicating yourself, it will hasten your long over due demise.

  5. Does he feel badly for the people whose lives he and the GOP are destroying with the tax bill?

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