Nunes Attacks FBI Over Flynn Guilty Plea: ‘It Was Nothing Short Of Entrapment’

UNITED STATES - APRIL 12: Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., speaks at a "Countdown to Tax Day" news conference in the Capitol to address the tax in increases in President Obama's FY 2014 budget. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - APRIL 12: Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., speaks at a "Countdown to Tax Day" news conference in the Capitol to address the tax in increases in President Obama's FY 2014 budget. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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Outgoing House Intelligence Committee Chair Devin Nunes (R-CA) on Friday claimed that federal investigators “entrapped” former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, echoing a pre-sentencing memo from Flynn’s lawyers arguing that he was somehow tricked by the FBI officials who questioned him in January 2017.

“It was nothing short of entrapment,” Nunes told Fox News’ Neil Cavuto.

Lawyers for special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday pushed back on the arguments made by Flynn’s lawyer, telling the judge overseeing Flynn’s sentencing that the former national security adviser was well aware of the consequences of lying to the FBI. Cavuto noted this to Nunes and asked if he really believed the FBI somehow prompted Flynn to lie.

Nunes replied that he had been briefed on the issue and continued to attack the FBI, something Nunes is notorious for.

“This is an embarrassment for our country,” he said, adding that Flynn’s chats with the Russian ambassador was “exactly what he’s supposed to be doing.”

Asked if he believes Flynn lied, Nunes said, “No, neither did the agents,” referencing reports that some agents initially thought Flynn did not lie during the January 2017 interview.

Nunes later in the interview claimed that Flynn only pleaded guilty to lying because he was struggling to pay his legal fees.

“I think Gen. Flynn had no place to go. He had no money left. He could not defend himself. It was all that he could do,” he said.

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  1. Well, there are a whole lot of people in Federal prison right now will be relieved to hear that any time the FBI interviews someone, it’s entrapment.

    I presume the Republicans will push for a review of all cases and get those folks released immediately.

  2. Avatar for patl patl says:

    In the brave new world of altspeak and alternate facts, getting trapped in a lie is entrapment.

  3. The depth of his ignorance is almost painful, mostly because he’s supposed to help organize and run shit. He’d have a hard time figuring out how to sweep out a Burger King.

    OT, WaPo is reporting that Mulvaney took the CoS job.
    PoS for the CoS…

  4. Another lackey heard from. So begins the GOP attempt at the rehabilitation of the traitor Flynn. Smart money is on the IC, SDNY and Mueller, but no one ever said Republicans were smart. Losers.

  5. Yup. The guy sold out to RT and Putin, and tried to execute an extraordinary rendition from the friggin’ U.S. to Turkey…

    Textbook definition of a traitor.

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