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THREAD: What You Might Have Missed In the Flynn Sentencing Memo (1/11) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/what-…
Mueller dropped a big revelation in Flynn’s sentencing memo that you might have missed: an indication that Flynn’s phone calls with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak were part of a quid pro quo. (2/11) scribd.com/document/39492…
Here’s the key passage, where Mueller describes Flynn’s lies as material to the investigation into Trump campaign’s ties to the Russians. (3/11) 
That’s a big revelation. Why? Because everywhere else, Mueller is very clear that Flynn’s wrongdoing happened during the *transition.* (4/11) scribd.com/document/39492…
But if Flynn’s calls are relevant to the Trump *campaign’s* behavior, that means the effort to undermine or roll back sanctions was, too—suggesting it was a reward for Russia’s help in the election. (5/11) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/what-…
That means Flynn didn’t just lie to cover up his own actions during the transition—he lied because the truth would’ve exposed the whole Trump campaign’s collusion with the Kremlin. (6/11) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/what-…
In other words, the National Security Adviser was compromised not just because Russia knew he lied about the calls but because Russia knew about the “underlying conduct”—collusion. (7/11) talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/sally-yates…
One person who should be very worried about that: Mike Pence, who headed Trump's transition team. (8/11) themoscowproject.org/players/michae…
The whole cover story rests on Flynn having lied to Pence, which seemed like a stretch when so much of the rest of the transition team knew about it. (9/11) nytimes.com/2017/12/02/us/…
Besides, Pence is reportedly the reason Flynn had his position at all: Pence took the reins from Chris Christie, reportedly because Christie wouldn’t let Trump hire Flynn. (10/11) politico.com/states/new-jer…
Overall, this is another major piece of the puzzle, and confirmation that Mueller is no longer investigating whether collusion occurred; he’s identifying how deep collusion went. (11/11) themoscowproject.org/dispatch/its-o…
