CNN analyst Juliette Kayyem has set off a firestorm of attention this evening with a tweet she just posted:
From my sources and what has been openly reported, it increasingly looks like #Flynn may have a deal with the FBI. #trumprussia pic.twitter.com/U0PHdexlFV
— Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem) March 25, 2017
After Kayyem posted, Seth Abramson of the Huffington Post had this:
(THREAD) BREAKING: Harvard professor and @CNN political analyst Juliette Kayyem says, per sources, Michael Flynn may have flipped on Trump. pic.twitter.com/kkG4h4gqvw
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017
Then Abramson added these postings:
(1) First, as an attorney I want to make clear that, if this @CNN analyst's sources are correct, the #Russiagate scandal is blown wide open.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017
(1) First, as an attorney I want to make clear that, if this @CNN analyst's sources are correct, the #Russiagate scandal is blown wide open.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017
(3) Michael Flynn was the National Security Adviser for the President of the United States. The only _bigger_ target is Donald J. Trump.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017
(4) But Flynn also held a clandestine meeting with Russian ambassador/spy Sergey Kislyak and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner in December '16.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017
(5) And Flynn coordinated with infamous Iran-Contra figure and Russian oil/gas pipeline advocate Bud McFarlane in hiring Trump's Deputy NSA.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017
(6) And of course Flynn had the highest possible clearance and greatest possible access to POTUS in discussing matters of national security.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017
(7) Flynn's hire as NSA was controversial–even suspicious–when it was made due to Flynn's absolutely _terrible_ reputation in Washington.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017
(8) This suggests the hire wasn't based on merit, but rather the fact that Flynn is _known_ to have ties (in-person ties) to Vladimir Putin.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017
(9) We should conclude from the foregoing that Flynn was in the best position of _anyone_ involved in #Russiagate to see _all_ its contours.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017
(10) Given all of the above, we can say that if any one person could bring down Trump due to #Russiagate, it's the man the FBI may now have. pic.twitter.com/sLwjBTVTcF
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017
Something tells me Donald Trump will not get much sleep tonight.
This story will be updated as details warrant.