Brother Nathanael - Flynn's Plea Smacks Of Israelgate
Aired: 2017-12-04
Duration: 04:38


=== Flynn's Confession (04:36) ===

[00:00:01]  Flynn made his confession.
[00:00:03]  But if you're looking for a smoking gun that leads to Russiagate, you won't find it.
[00:00:09]  Tonight, the ongoing Russia investigation has reached President Trump's innermost circle.
[00:00:14]  Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn says that he is cooperating with the special counsel's probe into possible cooperation between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.
[00:00:25]  Flynn pled guilty to repeatedly lying to the FBI, including making false statements about his December 2016 conversations with Russia's then ambassador to the U.S., Sergei Kislyak.
[00:00:38]  According to the statement of offense, Flynn lied when he told the FBI he did not discuss sanctions with Kislyak.
[00:00:46]  Look suspicious.
[00:00:47]  Flynn met with a Russian official and you can't do that.
[00:00:52]  But you can do that.
[00:00:53]  Discussions about future policy issues was part of Flynn's job during the transition.
[00:00:59]  The Russian ambassador's job too.
[00:01:01]  That's not collusion.
[00:01:04]  Smacks of Israel gay to me.
[00:01:07]  A senior Israeli official tells CNN the Israeli government reached out to Trump to weigh in after failing to persuade Washington to cancel the vote.
[00:01:16]  Today, gratitude from Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer, who tweeted Israel, quote, deeply appreciates the clear and unequivocal call by Trump.
[00:01:25]  Israel first pressed the issue with Trump.
[00:01:28]  Kushner then directed Flynn to ask the Russian ambassador to veto the resolution, not as payback for supposedly hacking the election, but acting on behalf of a foreign nation to undermine U.S. foreign policy.
[00:01:43]  That's called Israelgate.
[00:01:46]  Continuing coverage on Fox Top Story, President Trump's former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn admits now that a senior member of the Trump administration team told him to reach out to the Russian officials, and he did so.
[00:01:59]  Fox News senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano tells the Fox Business Network earlier today that we could be on the verge of a constitutional crisis.
[00:02:07]  Judge Napolitano is with us live now on the phone.
[00:02:10]  Judge, how so? Well, if Robert Mueller has enough evidence, credible evidence, with which to charge the President of the United States with a crime, the constitutional crisis will come as he decides what to do.
[00:02:24]  Does he indict the President?
[00:02:25]  Mueller can't find Russiagate either.
[00:02:28]  Fact is, it wasn't the Russian ambassador who expressed gratitude for Trump's actions against the Obama administration.
[00:02:36]  It was Israel's ambassador.
[00:02:38]  Start down with indicting Flynn for violating the Logan Act, and then gather proof to indict Kushner.
[00:02:46]  On this issue, if I can just ask a couple of very basic dumb questions, would the president-elect or even a candidate talking to one of his advisors to reach out to the Russians, would that violate the Logan Act?
[00:03:02]  No, it wouldn't.
[00:03:04]  First of all, the Logan Act was passed in 1799.
[00:03:08]  Nobody's ever been prosecuted under it.
[00:03:10]  Why? Because the federal courts, especially a New York U.S. federal court, said in 1964 it's unconstitutional.
[00:03:19]  Unless you have Israel meddling to stop a UN security resolution.
[00:03:24]  And a Kushner who failed to disclose he led a foundation funding illegal Israeli settlements before the UN vote.
[00:03:33]  A cursory look at Flynn's court statement reveals a very senior member of the presidential transitional team directed Flynn to contact foreign governments, including Russia, to learn where they stood on the resolution with attempts to influence their votes.
[00:03:51]  That very senior member is identified elsewhere as Kushner.
[00:03:56]  Flynn, at the behest of Kushner, both acting as agents of a foreign government, sought to subvert US foreign policy on behalf of Israel.
[00:04:06]  They violated the Logan Act.
[00:04:09]  It's still on the books, people.
[00:04:11]  The only part Russia played was being asked, prompted by Israel, to change their vote into a veto.
[00:04:19]  Russia declined, telling Trump they would not change their vote.
[00:04:24]  But since there's no daylight between the U.S. and Israel, the hacks on the hill will never see that Trump's team were in collusion with Israel.
[00:04:35]  That's the reason Lynn lied.