This just keeps getting better and better. First, disgrace of a general Mike Flynn inadvertently set himself up to look like an idiot in the future by leading the chants of “Lock her UP!” at the convention. Then he gets named National Security Advisor (perish the thought) under Hair Furor. Then he had to quit in disgrace when it came out that he had subverted a sitting President by telling the Russian ambassador that Trump would rescind the new sanctions, and lied to the VP about it. Then it came out that Flynn, subject to the “emoluments clause” as a flag officer had gone to Russia for speeches and was paid for it without getting government permission. Then he got a cold shoulder for the most part for his plea to save his ass by ratting out everybody he could name. Quite a resume, isn’t it?
But when you’re “wild-and-crazy-guy” Mike Flynn, every day is like a vacation at an all inclusive Caribbean resort, the fun never stops, and it’s all included. Politico is REPORTING that Flynn’s own team is getting ready to start snapping towels at his ass. House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz is stating that Mike Flynn may soon need to open his checkbook and pay the tab. He announced that his committee is waiting from paperwork from the White House, Pentagon, and State Department to determine how much of the money Flynn received from Russia and Turkey for his merry freebooting must be returned to the Treasury. To quote;
“Then the penalty most likely based on precedent would be that he’d have to repay all of the money that he did take,” Chaffetz said, adding that it likely would amount to “tens of thousands of dollars.”
Actually, if he’s being an honest broker, Chaffetz’ penalty estimate is a little more than half a mil to the light side. Flynn received about $65,000 for his all-expenses-paid junket to Moscow and his speech. But his consulting contract with Turkey was reported to have paid him approximately $530,000. If he was in violation for any foreign income he received without government permission, he could be on the hook for almost $600,000.
If this goes through, the threat of criminal prosecution may be the first of two fingers poking Flynn in the eyes, like Moe from the Three Stooges. Flynn retired from government service in 2014, and opened a consulting company with his son. If the FBI or the media starts digging deeper into his client list and activities from then until now, and they find any more unauthorized foreign booty in his coffers, he may be going through all of this again, and start showing a somewhat alarming lack of shekels in his personal cash register. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy, huh?