I dunno guys. I’m hard pressed to see how this was a massive deep state coup when Obama warned Trump directly, to his face, about Flynn. That’s not super secret spy work.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78911776 May 2017:
Barack Obama warned newly elected President Donald Trump against hiring Michael Flynn as national security adviser, the White House has confirmed.
Mr Obama warned his successor less than 48 hours after the November election during a conversation in the Oval Office, former Obama officials said.
Mr Flynn's contacts with a Russian envoy left him vulnerable to blackmail, a Senate panel heard on Monday. He was fired in February for concealing the nature of these contacts.
Mr Flynn, a retired army lieutenant-general, misled the Trump administration about discussing US sanctions against Russia with the country's envoy, Sergei Kislyak, before the inauguration.
The Obama administration fired Mr Flynn from his role as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014, citing issues of mismanagement and temperament.
Mr Obama's warning to Mr Trump came before concerns emerged about Mr Flynn's contacts with the Russian ambassador. Obama thought Mr Flynn was not suited for such a high-level position.
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