I assume that was stated with heavy sarcasm since two of those people (Micheal Flynn + Paul Manafort) have already been pardoned[1] and none of them were either handed or likely to be handed serious sentences anyways. Michael Flynn is as close as you can get to a legit case of treason and his sentencing had already been kicked down the road several times.
Well actually, Flynn case was based on him lying to an FBI agent during a party. The case was pure entrapment. It was so bad, that eventually the government itself asked for the case to be dismissed. Then a partisan hack judge (Sullivan), decided that he was going to continue with the prosecution by appointing his own prosecutor (I kid you not).
This is a great example of how public perception has been manipulated by the media.
In fact, the Obama DOJ set Flynn up, sending two FBI agents to question him before the transition to the new administration. They pretended that he was not the subject of the investigation, so Flynn felt no need to have an attorney present while being questioned.
Afterward, the FBI agents themselves, on the form they filled out regarding the interview, stated that they did not think that Flynn lied.
Regardless of that, the DOJ continued to prosecute Flynn for doing something completely normal for an incoming National Security Advisor to do, speak with a foreign diplomat. Only after bankrupting him with legal fees, which even forced him to sell his home, did they relent.
And then, when the DOJ refused to further prosecute Flynn, a federal judge refused to dismiss the case, a bizarre act forcing Flynn's attorneys to file a plea with a superior court. The judge even appointed his own prosecutor to continue prosecuting Flynn!
Now, why did all this happen? Is it because the then-newly elected President's incoming National Security Advisor spoke with a foreign diplomat? Or is it because the Obama administration hated Flynn because of what he did while running DIA (which they fired him for), and the incoming President appointed him to be his National Security Advisor, and the DOJ is apparently full of "#resist"ers?
But that's not a perspective you'll hear from NYT, CNN, WaPo, etc. From them, you hear, "Treason!"
The old saying applies: You can fool some of the people some of the time...
> Regardless of that, the DOJ continued to prosecute Flynn for doing something completely normal for an incoming National Security Advisor to do, speak with a foreign diplomat. Only after bankrupting him with legal fees, which even forced him to sell his home, did they relent.
Just to clarify here... Michael Flynn was retained by a Turkish firm to try and run PR against a cleric that had fled to the US - he was not "reaching out" or "establishing open lines" - he was employed as a hatchet man against an American resident while employed as a National Security Advisor. When you take a cabinet level position in the US government it's generally accepted that you sever all foreign financial ties.
An interesting analogy...Brutus who was close and loyal to Caesar until Caesar’s extrajudicial and dictatorial excesses pushed him to put republic before family and kill his mentor? :)
Except Trump is not a dictator, no matter how much the TV tells you so.
What you should realize you are defending the current two party system in the US. The same cabal of people that have been in power forever. Communism fell and new people took over. But these US politicians predate that. They're so old and corrupt, they are literally crapping their pants on live TV.
Enjoy the Biden administration. Its all you deserve.
Successful Prosecuted or Charged:
Steve Bannon
Michale Flyn
Julian Assange
Paul Manaford
And Trump Himself (impeachment)
Let that be a lesson to any future Populists!