So after the full transcript of Trump lawyer John Dowd’s call to Mike Flynn’s lawyer was released, the media went with “THIS IS ABSOLUTE PROOF OF OBSTRUCTION” or something, I couldn’t tell through the loud yelling.
BUT other people found something very interesting – an edited version of the call in the Mueller report.
Voicemail from John Dowd to @GenFlynn’s Counsel
LEFT: Mueller report
RIGHT: Full transcript released today per court order
Mueller’s hacks removed that Dowd wanted a heads up “not only for the president, but for the country” and wasn’t asking for “any confidential information” pic.twitter.com/r7BWhRtAw7
— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) May 31, 2019
The biggest problem is that it excised the comment where the lawyer says they weren’t looking for “confidential” information.
Also clear it’s a lawyer to lawyer voicemail and Dowd clearly didn’t know for sure Flynn had decided to co-operate with the government
Luckily we can still ask Mueller why he decided to cut out just these exculpatory words to save all of *two lines* in a ~450 page report, right?
— Undercover Huber (@JohnWHuber) May 31, 2019
AND Dowd commented on this discrepancy and said it was unfair:
EXCLUSIVE
We got a statement from former Trump lawyer John Dowd, responding to the Special Counsel’s deceptive edits of his voicemail to Flynn’s lawyer
“It is unfair and despicable. It was a friendly privileged call between counsel – with NO conflict. I think Flynn got screwed” pic.twitter.com/gizOEl0Fxu
— Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) May 31, 2019
Well, unfortunately, Flynn admitted guilt. So would this have made a big difference? Would he have not admitted guilt otherwise? I haven’t seen a definitive statement that it would have, but if anyone has, feel free to let me know.
Via TRS
