As Reported By The Washington Times:
An attorney for President Trump asked former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn for a “heads-up” if he planned to tell special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators damaging information about the president, according to a full transcript of the voicemail released by federal prosecutors Friday.
The lawyer also reminded Flynn that the president has positive feelings towards him, the transcript shows.
Federal prosecutors released the full transcript of the November 2017 voicemail left by ex-Trump attorney John Dowd in a court filing. Flynn said the call was an effort to obstruct his cooperation with Mr. Mueller’s probe.
“I understand that you can’t join the joint defense; so that’s one thing. If, on the other hand, we have, there’s information that … implicates the president, then we’ve got a national security issue, or maybe a national security issue, I don’t know … some issue, we got to — we got to deal with, not only for the president, but for the country. So … uh … you know, then-then, you know, we need some kind of heads-up,” Mr. Dowd said, according to the transcript.
He then goes on to remind Flynn that the president always had warm feelings towards him and “that still remains.”
Mr. Dowd resigned as Trump’s lead counsel for the Mueller investigation in March 2018. He denied that the voicemail was an attempt to obstruct Flynn’s cooperation.
THIS IS WHAT's REALLY GOING ON
Ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee Devin Nunes called Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report is a “fraud” citing the investigators conveniently left information out of the report to make it appear President Trump’s counsel may have been obstructing justice.
The newly released transcripts were from a voicemail message left by Trump’s former lawyer John Dowd to National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s lawyer Robert Kelner.
Mueller’s team made it appear in the Special Counsel’s report that Dowd was asking for a “heads up” if Flynn planned to say anything damaging about Trump, alluding to possible ‘obstruction’ by his counsel. However, now that the full transcripts have been formerly released by a court order it appears to be all-together different. In fact, it appears that Mueller weaponized the transcript. What I mean is that Mueller left out the most significant parts of the message to make it appear that Dowd (who represented Trump) was attempting to obstruct the investigation.
Mueller had redacted two significant portions of the voicemail message transcript, which according to numerous critics, reveal there was no intention of obstruction. In fact, as Trump’s attorney Dowd was only doing his job.
Nunes tweeted a side-by-side comparison of the Dowd transcript text Saturday and the Mueller report text. It shows that the Mueller report did not disclose Dowd’s full message.
And there’s a reason why – it would’ve taken the steam out of Mueller’s second half of his report that there was a possibility of “obstruction.” There was no obstruction.
In the report full version of Dowd’s voicemail it says he wants the heads up “not only for the president but for the country.” He also specifically stated that he did not want “any confidential information.” Conveniently, Mueller kept those two significant statements out of the report using an ellipsis (… so it makes one wonder how many other convenient factors were left out of the Special Counsel’s report.)
Here’s what the Mueller report quoted from the voicemail:
"I understand your situation, but let me see if I can't state it in starker terms. . . . [I]t wouldn't surprise me if you've gone on to make a deal with ... the government. ... [I]f . .. there's information that implicates the President, then we've got a national security issue, . . . so, you know, . . . we need some kind of heads up. Um, just for the sake of protecting all our interests ifwe can .... [R]emember what we've always said about the ' President and his feelings toward Flynn and, that still remains ...."
This is what was actually said:
[See Full Transcript with Court Order]
"Hey, Rob, uhm, this is John again. Uh, maybe, I-I-I’m-I’m sympathetic; I understand your situation, but let me see if I can’t…state it in…starker terms. If you have…and it wouldn’t surprise me if yo’ve gone on to make a deal with, and, uh, work with the government, uh… I understand that you can’t join the joint defense; so that’s on thing. If, on the other hand, we have, there’s information that… implicates the President, then we’ve got a national security issue or maybe a national security issue, I don’t know… some issue, we got to-we got to deal, with not only for the President, but for the country. So… uh.. you know, then-then, you know, we need some kind of heads up. Um, just for the sake of…. protecting all our interests, if we can, with out you having to give up … any confidential information. So, uhm, and if it’s the former, then, you know, remember what we’ve always said about the President and his feelings towards Flynn and, that still remains, but— Well, in any event, uhm, let me know, and, uh, I appreciate your listening and taking the time. Thanks, Pal."
-- John Dowd VoiceMail to lawyer Robert Kelner--
Nowhere in that voicemail did it sound threatening, or nefarious. When threatening someone, you don't use words and phrases like: "I'm sympathetic," "I understand," "for the sake of protecting all our interests," "without you having to give up confidential informations." You also wouldn't say that the President's good feelings towards Flynn "still remains" as you always remember.
The words have obviously been twisted and some conveniently left out to make it sound as damaging as possible. So how many other times did the Mueller Team do the same in their 400 page report about nonsense?