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BumRushDaShow

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Wed Nov 13, 2024, 04:12 AM Nov 2024

Michael Flynn says Mar-a-Lago staff should be subjected to polygraph tests to catch Trump cabinet pick 'leaker' [View all]

Source: The Independent

Tuesday 12 November 2024 21:48 GMT


Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is calling for Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago staff to be subjected to polygraph tests after a series of press reports about the incoming president’s cabinet picks. Flynn, who briefly served in the Trump administration, made the remarks on X/Twitter on Tuesday in response to a tweet by controversial far-right activist Laura Loomer.

“It would be very easy to catch someone doing this. Give everyone that is there a one question poly (this is very easy to do). Ask them one question, “have you communicated with any media outlets in the past week?” You’ll see the leaks disappear,” Flynn said in response to a tweet by Loomer, a hard-right conspiracy theorist who traveled with Trump on the campaign trail.

On Monday, The New York Times reported that Trump had nominated Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio to serve as his secretary of state. CNN reported that he’d also selected South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to serve as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Both of the outlets cited unnamed sources familiar with the president’s thinking.

Reacting to news of the apparent leaks, Loomer wrote on X: “Why are people inside Mar-a-Lago leaking Trump’s possible cabinet picks to the media? Not a good sign that things are being leaked already. People should be respecting President Trump’s privacy and the privacy of the transition team.”

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/michael-flynn-leaks-trump-cabinet-b2645900.html

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Do the family first. Start with dementia donnie. Grokenstein Nov 2024 #1
Polygraph test are easy to cheat. multigraincracker Nov 2024 #2
Yeah, I was thinking torture would be more efficient Farmer-Rick Nov 2024 #16
One, there is no such thing as "truth serum" Mosby Nov 2024 #29
I took and passed a polygraph test against a cop. multigraincracker Nov 2024 #48
Whatever. More outrage farming. notroot Nov 2024 #3
It's all outrage, now. All of it. Everything. notroot Nov 2024 #4
THIS X 1000 orangecrush Nov 2024 #27
Yeah Faux pas Nov 2024 #5
right along with traitor Marthe48 Nov 2024 #11
His whole Faux pas Nov 2024 #32
Most scientists agree that there is little basis for the validity of this TomWilm Nov 2024 #6
The point is to terrorize. travelingthrulife Nov 2024 #10
Yeah, I took a lie detector test once. Farmer-Rick Nov 2024 #17
You didnt fail, the guy was fucking with you. Mosby Nov 2024 #30
Good to know Farmer-Rick Nov 2024 #31
If you want to find the leaker C_U_L8R Nov 2024 #7
This traitor should be drawn and quartered. travelingthrulife Nov 2024 #8
Yea, because the problem isn't where or with whom these discussions were held. taxi Nov 2024 #9
Do they have a Spanish speaking polygraph operator? I imagine Trump properties are filled with Vinca Nov 2024 #12
Yeah, when he was chanting Farmer-Rick Nov 2024 #18
Pathological liar Michael Flynn? ck4829 Nov 2024 #13
Neither tRump or Musk have any filters jmbar2 Nov 2024 #14
US Traitor Mischa Mike Flynn sez what? n/t area51 Nov 2024 #15
Twenty paranoid people together in a room. Soon the knives come out. Solly Mack Nov 2024 #19
Why does he need to announce it. Just go for it. 33taw Nov 2024 #20
What, they think they're CSI now? tonekat Nov 2024 #21
Oh no! Send everyone to Clearwater, FL to be screened by a Scientology e-meter. Jacson6 Nov 2024 #22
No water boarding? Mz Pip Nov 2024 #23
No VeryProgressive Nov 2024 #24
Why is this asshole not in prison? orangecrush Nov 2024 #25
Lots of leaks in Trump's first term, too. tanyev Nov 2024 #26
Excellent! Love it when the paranoia level goes up. Martin68 Nov 2024 #28
They should be drug tested too. Autumn Nov 2024 #33
It begins... Miguelito Loveless Nov 2024 #34
Start with Flynn! Joe_Gadway Nov 2024 #35
How long before, "we have ways to make you talk" comes back into common usage? n/t Harker Nov 2024 #36
Soon, soon. The whole playbook has already been translated from the original German... Hekate Nov 2024 #40
My wife's parents were born in Nazi Germany... Harker Nov 2024 #41
We know Hekate Nov 2024 #43
Thought that was news. Sorry! n/t Harker Nov 2024 #45
I didn't know about you as an individual. I meant it in the sense that my husband's family as well... Hekate Nov 2024 #49
Ah, I see. Harker Nov 2024 #54
This is going to go well with the military. ffr Nov 2024 #37
K&R red dog 1 Nov 2024 #38
Two prime suspects for loose lips: the Orange Monster & the Muskrat Hekate Nov 2024 #39
My guess is everybody at Mar-a-lardo were talking about this. IcyPeas Nov 2024 #42
Exactly. Trump is the man who carried on an emergency meeting not in a SCIF ... Hekate Nov 2024 #44
where is George Castanza when you need him? Javaman Nov 2024 #46
dupe Javaman Nov 2024 #47
don't be mad at Trump for the picks that are unpopular with the base, be mad at the imaginary leakers PedroXimenez Nov 2024 #50
Why the fuck does Michael Flynn... Karasu Nov 2024 #51
There is no honor among thieves. CentralMass Nov 2024 #52
And waterboarding! How can he forget that? JohnnyRingo Nov 2024 #53
There are several options I would apply on Flynn LiberalFighter Nov 2024 #55
Start with Donald Trump, okay? jmowreader Nov 2024 #56
"Ask them one question" Oliver Bolliver Butt Nov 2024 #57
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