Flynn’s work potentially benefiting Turkey meant he was
representing the interests of a country other than the United States at the
same time he was advising Trump on foreign policy during the election.
Flynn’s firm was paid more than $500,000 by Inovo for public
relations and research work, including looking into exiled Turkish cleric
Fethullah Gulen, who resides in Pennsylvania. His extradition is being sought
by Turkey, which has accused him of fomenting a coup attempt last year.
Flynn wrote an op-ed on Nov. 8 for the Hill newspaper
in which he called for Gulen’s extradition — a controversial diplomatic issue
for the United States.
“The primary bone of contention between the U.S. and Turkey
is Fethullah Gülen, a shady Islamic mullah residing in Pennsylvania whom
former president Clinton once called his ‘friend’ in a well circulated video,”
Flynn wrote.
“Gülen portrays himself as a moderate, but he is in fact a
radical Islamist,” he wrote.
I believe the adjective shady could apply to Flynn as well as being a radical who portrays himself as a moderate.
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