{"id":337642,"date":"2017-12-02T23:17:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T22:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/guilty-plea-by-trumps-former-national-security-adviser-flynn-intensifies-us-political-crisis\/"},"modified":"2017-12-02T23:17:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T22:17:33","slug":"guilty-plea-by-trumps-former-national-security-adviser-flynn-intensifies-us-political-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/guilty-plea-by-trumps-former-national-security-adviser-flynn-intensifies-us-political-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Guilty plea by Trump\u2019s former national security adviser Flynn intensifies US political crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3 class=\"nomargin\">\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h2>Guilty plea by Trump\u2019s former national security adviser Flynn intensifies US political crisis<\/h2>\n<h5>\n<p>    By<br \/>\n    Bill Van Auken<br \/>\n    <br \/>2 December 2017<\/p>\n<\/h5>\n<p>The guilty plea Friday by Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump\u2019s former national security advisor, marks a major escalation in the unprecedented political crisis in the United States. The bitter conflicts within the ruling class, centered on issues of foreign policy, are entering a new and explosive stage.<\/p>\n<p>Flynn pleaded guilty to lying about his conversations with Russia\u2019s ambassador to the US, Sergei Kislyak, in the run-up to Trump\u2019s inauguration. However, the real significance lies less in the content of the charges than the implications of the plea deal. It is an unmistakable indication that the retired general has agreed to provide evidence against more important targets, including both Jared Kushner, Trump\u2019s son-in-law and adviser, and the president himself.<\/p>\n<p>There are powerful sections of the ruling class that want to push Trump out, and with Flynn they appear to have obtained plenty of ammunition. At the very least, the investigations into allegations of collusion with Russia, headed by former FBI chief Robert Mueller, are now targeting Trump\u2019s family and inner circle.<\/p>\n<p>In an indication of the nervousness within the financial aristocracy over the implications of political instability in the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 350 points following news of the guilty plea, before regaining much of what it lost on anticipation of the Senate\u2019s passage of a tax handout to the rich. The sharp financial fluctuations reflect growing concerns within the ruling oligarchy that the bitter internecine conflict in Washington, and increasing signs of instability in the Trump White House, could spin out of control.<\/p>\n<p>The brief&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2017\/12\/02\/flyn-d02.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Guilty plea by Trump\u2019s former national security adviser Flynn intensifies US political crisis By Bill Van Auken 2 December 2017 The guilty plea Friday by Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump\u2019s former national security advisor, marks a major escalation in the unprecedented political crisis in the United States. The bitter conflicts within the ruling class, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2526,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-337642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2526"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337642\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}