Stefan Halper, the Cambridge professor who allegedly told the FBI a false story to dirty up then-Trump adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, seemed keenly aware of Flynn’s impending downfall in January 2017, according to a recently released recording.
Halper predicted Flynn’s departure from the position of President Donald Trump’s national security adviser just two days before a leak of classified information set in motion a chain of events that indeed cost Flynn his job and that still continues today with Flynn’s turbulent legal saga.
Halper’s comments suggested insider knowledge of what was about to unfold, according to Cambridge PhD candidate Steven Schrage, who recently released the recording of Halper that he said was made on Jan. 10, 2017, when Halper supervised his PhD work.
In the one-minute audio clip, it appears Halper was cautioning Schrage, former think tank national security scholar and congressional aide, from joining the National Security Council (NSC), which Flynn was slated to lead upon Trump’s inauguration.
“If you go in the NSC you have to consider very carefully if you feel it’s appropriate for you to work for Flynn [crosstalk]. I don’t think Flynn’s going to be…
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