Obama’s Former Military Intel Chief to Republican Convention: Lock Hillary Up! | Eastern NC Now

    Lieutenant General Michael Flynn (U.S. Army (Ret.), currently serving as the GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's top foreign policy adviser, told the crowd on Monday night's GOP convention opening that the presumptive Republican nominee will "keep us safe."

    The general, who once served as President Obama's top military intelligence official, called on Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race for president and then he led the crowd shouting "Lock her up!" "We do not need a reckless president who believes she is above the law," said Flynn, the former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, referring to her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state and the FBI director's report about her flagrant mishandling of classified intelligence.

    "Yeah, that's right, lock her up!" he said from the podium. Then, after clapping his hands, he proclaimed: "You're damn right. There's nothing wrong with that. Lock her up! You know why we're saying that? If I did a tenth of what she did, I would be in jail today," said Flynn, who has repeated what numerous military and law enforcement officers have said in the days since the FBI and Justice Department failed to indict her.

    "Let me be clear - coddling and displays of empathy toward terrorists is not a strategy for defeating these murderers, as Obama and Hillary Clinton would like us to believe," Flynn shouted. "Under Barack Obama we have no coherent strategy to protect our citizens, and under Hillary Clinton it will be more of the same," he said as he displayed his anger.

    Last week, WABC Radio Host Rita Cosby interviewed retired U.S. Army Lt Gen. Michael Flynn, who was also one of the finalists for Vice President for GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump, on her hit show "Election Central with Rita Cosby".



    These were the first comments from General Flynn, who is recognized as a preeminent expert in information technology (IT) and intelligence gather and analysis about not being selected by Trump, who announced his choice of Indiana governor Mike Pence on Friday.

    Gen. Flynn also said that Trump called him to tell him he was not being chosen. During the Cosby interview, he talks about that conversation, and didn't rule out that he may play as role as Defense Secretary in a potential Trump Administration. He also says Trump made the right choice for America and discusses his own great relationship with Trump.