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Look, Flynn is fundamentally accused of 1) communicating with Russia (not sure why there is hysteria about this), and more importantly 2) lying to VP Pence about it. If this is true, that is why he was pushed out.
You really have to read between the lines of all the leaks. Trump's inner circle is waging a brutal "game of thrones" struggle over which faction will dominate the others. Preibus is in over his head? Bannon is hiding documents? Miller seems alright? The leaks from "anonymous white house staffers" aren't, in my opinion, career staff dudes. Almost everyone in the WH is an import from the election. The leaks (at least the ones about what is happening day to day in the White House) are usually aimed at one of the top couple of guys.
I think there is a general war among the ministers over who will steer policy. Trump brought in a diverse collection of people. Priebus is literally a party man to the core. Pence is the hard right social conservative. Bannon wants to burn the house down and re-build from scratch. Miller seems like he is being marketed as the "sane" one. Conway seems like she is fighting for relevance. Congress disagrees with most of them.
If I had to guess, I would say that the GOP and Pence are trying to UW the rest of the inner circle into compliance or an early grave while Bannon and Preibus are wrestling each other for control. The leaks are coming both from this, and from the lack of attention to asserting control over the bureaucracy that is still geared for Obama policies.
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