Former National Security Adviser Michael T. Flynn Pleads Guilty Lying To The FBI About Russia

In particular, court documents show that Flynn called Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort “to discuss what, if anything, to communicate to the Russian ambassador about the U.S. sanctions” with an unammed high-level official.

While the document doesn’t name names, we do know that Vice President Mike Pence led the president’s transition team, and top aides included Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, the first chief of staff Reince Priebus and K.T. McFarland, who now serves as the ambassador to Singapore. The documents didn’t disclose what Trump knew about Flynn’s discussions.

Trump and top aides did say earlier this year, however that they didn’t know about Flynn speaking with the Russians, and that they definitely didn’t know anything about him discussing sanctions.

Flynn resigned from his post with the Trump administration earlier this year; this resignation played a part in the firing of FBI director James Comey. After Flynn quit, Trump reportedly approached Comey and said to him, “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go.”

For now, prosecutors plan to let Flynn go. Although he has pleaded guilty, prosecutors said that they plan to delay Flynn’s sentencing, which some feel is evidence Mueller plans to use him to get more information about the Trump administration’s dealings with Russia. Should he be convicted, Flynn faces a sentence of up to five years in prison.

The White House, for its part, was quick to distance itself from Flynn, a figure Trump once called “a very good person.” 

 ”Nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than Mr. Flynn,” said President Trump’s lawyer Tyler Cobb.

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