Off topic but itās relevant to the idiots who donāt know Flynn copped a plea to give up what he knows about Trumpās crimes.
Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors in special counsel Robert Muellerās Russia probe. Itās the biggest development yet in the investigation into potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia ā and the legal move that poses the most direct threat to the Trump presidency itself.
Flynn pleaded guilty to a single count of lying to the FBI on or around January 24 about conversations with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in December 2016, the Office of the Special Counsel announced Friday. Itās important to note that he did
not admit to colluding with Russia during the 2016 presidential election.
Ty Cobb, a White House lawyer, immediately tried to minimize the importance of Flynnās plea deal. āNothing about the guilty plea or the change implicates anyone other than Mr. Flynn,ā he said in a
statement on Friday.
But the plea deal will strengthen Muellerās sprawling probe into Trumpworldās possible criminal acts and ties with Russia. In October, Mueller
charged Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and former deputy campaign manager Rick Gates with money laundering and failing to properly disclose their lobbying work on behalf of foreign clients. Mueller also unsealed a guilty plea in October from former Trump foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, who
admitted to lying to federal investigators about meetings in which he discussed potentially colluding with Russian agents to acquire Hillary Clintonās private emails.
The Flynn plea deal is the most significant moment in Muellerās probe to date. Flynn is the first person who had actually served in the Trump White House to admit he broke the law. And he wasnāt just any old official: His role as national security adviser is one of the highest-level and most powerful posts in Washington, and the retired three-star general temporarily had enormous sway over Trumpās early policy and personnel choices.
Due to his unique ties to both the Trump campaign and the Trump White House, Flynn is particularly well-suited to answer the two central questions in the Mueller probe: Did the Trump campaign knowingly collude with Russia, and did Trump obstruct justice by trying to limit or derail the FBIās investigation? A plea deal would get Mueller closer to answering those questions.
Michael Flynn has signed a plea deal with Robert Mueller. Trump should be very worried.