Report: Flynn Plans To Flip On Trump
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December 1, 2017Statement by Lt. General Michael T. Flynn (Ret.) provided by Attorney: pic.twitter.com/7wdK8z6AuU
— NBC Politics (@NBCPolitics) December 1, 2017
Flynn plead guilty to lying to the FBI about his conversations with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S., in the latest bombshell development in the Russia investigation that has ensnared leading advisors of President Donald Trump.
Although he pleaded guilty to just a single count, it is what Flynn was prepared to tell investigators that immediately exploded across the political landscape.
WATCH: Michael Flynn, who just plead guilty to lying to the FBI, is seen leaving the federal courthouse in D.C. https://t.co/3ESx4Vyvgm pic.twitter.com/81lL4WRxPK
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 1, 2017
Here’s where it gets sticky and weird. Flynn is promising to fully cooperate with Mueller’s team. According to ABC, Flynn is prepared to throw Trump under the bus. He’s going to say that Trump instructed him to “contact the Russians,” whatever that means.
Just now: @BrianRoss on @ABC News Special Report: Flynn promised full cooperation to the Mueller team and is prepared to testify that candidate Trump "directed him to make contact with the Russians.” https://t.co/E0tA37GOo0 pic.twitter.com/PmNEO7eekt
— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) December 1, 2017
Also, did Trump allegedly ask him to contact the Russians when he was already President-Elect? Because yeah. That’s really not that weird.
A confidante told the network Flynn was prepared to testify ‘against Trump, against members of his family, and others in the White House,’ Brian Ross reported on air, and that Trump ‘ordered and directed him to contact the Russians.
That’s so incredibly vague. Aren’t we always in contact with the Russians and basically everybody?
Flynn is facing extraordinary legal and financial pressures. According to the report, he was facing ‘serious financial problems’ and wanted to do the ‘right thing for his country.’
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office charged Flynn with lying to the FBI about Russia as well as efforts to derail a UN Security Council resolution, in the second major legal action against a top Trump campaign or White House official.
1. Whoa. 2. Trump directed him to make contact with the Russians in what capacity and to what end? https://t.co/uwZvfQPgST
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) December 1, 2017
Those are the questions.
The White House has responded.
BREAKING: White House lawyer: `Nothing' about Flynn guilty plea implicates anyone in Trump White House.
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 1, 2017
#BreakingNews: White House statement on Flynn pic.twitter.com/Ty6qMEAwUm
— FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) December 1, 2017
Stay tuned. More drama to follow.
h/t Daily Mail
