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Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to the F.B.I.

posted by janrinok on Saturday December 02 2017, @11:59AM   

DeathMonkey writes:

President Trump's former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to the F.B.I. about conversations with the Russian ambassador last December during the presidential transition, bringing the special counsel's investigation into the president's inner circle.

Mr. Flynn, who appeared in federal court in Washington, acknowledged that he was cooperating with the investigation by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, into Russian interference in the 2016 election. His plea agreement suggests that Mr. Flynn provided information to prosecutors, which may help advance the inquiry.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/us/politics/michael-flynn-guilty-russia-investigation.html

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• Re:Is that a crime now? Since when? (Score: 3, Informative) by NotSanguine on Saturday December 02 2017, @10:02PM

  by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Saturday December 02 2017, @10:02PM (#604420) Homepage Journal

  If it isn't OK to lie to the FBI, then we can lock her up many times over.

  If it is OK, then Flynn shouldn't face his 0 to 5 years for that. Fair is fair you know.

  As for the actual conversations, Obama's state department approved them: https://i.redd.it/jyoknbutmf101.jpg [i.redd.it] [i.redd.it

  IIUC, the lying to the FBI charge was part of a plea bargain. Had Flynn not accepted it, he likely would have been convicted of multiple felonies which had prison sentences measured in decades.

  What's more, it's likely that Flynn is giving up others higher up the food chain to get such a deal. This isn't over. It's just beginning.

  --
  No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr

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