ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former business partner of Michael Flynn is being charged with acting as an agent of a foreign government and conspiracy for attempting to get Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen extradited from the United States. Bijan Kian made his first appearance in Alexandria, Virginia, federal court Monday morning. According to the indictment, Kian […]
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Flynn's lawyers say his lie to FBI 'uncharacteristic'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn asked a judge Tuesday to spare him prison time, saying he had devoted his career to his country and taken responsibility for an “uncharacteristic error in judgment.” The arguments to the judge echoed those of special counsel Robert Mueller’s office, which […]
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Mueller urges no prison time for former NSA adviser Michael Flynn after ‘substantial’ aid
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller III on Tuesday recommended that former national security adviser Michael Flynn serve no prison time, citing his “substantial assistance” with several ongoing investigations, according to a new court filing. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn at the daily news briefing at the White House on Feb. 1, 2017. (Jabin Botsford/Washington […]
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Robert Mueller's Russia probe shows it pays to cooperate
WASHINGTON (AP) — George Papadopoulos, taken by surprise by FBI agents at an airport last summer, now tweets smiling beach selfies with a Mykonos hashtag. Rick Gates, for weeks on home confinement with electronic monitoring, gets rapid approval for a family vacation and shaves down his potential prison time. Michael Flynn, once targeted in a […]
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Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI about Russian contacts
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents and is providing cooperation that promises to take Special Counsel Robert Mueller deep into Donald Trump’s administration. Speaking in court as part of his plea agreement, Flynn, 58, described a series of conversations with the Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak, in late December […]
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Michael Flynn breaks with Trump's lawyers on Mueller probe
In this Feb. 1, 2017 file photo, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington. A lawyer for former national security adviser Flynn has told President Donald Trump’s legal team that they are no longer communicating with them about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian […]
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Angus King calls for release of Oval Office tapes, if they exist
A Maine senator called for the release of possible recordings that may be a simple way to determine whether President Donald Trump or the FBI director he fired is telling the truth about a strange Valentine’s Day meeting between the two men in the Oval Office. “Lordy, I hope there are tapes,” ex-FBI chief James […]
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Michael Flynn agrees to give some documents to Senate intelligence committee
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn will provide documents to the Senate intelligence committee as part of its probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election, The Associated Press has learned. Flynn’s decision Tuesday came as President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, rejected a House intelligence committee request for information, and […]
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Michael Flynn rejects Trump-Russia probe subpoena; Dems say he lied
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in rebuffing a subpoena Monday in the investigation into Russia’s election meddling. Then a top House Democrat cited new evidence he said appeared to show Flynn lied on a security clearance background check. With Trump himself in […]
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Analysis: Can Michael Flynn refuse to turn over documents to Congress?
In this Feb. 13, 2017, photo, Mike Flynn arrives for a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The former national security adviser will invoke his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination on Monday, May 22, 2017, as he notifies the Senate Intelligence committee that he will not comply with a […]