Trump legal team readies attack on Flynn's credibility
Source: The Washington Post
By Carol D. Leonnig December 27 at 4:09 PM
President Trump’s legal team plans to cast former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn as a liar seeking to protect himself if he accuses the president or his senior aides of any wrongdoing, according to three people familiar with the strategy.
The approach would mark a sharp break from Trump’s previously sympathetic posture toward Flynn, whom he called a “wonderful man” when Flynn was ousted from the White House in February. Earlier this month, the president did not rule out a possible pardon for Flynn, who is cooperating with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Attorneys for Trump and his top advisers have privately expressed confidence that Flynn does not have any evidence that could implicate the president or his White House team. But since Flynn’s cooperation agreement with prosecutors was made public earlier this month, the administration has been strategizing how to neutralize him in case the former national security adviser does make any claims.
Flynn is the most senior former Trump adviser known to be providing information to Mueller’s team. The lenient terms of his plea agreement suggest he has promised significant information to investigators, legal experts said.
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Michael Flynn’s Brother Calls on Trump for Pardon: He Took ‘The Biggest Fall’ For You
by Ken Meyer | 8:49 am, December 27th, 2017
Michael Flynn‘s younger brother tweeted at President Donald Trump yesterday and asked him to pardon the former national security adviser.
Yesterday, Trump went on a brief Twitter tear where he bashed the “tainted” FBI and “bogus” Fusion GPS dossier after the topics came up on Fox & Friends. In response to that, Joseph Flynn sent out a now-deleted tweet where he demanded that the president absolve his brother after taking “the biggest fall for all of you” amid the ongoing Russia investigations.
Flynn confirmed to Newsweek that he sent out that the deleted tweet, and even followed it up later with another one, again calling for a pardon for his brother.
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Earlier this month, Michael Flynn pled guilty to lying to the FBI about his connections with Russia. He is now believed to be cooperating with federal investigators as they continue to investigate potential Trump-Russia collusion.
Trump previously suggested that he might pardon Flynn in the future, telling reporters “we’ll see what happens.”
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