Courtesy of CNN:NEWS: FLYNN will plead GUILTY to making false statements to the FBI about his conversations with KISLYAK http://pic.twitter.com/581L2ANkfH— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) December 1, 2017
Special counsel Robert Mueller has charged former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn with "willfully and knowingly" making "false, fictitious and fraudulent statements" to the FBI regarding conversations with Russia's ambassador.
The charge against Flynn is the first in Mueller's probe that has reached someone in the Trump White House and is the latest sign that the special counsel's investigation is intensifying.
Flynn's lawyers have previously criticized media reports about his connection to the Russia investigation as peddling "unfounded allegations, outrageous claims of treason, and vicious innuendo directed against him." Flynn hasn't spoken publicly since his ouster in February.
The charges mark yet another stunning downfall for Flynn, 58, a retired general who rose to the highest ranks of the Army over a three-decade career -- only to see him drummed out of the military by the Obama administration before unexpectedly rising again on the heels of Trump's election victory.
It is pretty clear that Mueller has a lot more on Flynn, and Flynn's son, so this guilty plea would clearly indicate that a deal has been struck.
And that means Flynn had something very significant with which to make such a deal.
This seems like an appropriate place to share this again.
More popcorn anyone?Reminder: Flynn chanted “lock her up” at the RNC, said “If I did a tenth, a tenth of what she did, I would be in jail.” http://pic.twitter.com/AQY79rlzhm— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 1, 2017
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