CNBC: Mueller says Michael Flynn gave ‘first-hand’ details of Trump transition team contacts with Russians
* Former national security advisor Michael Flynn has given special counsel Robert Mueller “first-hand” details of contacts between President Donald Trump’s transition team and Russian government officials, Mueller said in a bombshell court document filed Tuesday night.
* Mueller, in that sentencing memo, said Flynn’s “substantial assistance” to the special counsel’s probe over the past year warrants a criminal sentence for him on the low end of federal guidlines, which could include no jail time.
* The memo relates to lies Flynn told FBI agents about his conversations with Russia’s then-ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, during the presidential transition.
* Mueller is expected to file another memo soon about the alleged lies told in recent months by former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort to the special counsel’s office.
Former national security advisor Michael Flynn has given special counsel Robert Mueller “first-hand” details contacts between President Donald Trump’s transition team and Russian government officials, Mueller said in a bombshell court document filed Tuesday night.
Mueller in a sentencing memo said Flynn’s “substantial assistance” to the special counsel’s probe over the past year warrants a criminal sentence for him on the low end of federal guidlines, which could include no jail time for the retired Army lieutentant general.
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WNU Editor: Special Counsel Mueller’s sentencing memo for Michael Flynn can be read from here .... Read: Mueller’s sentencing memo for Michael Flynn (VOX). What the memo says is already known. Former national security advisor Michael Flynn lied to White House officials that included the Vice President, and to the Department of Justice on his conversations with Russian Ambassador to the U.S.. Why he did so is not explained in the sentencing memo, and what Michael Flynn discussed in his 19 interviews with the Special Counsel has been "blacked out". What is a surprise is the "no jail time" recommendation form the Special Counsel. I expected jail time.
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