Former U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is escorted into a plea hearing at U.S. District Court, where he’s expected to plead guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia's ambassador to the United States, in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2017. Reuters
Reuters: Flynn prepared to testify Trump directed him to contact Russians: ABC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - ABC News reported on Friday that former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn is prepared to testify that President Donald Trump directed him to make contact with Russians when he was a presidential candidate.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report, which cited a Flynn confidant. The news sent U.S. stocks sharply lower.
Flynn, a former top Trump campaign aide and a central figure in a federal investigation into Moscow’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to the FBI.
His plea agreement, and his decision to cooperate with the investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, marked a major escalation in a probe that has dogged Trump’s administration since the Republican president took office in January.
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WNU Editor: This ABC report and innuendo is so bogus that I do not even know where to begin. President Trump was elected on a platform that included having better relations with Russia .... especially in the war against ISIS .... and it would therefore not surprise anyone that he would have directed someone like his future National Security adviser (i.e. Michael Flynn) to develop contacts with the Russian government. These type of discussions are not against the law. The plea deal is also very clear .... this is not a plea to an espionage scheme, it is a plea to a process crime. To put it bluntly .... the Meuller Commision has no proof that a scheme to work and collude with the Russians to impact the election is present in today's court revelations .... none .... zero. The only thing that the Mueller Counsel now has is the Manafort case .... and that has nothing to do with Russian collusion.
