President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser has been charged with lying to the FBI about his contacts with the Russian government, an extraordinary development in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Michael Flynn is scheduled to appear in federal court in D.C. at 10:30 a.m., where he’s expected to plead guilty to one count of making a false statement to FBI agents.It's hard to avoid the assumption that Flynn has cut a deal to plead guilty to a lesser charge in exchange for the goods on one or more of the rats infesting the White (Supremacist) House.
This post will be updated.
Reactions are rolling in:
I told you from the very beginning that Flynn would flip.— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 1, 2017
Oh my God this is going to be glorious as the MAGAs lose their minds and turn Flynn into History's Greatest Monster.
Note that lying to the FBI, a 5-yr federal felony, is obviously just the tip of a YUUUGE Russian/Turkish iceberg over which Flynn is manifestly cooperating with Mueller. Those criminally implicated necessarily include Donald Jr., Jared, and Donald himself.— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) December 1, 2017
The fact hat it’s a one count “information” rather than “indictment” is a dead give away that he is cooperating and has a deal. https://t.co/T3SCvJ5BUw— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) December 1, 2017
UPDATE: Former FBI Director James Comey is feeling some righteous schadenfreude today:
“But justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream” Amos 5:24 https://t.co/o89PSY1YBd— James Comey (@Comey) December 1, 2017
