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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Dec 1, 2017, 01:37 PM Dec 2017

Flynn prepared to testify Trump directed him to contact Russians: ABC

Reuters

By Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters•December 1, 2017

By Sarah N. Lynch

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. [nL3N1O14E8]

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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ffr

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1. More! Encore!
Fri Dec 1, 2017, 01:39 PM
Dec 2017

Take them down.

Now, what to do about the policies they're trying to inflict on the American people? What business do criminals have in making legislation? They cannot vote in most states. This is outrageous!!

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