Mike Flynn Contacted Multiple Times by Trump Allies Trying to Influence His Cooperation With Russia Investigation
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Court documents released Thursday shed new light on the extent to which former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn cooperated with the Russia investigation and the lengths President Donald Trump’s allies went to obstruct the Mueller investigation. In the previously sealed documents, which are part of Flynn’s sentencing, prosecutors say the former Trump aide was contacted on multiple occasions—both before and after he pleaded guilty as part of a deal with investigators—by Trump allies with ties to the administration or Congress. Flynn even provided a voicemail of one of the calls to investigators.
From the court filing where the government is outlining the nature of Flynn’s assistance:
The defendant assisted the investigation into potential efforts to interfere with or otherwise obstruct its investigation. The defendant informed the government of multiple instances, both before and after his guilty plea, where either he or his attorneys received communications from persons connected to the Administration or Congress that could have affected both his willingness to cooperate and the completeness of that cooperation. The defendant even provided a voicemail recording of one such communication. In some of those instances, the [Special Counsel’s Office] was unaware of the outreach until being alerted to it by the defendant.
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