Trump announced the pardon minutes after calling into a hearing-style event where he said he ‘won’ the election and involved it to be ‘overturned.’
He has long championed Flynn and used his prosecution to form the case that the FBI ‘spied’ on his campaign – although back in 2017 he fired Flynn after just weeks on the work after it had been revealed he didn’t disclose his contacts with Russia’s former ambassador to the U.S. to vice chairman Mike Pence.
In a tweet almost three years ago – long before the Mueller probe Flynn cooperated with would conclude and therefore the House would impeach him, Trump wrote: ‘I had to fireside General Flynn because he lied to the vice chairman and therefore the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies. it’s a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide!’
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Flynn was on the work for just 24 days before Trump fired him.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigator would later speak to his utility and cooperation in their investigation of the Russia probe.
Federal prosecutors initially sought leniency, but ultimately sought up to 6 months in jail time after Flynn asserted prosecutorial misconduct and would later seek to reverse his plea.
‘It is obvious that the defendant has not learned his lesson. He has behaved as if the law doesn’t apply to him, and as if there are not any consequences for his actions,’ consistent with a federal filing.
Even after Flynn’s change in fact , Judge Emmett Sullivan sought to probe the difficulty and brought on an outdoor advocate to form the case against after the govt not sought prosecution.
But today, the president wrote on Twitter: “It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon.”
“Congratulations to @GenFlynn and his wonderful family, i do know you’ll now have a very fantastic Thanksgiving!” he continued.
The president wrote on Twitter: “It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon.”
“Congratulations to @GenFlynn and his wonderful family, i do know you’ll now have a very fantastic Thanksgiving!” he continued.
Trump announced the pardon minutes after calling into a hearing-style event where he said he ‘won’ the election and involved it to be ‘overturned.’
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