A Split From Trump Indicates That Flynn Is Moving to Cooperate With Mueller
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON Lawyers for Michael T. Flynn, President Trumps former national security adviser, notified the presidents legal team in recent days that they could no longer discuss the special counsels investigation, according to four people involved in the case, an indication that Mr. Flynn is cooperating with prosecutors or negotiating such a deal.
Mr. Flynns lawyers had been sharing information with Mr. Trumps lawyers about the investigation by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, who is examining whether anyone around Mr. Trump was involved in Russian efforts to undermine Hillary Clintons presidential campaign.
That agreement has been terminated, the four people said. Defense lawyers frequently share information during investigations, but they must stop when doing so would pose a conflict of interest. It is unethical for lawyers to work together when one client is cooperating with prosecutors and another is still under investigation.
The notification alone does not prove that Mr. Flynn is cooperating with Mr. Mueller. Some lawyers withdraw from information-sharing arrangements as soon as they begin negotiating with prosecutors. And such negotiations sometimes fall apart.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/23/us/politics/flynn-mueller-russia-trump.html?action=Click&contentCollection=BreakingNews&contentID=66126602&pgtype=Homepage
Oh, happy day.
Developing story, obviously.
pnwmom
(108,978 posts)RainCaster
(10,878 posts)Let's hope this is solid.
fierywoman
(7,683 posts)lastlib
(23,238 posts)I'm liking the sound of this.....! .
BumRushDaShow
(129,044 posts)denbot
(9,899 posts)Trump was mostly concerned with Comey's interest in Flynn, even directly asking Comey I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go, . Flynn might be Trump's Achilles heel, and if he flipped, Trump is done.
BigmanPigman
(51,594 posts)due to his son's illegal activities.
What pissed me off is that their prison time will be reduced now. I can't believe that both Flynn and Kushner are registered Dems!
mobeau69
(11,144 posts)President Trump will not be paying for former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn's legal bills, a White House ethics official confirmed to CBS News.
"POTUS is not paying anything to Flynn," the official told CBS News. "President (Trump) has never been approached for money from Manafort or Flynn and would not contribute under these circumstances."
Flynn's family established a legal defense fund for him earlier this fall, saying the legal bills are more than the family can afford. In a September statement released by Joe Flynn and Barbara Redgate, Flynn's brother and sister, the family said that the "various investigations arising out of the 2016 presidential election have placed a tremendous financial burden" on the Flynn family, and that the attorneys' fees and other related costs "far exceed their ability to pay."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-wont-pay-for-mike-flynn-legal-bills/
LiberalFighter
(50,937 posts)magicarpet
(14,154 posts).... be prepared to be bitten and suffering the repercussions of their venom.
Treasonous vipers all.
pecosbob
(7,541 posts)meanwhile the drunk helmsman continues blissfully along from one iceberg to the next.
Irish_Dem
(47,107 posts)paleotn
(17,918 posts)he has a history of that
MyOwnPeace
(16,927 posts)IQ45!
Interesting how he's "there for his friends."
Remember on the campaign trail how he told "Trumpkins" to go ahead and mug protesters and he'd pay their legal fees?
Wonder how that turned out?
Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)It seemed pretty clear that he would now throw the Flynns and Manaforts of his acquaintance under the bus in a nanosecond:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/28/us/politics/ty-cobb-trump-lawyer-new-washington.html
Quite a difference from him asking Comey to end the investigation on Flynn because he was such a great guy. But at least he would be SAD!