Mueller says former Trump adviser Flynn's cooperation 'otherwise complete'

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn has completed his cooperation with the special counsel’s Russia investigation, although he is still aiding another federal probe, according to a court filing on Tuesday.

The disclosure came in a joint court filing between Flynn’s lawyers and Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office in which they asked for another delay in Flynn’s sentencing, citing his ongoing cooperation with the other federal investigation.

The other investigation is a case brought by prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) against Flynn’s former business partner, Bijan Rafiekian, for unregistered lobbying on behalf of Turkey. Rafiekian has pleaded not guilty and Flynn could be a witness at a trial scheduled to begin in July.

“While the defendant remains in a position to cooperate with law enforcement authorities, and could testify in the EDVA case should it proceed to trial, in the government’s view his cooperation is otherwise complete,” Mueller wrote in the filing.

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POLITICS MARCH 12, 2019 / 9:15 PM / UPDATED 22 MINUTES AGO


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[KPN]

1. Couldn't help but notice the probably innocent similarity of

Mueller’s wording to Judge Ellis’ “otherwise blameless”.

I do enjoy the thought that it may have been intentional however.