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Michael Flynn has signed a plea deal with Robert Mueller. Trump should be very worried.

"CNN Exclusive: Jared Kushner met with special counsel about Flynn"

This is the biggest development in the Trump-Russia story yet.

Updated by Andrew Prokop, Zack Beauchamp, and Alex Ward Dec 1, 2017, 1:23pm EST

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Whether the president wanted Flynn protected purely out of friendship, or because he feared what Flynn might know, is something Flynn’s testimony could help answer either way.

It’s not enough, former federal prosecutor Alex Whiting wrote in July for the legal site Just Security .. https://www.justsecurity.org/42992/collusion-evidence-emerges-obstruction-allegations-damaging/ , to show that Trump believed the Russia investigation was going in the wrong direction. A prosecutor or member of Congress pushing for impeachment would need to show that Trump was actually trying to cover up some kind of wrongdoing on his own part to establish an obstruction case.

And the specifics of Trump’s relationship with Flynn, Whiting explained, matter a great deal on this point:

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Did [Trump] know that Flynn’s story was an important piece in the larger picture, one that he did not want revealed? Or did he know that the FBI’s pressure on Flynn could force him to give up other incriminating evidence? Far from simply acting to shield a former subordinate and ally, was Trump actually just trying to protect himself, and those close to him?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then Trump’s actions will have a very different feel to them, and his potential defenses much harder, if not impossible, to swallow.
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Flynn may very well know the answer to Whiting’s questions. Mueller will likely hear those answers soon.

https://www.vox.com/2017/12/1/16706534/michael-flynn-fbi-charged-deal

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