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Lying To FBI: Donald Trump Grants Michael Flynn Presidential Pardon

Lying To FBI: Donald Trump Grants Michael Flynn Presidential Pardon

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US President Donald Trump has pardoned his former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.

 

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The president said the widely expected act of clemency was his “Great Honor”.

 

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Mr Flynn was among former aides to President Trump convicted during a justice department investigation into alleged Russian election interference.

 

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He admitted in 2017 to lying to the FBI about contacts with Russia’s envoy, then tried to withdraw his plea.

 

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The White House said on Wednesday that the pardon would finally end “the relentless, partisan pursuit of an innocent man”.

 

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Its statement described Mr Flynn as “the victim of partisan government officials engaged in a co-ordinated attempt to subvert the election of 2016”

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