Trump pardons Michael Flynn, former national security advisor who admitted lying to FBI – By Dan Mangan and Kevin Breuninger (CNBC) / Nov 25 2020
- President Donald Trump said that he had pardoned Michael Flynn, his first national security advisor, who had pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents.
- The pardon came before a judge had ruled on a motion by the U.S. Justice Department to dismiss the case and to undo Flynn’s guilty plea for making false statements to agents about the nature of his conversations with Russia’s ambassador to the United States.
- “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 know you will now have a truly fantastic Thanksgiving!,” Trump said in a tweet.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he had pardoned Michael Flynn, his first national security advisor, who pleaded guilty three years ago to lying to FBI agents.
The pardon came before a judge had ruled on a pending motion by the U.S. Department of Justice to dismiss the case and Flynn’s guilty plea. Flynn had twice admitted to a federal judge that he made false statements to FBI agents about the nature of his conversations with Russia’s ambassador to the United States in the weeks before Trump’s inauguration in January 2017.
“It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon,” Trump wrote in a Twitter post.
“Congratulations to @GenFlynn and his wonderful family, I know you will now have a truly fantastic Thanksgiving!”
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 know you will now have a truly fantastic Thanksgiving!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 25, 2020
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