Mueller Seeks White House Documents on Flynn
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON Investigators working for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, recently asked the White House for documents related to former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, and have questioned witnesses about whether he was secretly paid by the Turkish government during the final months of the presidential campaign, according to people close to the investigation.
Though not a formal subpoena, the document request is the first known instance of Mr. Muellers team asking the White House to hand over records.
In interviews with potential witnesses in recent weeks, prosecutors and F.B.I. agents have spent hours poring over the details of Mr. Flynns business dealings with a Turkish-American businessman who worked last year with Mr. Flynn and his consulting business, the Flynn Intel Group.
The company was paid $530,000 to run a campaign to discredit an opponent of the Turkish government who has been accused of orchestrating last years failed coup in the country.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/us/politics/robert-mueller-michael-flynn-turkey.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
I think this is first known instance of Muellers team asking the WH to hand over records, but I doubt it will be the last. The flood gates have opened.
dem4decades
(11,299 posts)rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)MelissaB
(16,420 posts)rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)Backwoodsrider
(764 posts)Collusion...messing with an investigation.... lying...those are civil crimes for lawyers to argue about but when a crime involves money that's what investigators will quit their private law jobs just so they can go after somebody who is accused of that like many of the law folks worker for Mueller have.
When you steal money and don't pay the correct tax amount the states gonna get you sooner or later
BigmanPigman
(51,615 posts)Skittles
(153,170 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,297 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)was likely after a doc request from FBI or EV USA, and that was way back in Feb? or so, back when the WH hired 24 attorneys.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Flynn likely doesn't have access to documents from his tenure as NS adviser.