Michael Flynn's lawyer meets with members of special counsel's team, raising specter of plea deal
Source: ABC News
By MATTHEW MOSK MIKE LEVINE and BRIAN ROSS Nov 27, 2017, 1:35 PM ET
The lawyer for President Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn met Monday morning with members of Special Counsel Robert Muellers team, the latest indication that both sides are discussing a possible plea deal, ABC News has learned.
President Trumps legal team confirmed late last week that Flynns attorney Robert Kelner alerted them that he could no longer engage in privileged discussions about defense strategy in the case, a sign Flynn is preparing to negotiate with prosecutors over a deal that could include Flynns testimony against the President or senior White House officials.
That process would typically include a series of off-the-record discussions in which prosecutors lay out in detail for Flynn and his lawyers the fruits of their investigation into his activities. Prosecutors would also provide Flynn an opportunity to offer whats called a proffer, detailing what information, if any, he has that could implicate others in wrongdoing. When reached Monday, Kelner declined to comment on the nature of his morning visit to Muellers offices in Washington, D.C.
Sources familiar with the discussions between Flynn's legal team and the president's attorneys told ABC News that while there was never a formal, signed joint defense agreement between Flynn's defense counsel and other targets of the Mueller probe, the lawyers had engaged in privileged discussions for months.
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dalton99a
(81,565 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,113 posts)as to a pardon.
Getting THAT on tape, now THAT would be wonderful.
Trump: "well Mike, you know we cant ever tell them the truth, right?"
Flynn: "sure, yes Don, so what do I say?"
Now, once this is on tape, we than have to rely on an indictment and conviction at which time he pardons HIMSELF. And since almost HALF of the actual voting public support this traitor, what happens next?
lark
(23,138 posts)That's why I hope one of the indictments is for money laundering and from NY, serious and he can do nothing at all about it.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,113 posts)The beauty of this is about 40 or 50 million Americans want him to pardon himself for stealing from them and committing treason.
Now that means we are so fucked up here, so completely turned around, i dont know how we ever find our asses again.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,027 posts)His diehard 15% base will never abandon him, like they won't abandon Moore.
But when it is all said and done, it will be much less than 40 million.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,027 posts)If tRump pardons Flynn, then he can be compelled to tell the truth about everything because he no longer needs or has Fifth Amendment protection.
tRump has lost many many supporters, so it is not "almost half". More like a third, which is bad enough.
See also my next post.
FakeNoose
(32,706 posts)...but maybe he'll get his son out of trouble. I believe Mueller knows what he's doing.
nycbos
(6,035 posts)... if he talks. And the more information he gives Mueller the better his deal he get.
Gothmog
(145,481 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,249 posts)Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)Oh man, some people are having themselves a "Monday", ay?! Good times!
Rainbow Droid
(722 posts)Because if he isn't, we're all screwed.
BumRushDaShow
(129,307 posts)look out now!
DeminPennswoods
(15,289 posts)one of the panel members said Flynn will do anything to save his son. IIRC, Renato Mariotti cited the case against ILL gov George Ryan where the key witness against him flipped because the investigators were going to indict his girlfriend/fiancee. He caved to protect her.