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Flynn admits to lying about Turkish lobbying
By THEODORIC MEYER
12/01/2017 02:43 PM EST
With Aubree Eliza Weaver and Daniel Lippman
FLYNN ADMITS TO LYING ABOUT TURKISH LOBBYING: “Former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty on Friday to one felony count of lying to the FBI about conversations he had with Russia's ambassador last year, bringing the special counsel investigation into the 2016 election deeper into President Donald Trump's inner circle,” POLITICO’s Josh Gerstein and Theodoric Meyer report. Unlike Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, though, Flynn wasn’t charged with breaking foreign lobbying law — charges that sent some lobbyists scrambling to make sure their foreign registrations were in order.
— But Flynn admitted to lying about his Turkish lobbying in a separate legal document released on Friday known as a “statement of the offense.” Flynn’s company, the Flynn Intel Group, had registered to lobby weeks before the election for a Dutch firm run by a Turkish-American businessman called Inovo BV but did not register as a foreign agent. In March, Flynn retroactively registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent because Flynn’s work for Inovo “could be construed to have principally benefited the Republic of Turkey," according to a letter written by Flynn’s attorney, Robert Kelner.
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Flynn admits to lying about Turkish lobbying
flynn flipped & has spilled his gut to mueller....
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By THEODORIC MEYER
12/01/2017 02:43 PM EST
With Aubree Eliza Weaver and Daniel Lippman
FLYNN ADMITS TO LYING ABOUT TURKISH LOBBYING: “Former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty on Friday to one felony count of lying to the FBI about conversations he had with Russia's ambassador last year, bringing the special counsel investigation into the 2016 election deeper into President Donald Trump's inner circle,” POLITICO’s Josh Gerstein and Theodoric Meyer report. Unlike Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, though, Flynn wasn’t charged with breaking foreign lobbying law — charges that sent some lobbyists scrambling to make sure their foreign registrations were in order.
— But Flynn admitted to lying about his Turkish lobbying in a separate legal document released on Friday known as a “statement of the offense.” Flynn’s company, the Flynn Intel Group, had registered to lobby weeks before the election for a Dutch firm run by a Turkish-American businessman called Inovo BV but did not register as a foreign agent. In March, Flynn retroactively registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent because Flynn’s work for Inovo “could be construed to have principally benefited the Republic of Turkey," according to a letter written by Flynn’s attorney, Robert Kelner.
[...]
Flynn admits to lying about Turkish lobbying
flynn flipped & has spilled his gut to mueller....
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