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President TrumpDonald’s John TrumpBiden team wants to understand Trump’s efforts to undermine Trump’s judicial system overhaul Overnight Defense: Trump’s government agencies undermine Transgender ban « does concrete harm, » study says China protests US admiral’s visit to Taiwan MORE has told close allies that it intends to pardon its former national security advisor Michael Flynn, Axios reported on Tuesday.
Several unnamed sources with knowledge of the President’s thinking have confirmed to Axios that a possible Flynn pardon would be part of a series of pardons he plans to issue during his remaining days in office. White House officials did not immediately return a request for comment from The Hill.
Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia’s former ambassador to the U.. S.. . Sergey Kislyak has been embroiled in a protracted legal battle since the beginning of this year in 2017 to clarify whether his prosecution charges should be dropped.
A prosecutor tapped by Attorney General William BarrBill BarrMerrick Garland as Attorney General of Biden: DOJ report dropping charges against former Mexican Defense Secretary DOJ watchdog finds inmates with coronavirus in Louisiana not in isolation for a week Flynn recommended that they be dropped, but an appeals court sided with U.. . S.. . District Judge Emmett Sullivan’s decision not to drop the charges and hire an outside legal expert to evaluate the case. That appeals court also denied Flynn’s motion to Sullivan to withdraw from the case on charges of having also acted inappropriately.
Previously, he agreed to plead guilty to lying to FBI agents and worked with the now-closed 2016 Trump campaign special investigation to postpone his conviction for years before withdrawing his informed consent early in 2020.
A Trump pardon for Flynn would potentially end his former adviser’s legal troubles before an attorney-general appointed by his successor, President-elect Joe BidenJoe BidenBiden, seeks to understand Trump’s efforts to ban the transgender Overnight Defense: Trump by government agencies to erode « Causes concrete damage, » says study China contradicts US admiral’s visit to Taiwan. Protect Our World: How the Biden Government Can Save Lives and Economies Worldwide Could Be Installed Next Year.
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