Michael Flynn’s allies say the new filings offer more evidence that the FBI concocted its case against Trump's ousted national security advisor
The FBI took steps in early 2017 to close its investigation into former Trump adviser Michael Flynn before abruptly reversing course, according to new documents filed in Flynn’s pending legal effort to rescind his guilty plea for lying to federal agents.
“Hey, don’t close RAZOR,” FBI counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok wrote to an agent whose name is redacted but is identified in the conversation as the official case agent. He adds, “7th floor involved,” a reference to the highest echelons of FBI leadership. Flynn then cooperated for months with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russians. But Flynn moved to withdraw his guilty plea last year, accusing the FBI of “egregious misconduct” and earning support from top allies in Trump’s orbit, as well as Trump himself.the FBI’s internal deliberations about managing the sensitive investigation — arguing they exposed the bureau’s unfair treatment of Flynn.
The document intended to close the case was labeled a “draft” and indicated that the matter could be reopened if new evidence came to light. It’s unclear when the FBI learned that Flynn’s calls with Russia’s then-ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, had been intercepted. The FBI interviewed Flynn about those calls in late January 2017, just days after Trump took office and Flynn became his national security adviser.
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