President Donald Trump on Thursday called his former national security adviser a 'great warrior.'
against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty, twice, to lying about contacts with a Russian ambassador before asking to withdraw his pleas.
The decision is likely to spark a partisan clash over the Russia investigation handling , an contentious issues for both sides of the aisle. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the House Intelligence Committee's ranking Democrat, said the Flynn decision"does not exonerate" Flynn and rather"incriminates" Attorney General William Barr, adding that this is"the worst politicization of the Justice Department in its history.”Flynn briefly served as Trump's first national security adviser. He accepted the position on Nov. 18, 2016, afterThe FBI interviewed Flynn in January 2017 about his relationship with Russia.
Prosecutors alleged Flynn “did willfully and knowingly make materially false, fictitious and fraudulent statements” to FBI agents during a January 2017 interview about his conversations with the Russian ambassador.
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