9/20/2017

MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “Special Counsel Robert Mueller is seeking to determine what White House officials knew about a federal investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn early this year.
The move comes as Mr. Mueller’s team examines whether President Donald Trump or other administration officials sought to obstruct that probe, according to people familiar with the matter.
As part of that effort, Mr. Mueller’s prosecutors have indicated they would like to interview key White House officials and have requested a trove of documents on a range of topics, including Mr. Flynn and a warning from a Justice Department official about his interactions with a Russian diplomat, the people said…
The day after Mr. Flynn’s resignation, Mr. Trump met with then-Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey in the Oval Office. Mr. Comey later testified before Congress that he believed Mr. Trump was asking him to back off an investigation into Mr. Flynn when Mr. Trump allegedly asked the director if he could see his way “to letting Flynn go.”
Mr. Mueller is investigating whether Mr. Trump’s actions amounted to obstruction of justice. Mr. Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
Mr. Mueller’s request, which includes a dozen other topics of interest, including the May firing of Mr. Comey, provides a window into Mr. Mueller’s investigation, the people said.”

-Aruna Viswanatha, Rebecca Ballhaus, and Del Quentin Wilber, “Robert Mueller Looks at What White House Knew About Probe of Mike Flynn,” The Wall Street journal online, Sept. 20, 2017 07:22pm