LEGAL/MICHAEL FLYNN/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA: “Mike Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, is expected to plead guilty Friday [12-1-17] morning to lying to the FBI about his communications with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. in December 2016, before Mr. Trump took office.
In an interview with the FBI in January, Mr. Flynn said he didn’t ask the ambassador, Sergei Kislyak, to ‘refrain from escalating the situation’ in response to sanctions the Obama administration had imposed on Dec. 29, according to a court document filed in connection with his expected plea.
Mr. Flynn also told agents he ‘did not recall’ Mr. Kislyak telling him Russia had chosen to moderate its response as a result of the request.
In addition, Mr. Flynn told the FBI he didn’t ask the Russian ambassador to delay a vote on a pending U.N. Security Council resolution, according to a criminal information to which Mr. Flynn is expected to plead guilty.
Mr. Flynn made those statements ‘willfully and knowingly,’ even though they were false, the document said.
He is expected to appear in federal court in Washington at 10:30 a.m.”
-Aruna Viswanatha, “Mike Flynn to Plead Guilty to Lying to the FBI,” The Wall Street Journal online, Dec. 1, 2017 09:28am