A newly released memo shows that Robert Mueller was given wide latitude to investigate Michael Flynn, whose prosecution the Justice Department is attempting to drop.
After receiving a request from Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Chuck Grassley, the current and former chairmen of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Department of Justice unveiled a less-redacted copy of a"scope memo" outlining Mueller's remit in late 2017.
Mueller's expansive mandate, as outlined in the newly released memo, also included probes of George Papadopolous and Carter Page, two campaign associates, for potential Russian coordination. The newly released memo also shows that Mueller was given wide latitude to investigate Flynn, including for potential crimes involving acting as an unregistered agent for Turkey, making false statements to the FBI, failing to report foreign contacts and conversing with Russian officials.
Flynn's attorneys have recently sought to withdraw his guilty plea. And new evidence was obtained showing what Flynn's defenders believe to be improprieties surrounding the FBI's fateful 2017 interview, which spurred the charges against Flynn of lying to federal investigators. "Counsel, it sounds like what you're saying then is you have not been instructed to invoke privilege," Congressman Adam Schiff, then the ranking member on the Intelligence Committee, said in February 2018, butting heads with counsel during an interview with Hope Hicks."You've merely been instructed to refuse to answer questions. We don't recognize that as a valid claim of privilege.
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