Special Counsel Robert Mueller has gathered enough evidence to charge President Trump’s ex-National Security Advisor Michael T. Flynn and his son Michael G. Flynn, NBC News has learned.
Citing sources close to the investigation, NBC reported Sunday that investigators are speaking to multiple witnesses over the next few days to gather more information about Flynn’s lobbying work.
Investigators are interested in whether Flynn laundered money or lied to federal agents about his overseas contacts, three sources close to the investigation told the network.
NBC News is reporting that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has gathered enough evidence to charge Michael Flynn (right) and his son Michael G. Flynn (left)
Michael Flynn served as National Security Adviser until February 13, 2017, meaning he was in a White House position for under a month
National Security Advisor Michael Flynn (center) is photographed during his short White House tenure along with Trump adviser Stephen Miller (left) and Jared Kushner (right), the president’s son-in-law who also works at the White House
Michael Flynn (center) is photographed leaving a meeting at Trump Tower during the presidential transition along with his son, Michael G. Flynn (right), who was fired from the transition for tweeting about the Pizzagate conspiracy theory
Michael T Flynn (center) sits among administration officials including (from left) Vice President Mike Pence, John Kelly, who’s now the president’s chief-of-staff, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law who serves as a senior adviser
Additionally, Mueller’s team is looking into whether Flynn tried to get rid of a rival to Turkish President Recep Erdogan for a fee of millions of dollars.
Sources told NBC that Flynn’s son, Michael G. Flynn, could be indicted separately or with his dad.
The younger Flynn worked with his father, including doing work on the Trump campaign.
President-elect Trump fired the junior Flynn from the transition team after Michael G. Flynn used Twitter to spread the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, which involved Hillary Clinton and her Campaign Chairman John Podesta running a child trafficking ring out of the basement of a D.C. pizza restaurant.
The restaurant doesn’t have a basement and the story is a lie.
The NBC report provides more evidence that Mueller’s team is working at a quick pace, as it’s been just under a week since investigators unsealed the indictments of President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his deputy Rick Gates.
Additionally, on Monday, investigators revealed that an unpaid foreign policy adviser for the Trump campaign, George Papadopolous, had pleaded guilty to lying to federal officials.
Two sources told NBC that the elder Flynn said he would cooperate with investigators in order to help his son.