FLYNN SEEKS IMMUNITY DEAL
FORMER NATIONAL security adviser Michael Flynn is willing to be questioned in exchange for immunity, according to a report.
The retired general left President Trump’s administration last month amid questions about his contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak.
Unidentified officials told The Wall Street Journal Thursday that Flynn has offered to speak with the FBI and testify before congressional committees investigating Russian tampering in the 2016 election if given immunity, but has yet to be taken up on the proposal.
A spokesman for House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) — who is himself facing calls to step away from the investigation because of reported contacts with the White House — told ABC that Flynn had not made the offer to House probers.
Flynn’s counsel Robert Kelner said in a statement that while he would not comment on discussions with the congressional committees, he could “confirm that those discussions have taken place.”
CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski tweeted a clip of Flynn dismissing the notion of taking immunity.
“The only time you give somebody immunity is if they've committed a crime,” Flynn said in a September interview.
Flynn was an early Trump supporter and had been advising him since early last year.