New York Daily News

FLYNN SEEKS IMMUNITY DEAL

- Christophe­r Brennan

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.

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