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Mike Flynn asks for immunity to testify in Russia investigations

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byStevenT.Dennis,TerrenceDoppandChrisStrohm
Former national security adviser Mike Flynn has told investigators that he's willing to
be interviewed as part of inquiries into alleged contacts between the Trump
administration and the Russian government in return for immunity from
prosecution.

A congressional ofcial conrmed on condition of anonymity that Flynn made the

offer. The Wall Street Journal reported that Flynn made the offer to the FBI and two
congressional committees.

"Gen. Flynn certainly has a story to tell, and he very much wants to tell it, should the
circumstances permit," Robert Kelner, a lawyer for Flynn, said in statement late
Thursday. "We will not comment right now on the details of discussions between
counsel for Gen. Flynn and the House and Senate intelligence committees, other than
to conrm that those discussions have taken place."
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Flynn's lawyer suggested immunity is justied because his client is "the target of Banks lose their ght
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that he be criminally investigated." Kelner, a partner at Covington and Burling LLP in
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Flynn, who ran the Defense Intelligence Agency under President Barack Obama, was
one of Trump's closest advisers during the campaign and briey held one of the most More

sensitive jobs in the administration, which carries the highest-level security

clearance. He has been at the top of the list for Democrats and others investigating the
possible Russia connections.

In the weeks after Flynn left the administration, new details emerged about his
business ties with Turkey's government and Russian entities.

Flynn retroactively registered as a foreign agent with the Justice Department for work
that his rm, Flynn Intel Group, did for a Dutch consulting company, Inovo BV, which
has ties to President Recep Erdogan of Turkey. Flynn's ling showed that his company
received $530,000 from Inovo between Sept. 9 and Nov. 14.

Kelner wrote in a letter accompanying the ling that Flynn had previously registered
with Congress under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, but made the new ling because
the work could have been interpreted as beneting the government of Turkey.
Lobbying on behalf of a foreign government requires registration with the Justice
Department.

The top Democrat and Republican on the House Oversight Committee are seeking
documents related to Flynn's security clearance applications and contacts and
payments from Russian, Turkish and any other foreign sources including the
Kremlin-backed media outlet RT, dating from Flynn's 2014 retirement from the
Defense Intelligence Agency to the present. They also want documents connected to
Flynn's vetting for the national security post, his work with a speaker's bureau and
any documentation that Flynn sought U.S. approvals for payments from foreign
sources.

Democrats on the House committee last week released documents showing Flynn
received more than $45,000 from RT for taking part in a December 2015 gala where
he sat at President Vladimir Putin's table.

Other documents showed that Flynn, who received $11,250 for a 2015 speaking
engagement in Washington for Kaspersky Government Security Solutions, Inc., a U.S.
subsidiary of a Russian cybersecurity rm; and an $11,250 payment from Volga-Dnepr
Airlines.

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Price Floyd, a spokesman for Flynn, said the retired lieutenant general "both informed
and fully briefed" the Defense Intelligence Agency about his Russia trip beforehand
and when he returned.

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