Mike Flynn’s Son Now A Subject Of Mueller’s Investigation: Report
Mueller is clearly putting pressure on Flynn in order to get him to flip.
Michael Flynn Jr., the son of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, is now a subject in the Special Counsel investigation, according to a new NBC News report.
The investigation is now reportedly focused on Flynn Jr.’s work for Flynn Intel Group, the lobbying firm owned by his father.
Flynn Sr. has been a key subject of the federal investigation since the beginning, it is as of yet unclear how long Flynn Jr. has been a subject.
As NBC reports, “Flynn’s status as a subject of the Russia investigation widens the publicly known scope of the probe. NBC News has reported that those under investigation have included the elder Flynn and former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. Others under scrutiny by special counsel Robert Mueller include Carter Page, a Trump campaign ally; Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior White House adviser; and the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr.”
In 2015, Flynn Jr. accompanied his father on a business trip to Moscow where he was giving a paid speech and dining with Vladimir Putin.
Possible attempt to flip Flynn senior
It has long been posited that Mueller is attempting to flip Flynn into cooperating with the investigation and presumably to testify against Donald Trump. The news that Flynn Jr. is now a subject could be an attempt on the part of Mueller to put pressure on Flynn senior to cooperate.
“Several legal experts with knowledge of the investigation have told NBC News they believe Mueller, following a classic prosecutorial playbook, is seeking to compel key players, including Flynn and Manafort, to tell what they know about any possible Trump campaign collusion with Russia. Mueller has brought onto his team a federal prosecutor known for convincing subjects to turn on associates. Any potential criminal liability for Michael G. Flynn could put added pressure on his father, these legal experts said,” the NBC report notes.
Read the full NBC News report here.
