The US Justice Department’s special counsel Robert Mueller has charged President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, Michael Flynn, with “willfully and knowingly” making “false, fictitious and fraudulent statements” to investigators over his Russian contacts.
Flynn, who had resigned in February over allegations that he had contacts with Russia, was charged on Thursday with one count of lying about his private discussions with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak regarding US sanctions being imposed on Moscow by the administration of then-President Barack Obama, according to a court document.
“On or about January 24, 2017, defendant Michael T. Flynn did willfully and knowingly make materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements and representations” over a government matter, the two-page charge sheet stated.
Mueller, who is probing possible collusion between Trump’s election campaign team and Russia during last…