Records raise new questions about FBI’s Michael Flynn investigation
New questions raised about the FBI's investigation of Michael Flynn
Then-Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe told the White House in early February 2017 that the bureau was not considering Michael Flynn, the national security adviser at the time, for a potential Logan Act prosecution over conversations with the Russian ambassador before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, government records reviewed by Fox News indicate. McCabe was referring to the rarely prosecuted 200-year-old statute that bars American citizens from engaging with a foreign government without authorization from the current U.S. government. The records also indicate that before his firing, Flynn reported, on two separate occasions, that FBI agents told him the bureau investigation was over or being closed out.
Then-Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe told the White House in early February 2017 that the bureau was not considering Michael Flynn, the national security adviser at the time, for a potential Logan Act prosecution over conversations with the Russian ambassador before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, government records reviewed by Fox News indicate. McCabe was referring to the rarely prosecuted 200-year-old statute that bars American citizens from engaging with a foreign government without authorization from the current U.S. government. The records also indicate that before his firing, Flynn reported, on two separate occasions, that FBI agents told him the bureau investigation was over or being closed out.
Both incidents raise questions over the underlying offense that formed the basis for the initial FBI and DOJ investigation into Flynn. The revelations come as Flynn is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday for a status conference on his case.
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