President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, lent his support Tuesday to a Republican Senate candidate in Montana, vouching for the strength of his character. Flynn, who retired from the Army as a three-star general, called into a Montana radio station to tout the military credentials of Senate hopeful Troy Downing, one of four candidates seeking the GOP nomination to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. “We need more of our veterans participating in the political discourse, the political life of our country,” Flynn said on “Montana Talks” with Aaron Flint. Flynn has been said to be cooperating with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III as he investigates ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. On the radio, Flynn called the accusations “totally unfounded.”“He ruins the career of an admiral in the United States Navy,” Flynn said of Tester.

Source: Washington Post May 08, 2018 16:07 UTC