Read more:‘A nightmare for Donald Trump’: Flynn’s guilty plea puts spotlight on Kushner, the president himselfWho’s been charged in the Trump-Russia probe and whyWhat Michael Flynn was charged with, and what his guilty plea meansKushner and McFarland weren’t named in court papers. But McFarland’s involvement was confirmed by two former transition officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to publicly discuss the matter. For both Flynn and Papadopoulos, prosecutors employed a similar, and textbook, strategy by accepting a limited guilty plea and turning the defendants into government co-operators. But Flynn’s White House tenure was short-lived. After Flynn’s departure from the White House, Trump retained a special interest in his former adviser.

Source: thestar December 02, 2017 14:43 UTC