Documentary Flynn

Investigators from the special prosecutor’s team in the Russian intervention case in the American presidential campaign of Robert Muller requested documents related to the former Donald Trump adviser to Michael Flinn. It is reported by The New York Times with reference to sources close to the investigation.

"Although this is not a formal agenda in the court, the request was the first known request of the Müller team to the White House on the transfer of documents," the publication notes.

Investigators are primarily interested in the possible connections of Flynn with the Turkish government during the presidential campaign. The Muller team wants to find out the details of Flynn's transactions with the Turkish-American businessmen who worked with him in 2016 and with his consulting company The Flynn Intel Group. The company received 530 thousand dollars for discrediting the Islamic preacher, Fethullah Gulen, accused of Ankara, who lives in the state of Pennsylvania of an attempt to put a background on July 15, 2016.

The very receiving money from a foreign government is not illegal. However, non -registration as a foreign agent, as well as attempts to hide the sources of receiving funds by transferring them through private companies, can lead to criminal charges, the publication emphasizes.

In addition, investigators are interested in Flynn’s performance for Russian companies in 2015, for which he was paid more than 65 thousand dollars , as well as the possible connections of the ex-adviser with the Japanese government.

On February 13, Flynn, who worked as presidential adviser, has been resigned for less than a month. It turned out that he misinformed the vice president of Michael Pence regarding the details of his conversations with the Russian ambassador Sergei Kislyak. Journalists found that in the conversations held in December 2016, even before the inauguration of Trump and Pence, issues of American sanctions against Russia were discussed. Flynn, not being an official at that time, did not have the right to affect this topic in a conversation with the Russian ambassador.

When information about the conversations ended up in the media, the American official initially denied that he had discussed the issues of sanctions with Kislyak. However, later a representative of Flynn said that the adviser "does not remember the discussion of sanctions, but cannot be sure that this topic has never been raised." Flynn later said that in conversations with the ambassador he "did not cross the line." "If this happened, the FBI would grab me by the throat, and my admission would be withdrawn. I did not pass any borders," Flynn said.

In March, it became known about Flinn's connections with the Turkish authorities . The official representative of the White House Sean Spicer then said that Trump did not know about Flynn's work in the interests of Turkey. At the same time, Spicer noted that Flynn's lobbying activity was his personal business regarding business. The decision on registration as a foreign agent depended only on him. In turn, Pence said that information about Flynn's lobbying activities confirms that his resignation was a right step.

On July 7, the ex-director of the FBI Director James Komi dismissed by Trump, in his written testimony, said to the Senate that Trump asked him to terminate the investigation against Flynn. The president said that the ex-adviser “did nothing wrong”, and he had to be resigned only because he had misleads the Pence. Trump called Flynn a "good guy" and several times asked Komi to "let him go." Komi, however, did not agree to do this.