By Greg Halbleib
WASHINGTON – A former federal prosecutor and current Republican strategist says the relatively minor charges filed against former national security adviser Michael Flynn are likely a conduit for more information for investigators.
Pat Brady believes Flynn likely pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI as part of a deal to cooperate with the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
“My read on it is they had so much on him, and they pled him to these two relatively minor but serious offenses, that Flynn is cooperating,” Brady told WJBC’s Scott Laughlin. “Not only is he cooperating, he’s probably got some pretty good evidence, or at least evidence for their theory of the case, because this is quite a bargain for Flynn.”
Brady says prosecutors have almost certainly not completed their investigation.
“Somewhere is some prosecutor’s office is a timeline of all of these events with emails and statements and conversations,” Brady added. “Flynn, I think, will be the one that can help connect the dots on that if they can come up with a theory of the case, or exonerate everybody. Maybe everybody’s not guilty, but Flynn’s the guy who can connect the dots.”
PODCAST: Listen here to Brady’s interview with WJBC’s Scott Laughlin.
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