Why the White House Dreads a Flynn Indictment
Unlike the Paul Manafort case, charges against the former national-security adviser would touch the White House itself and could ensnare the president.
by David A. Graham
Nov 06, 2017
4 minutes
In the indictments sweepstakes ahead of last week’s first moves by special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, Paul Manafort was the odds-on favorite, but Michael Flynn, the former national-security adviser, was a good bet too.
Monday, and the rest of the week, came and went, bringing indictments for Manafort and his deputy Rick Gates and a guilty plea from George Papadopoulos, but nothing on Flynn. But NBC News reported over the weekend that federal investigators have enough evidence to charge Flynn, and that’s a prospect that should be particularly worrisome to the White House.
It’s worth noting that Flynn might already have been indicted. Papadopoulos’s guilty plea, for example, came on
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