Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn at the U.S. Dept. of State in Washington, 2014. | Wikimedia Commons (public domain); source: OSD Deputy Secretary of Defense
Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn at the U.S. Dept. of State in Washington, 2014. | Wikimedia Commons (public domain); source: OSD Deputy Secretary of Defense
Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was the latest high-profile Republican figure to appear before the Fulton County grand jury probing efforts by former President Donald Trump and others to overturn the results of the 2020 election, a recent report by FOX 5 Atlanta said.
Georgia State law professor Clark Cunningham, who has been carefully watching the grand jury proceedings, said he expected Flynn to plead the Fifth; FOX 5 Atlanta reported. Cunningham noted that prosecutors want to know more about the pardon Flynn received from Trump as well as comments Flynn made about martial law and about the president's ability to seize voting machines.
"He seems a more key witness for a federal grand jury looking into January 6th," Cunningham told FOX 5. "So, I'm not sure if he is as important as some of these other witnesses in terms of what is happening in Georgia."
Flynn is a former Army lieutenant general, the FOX 5 report said. He previously pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI during Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. In November 2020 he was granted a full pardon by Trump.
Flynn was inside the courthouse for no longer than an hour and a half in front of the grand jury, and he said nothing to reporters upon his exit; the report said.
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