Russiagate, Trump: "I'm not worried about what Flynn can say"

• Russiagate, Flynn indicted He was pushed to speak with Moscow, then lied to the FBI
• Comey: Trump told me 'Flynn is a good guy, quit the investigation'
• Russiagate, Putin: "Flynn? I haven't even really spoken to him"
• Russiagate, Michael Flynn surrenders: Trump's former adviser will hand over the documents to the Senate
• US media: Flynn will not have immunity for now in exchange for his testimony about Russiagate
• Russiagate, former Trump Flynn adviser ready to testify. "But only in exchange for immunity"
• Russiagate, the FBI has Flynn collaborators summoned in front of the grand jury

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''No''. So Donald Trump replies to those who ask him if he is worried about what Michael Flynn might say to the Russiagate special prosecutor, Robert Mueller. Trump has left the White House to travel to New York, where he will participate in three fundraising events for Republicans. "There is absolutely no collusion," he reiterates after his former national security adviser's guilty plea and willingness to work with anyone investigating Russiagate. 

Twitter reply: Flynn actions during the transition were legal
With a tweet, Trump explained the reasons why he had to torpedo Flynn (fired after only 24 days) and claimed that his actions, during the phase of the transfer of powers to the White House, they were "legal". "I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He pleaded guilty to those lies. It's a shame, because his actions during the transition were legal. There's nothing to hide!" Trump tweeted.

I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies. It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide!

Flynn willing to testify: I was ordered to speak with Russia
Russiagate still drops a new, heavy tile on the head of the US president. Michael Flynn is ready to testify that he was ordered to contact the Russians, initially to coordinate efforts against ISIS in Syria. This is what the ABC reports, after yesterday the former adviser pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI when he denied having had contact with Moscow and, in particular, with the then Russian ambassador to Washington, Serghey Kislyak, to end of 2016.

US media: it was Trump's son-in-law who asked Flynn to meet Russian officials
Jared Kushner would be the person who according to Michael Flynn's testimonies would have asked him to meet Russian government officials. This is claimed by US media reports, including NBC News, Bloomberg and the Washington Post. In the documents filed, Flynn does not directly name Trump's son-in-law and adviser, but identifies him as "an important official" of the president.

He felt abandoned by Trump, therefore the decision to cooperate
According to sources close to Flynn, cited by the ABC, the former general felt abandoned by the US president and has decided only in the last 24 hours to fully collaborate with the investigation on Russiagate managed by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller. Flynn for the sole crime of having lied to the feds about his contacts with the Russian ambassador risks up to 5 years in prison but could get significant discounts on punishment if his testimony led to further developments.

White House: the Flynn case concerns him only 
Immediately the replica of the White House. "There is nothing in the indictments and Flynn's guilty plea involving other people. The case is only about him," is the hot comment. 
The White House therefore throws water on the fire and underlines how Flynn was a national security adviser for 25 days and was then fired precisely because of his false statements about the meetings with the Russian ambassador. He also recalls how Flynn was also an official of the Obama administration in the past. "The conclusion of this phase of the work of the special prosecutor - adds a spokesman - shows once again how he is moving rapidly towards a quick and reasonable conclusion" of the investigations on Russiagate.

Fourth member of Trump's staff involved in Russiagate
After Trump 's former campaign chief (May to August 2016), Paul Manafort, partner Rick Gates and foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos (also found guilty of having lied to the feds), Flynn is the fourth but so far the most important Trump staff member to end up in the shirts of Russiagate.

The admission of guilt
From the papers filed today at the hearing in which he pleaded guilty it emerged only that it was around "December 22, 2016 that a very important member (whose identity is not revealed, ed) of the transition team "(who managed the handover from Barack Obama to Donald Trump) of the president elected" to give instructions "to the then general on leave Michael Flynn - formally a private citizen -" to contact foreign officials of foreign governments, including Russia " . This is what emerges from the admission of guilt for lying to the FBI made by Flynn, who asked - in violation of the Logan Act of 1799, which expressly forbids private citizens to have contacts with officials of foreign governments - to the then Russian ambassador in Washington, Serghei Kislyak, Moscow's help to block - which did not happen - the UN Security Council resolution which - with Barack Obama's unlawful US placet - condemned the Israeli colonies in the West Bank.

Mueller: Flynn's lies are an obstacle to justice
The false statements made by Michael Flynn to the FBI and to the special prosecutor on Russiagate, Robert Mueller, on the collusions between the electoral staff of Trump and Moscow to win the presidential election of 8 November 2016 they "hindered" the investigation, effectively configuring the crime of obstruction of justice. So Mueller on the admission of guilt made today by Flynn: "The false statements and omissions (having kept silent on particular determinants, ed) have hampered and, until proven otherwise, have had a material impact on the ongoing investigations of the FBI on the existence of any link or coordination "between the Trump campaign team and Moscow.

Trump-al Sarraj photo canceled: Flynn's fault?
The White House announced to reporters that Donald Trump's 'photo opportunity' with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj has been canceled. It would have been the first opportunity to ask Trump questions about the agreement between Flynn and Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller.