“The interview was voluntary, and lacked any indicia of coercion,” Mueller’s team asserted in new court documents, referring to the Jan. 24, 2017 interview at the White House just days after President Donald Trump’s inauguration.
The new filings come after Flynn’s attorneys suggested earlier this week that the FBI duped the former national security adviser by not warning him about the criminal consequences for lying to agents during the interview in which Flynn has now acknowledged falsely denying that his conversation with Kislyak included a discussion of Russia sanctions.
“A sitting national security adviser, former head of an intelligence agency, retired lieutenant general and 33-year veteran of the armed forces knows he should not lie to federal agents,” prosecutors said.
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