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Ex-Associates of Michael Flynn Arrested over Illegal Turkish Lobbying

HeadlineDec 18, 2018

A federal judge is set to sentence former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, who’s pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about conversations he had with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. before Trump took office. In a sentencing memo filed earlier this month, special counsel Robert Mueller said he is not seeking jail time for Flynn, citing his “substantial assistance” with the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election and at least one other investigation. On Monday, the FBI arrested two of Flynn’s former business associates and charged them with illegally influencing U.S. lawmakers on behalf of the Turkish government. Prosecutors say Bijan Kian and Ekim Alptekin failed to register as foreign agents and lied to the FBI about their efforts to have the Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen extradited to Turkey from his home in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania.

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