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| Special counsel Robert Mueller has collected sufficient evidence to charge Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, and his son in the investigation into alleged collusion between Trump aides and Russia, NBC News reported on Sunday. | Special counsel Robert Mueller has collected sufficient evidence to charge Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, and his son in the investigation into alleged collusion between Trump aides and Russia, NBC News reported on Sunday. |
| Citing multiple sources familiar with the investigation, NBC said Mueller’s team was looking at possible charges of money laundering and lying to federal agents, and Flynn’s role in a possible plan to remove an opponent of the Turkish president from the US in exchange for millions of dollars. | |
| Reuters was not immediately able to confirm the report. Barry Coburn, a lawyer for the younger Flynn, declined to comment. Robert Kelner, Flynn’s lawyer, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. | |
| In a week which began with Mueller’s indictment on financial charges of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and campaign aide Rick Gates – and news of a guilty plea and potential cooperation by a former foreign policy adviser, George Papadopoulos – White House and Republican party sources have sought to increase pressure on Mueller. | In a week which began with Mueller’s indictment on financial charges of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and campaign aide Rick Gates – and news of a guilty plea and potential cooperation by a former foreign policy adviser, George Papadopoulos – White House and Republican party sources have sought to increase pressure on Mueller. |
| Mueller is increasing pressure on Flynn following his indictment of Manafort, the NBC report said. | |
| The Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, said on Sunday Mueller should not be fired or step down. | |
| “We need to let these career professionals do their jobs, see it through … I don’t think he should be stepping down and I don’t think he should be fired,” Ryan told Fox News Sunday. | “We need to let these career professionals do their jobs, see it through … I don’t think he should be stepping down and I don’t think he should be fired,” Ryan told Fox News Sunday. |
| Flynn served 24 days as Trump’s national security adviser but resigned after it was discovered he had misrepresented his contacts with a Russian diplomat to Vice-President Mike Pence. | Flynn served 24 days as Trump’s national security adviser but resigned after it was discovered he had misrepresented his contacts with a Russian diplomat to Vice-President Mike Pence. |
| The NBC report said lawyers for Flynn and his son, Michael G Flynn, who worked with his father, declined to comment. So did Mueller’s office. Reuters was not immediately able to confirm the report. | The NBC report said lawyers for Flynn and his son, Michael G Flynn, who worked with his father, declined to comment. So did Mueller’s office. Reuters was not immediately able to confirm the report. |