WASHINGTON — An F.B.I. document released late Monday provides new details of how Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s first national security adviser, lied to federal investigators about his conversations with the Russian ambassador during the presidential transition. agents of their Jan. 24, 2017, interview with Mr. Flynn — on the eve of Mr. Flynn’s sentencing for lying to F.B.I. Mr. Flynn faces up to six months in prison for the offense, a felony. Mr. Flynn has pleaded guilty to misleading investigators about a series of conversations he had with Mr. Kislyak in late December 2016 while serving as a key member of Mr. Trump’s transition team.

Source: New York Times December 18, 2018 03:22 UTC