II.B. The President's Conduct Concerning the Investigation of Michael Flynn (Mueller Report)

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🗓️ 4 May 2019

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Summary

Part 2 of 12 from Section II. Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation. This subsection of Volume 2, from pages 24-48, offers evidence surrounding Michael Flynn's false statements about his conversations with the Russian Ambassador and the resulting FBI investigation. It provides details on President Trump's interactions with FBI Director Comey when Comey said the President asked for his loyalty.

The President's Conduct Concerning the Investigation of Michael Flynn Evidence (0:08)

Incoming National Security Advisor Flynn Discusses Sanctions on Russia with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak (1:28)
President-Elect Trump is Briefed on the Intelligence Community's Assessment of Russian Interference in the Election and Congress Opens Election Interference Investigations (5:54)
Flynn Makes False Statements About his Communications with Kislyak to Incoming Administration Officials, the Media, and the FBI (8:31)
DOJ Officials Notify the White House of Their Concerns About Flynn (11:41)
McGahn has a Follow-Up Meeting About Flynn with Yates; President Trump has Dinner with FBI Director Comey (14:04)
Flynn's Resignation (18:32)
The President Discusses Flynn with FBI Director Comey (21:52)
The Media Raises Questions About the President's Delay in Terminating Flynn (25:14)
The President Attempts to Have K.T. McFarland Create a Witness Statement Denying that he Directed Flynn's Discussions with Kislyak (26:38)

Analysis (29:16)

Obstructive act (29:25)
Nexus to a proceeding (33:32)
Intent (34:50)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Mueller Report Audio.
0:08.3	Section 2B.
0:10.4	The President's Conduct concerning the investigation of Michael Flynn.
0:14.7	Overview.
0:15.8	During the presidential transition, incoming national security advisor Michael Flynn
0:20.2	had two phone calls with the Russian
0:22.1	ambassador to the United States about the Russian response to U.S. sanctions imposed because of Russia's
0:27.7	election interference. After the press reported on Flynn's contacts with the Russian ambassador,
0:32.9	Flynn lied to incoming administration officials by saying he had not discussed sanctions on the
0:37.4	calls.
0:38.4	The officials publicly repeated those lies in press interviews. The FBI, which previously was
0:44.2	investigating Flynn for other matters, interviewed him about the calls in the first week after the
0:48.8	inauguration, and Flynn told similar lies to the FBI. On January 26, 2017, Department of Justice, DOJ,
0:57.6	officials notified the White House that Flynn and the Russian ambassador had discussed sanctions
1:02.4	and that Flynn had been interviewed by the FBI. The next night, the president had a private
1:07.7	dinner with FBI director James Comey, in which he asked for Comey's loyalty.
1:12.6	On February 13, 2017, the president asked Flynn to resign.
1:17.6	The following day, the president had a one-on-one conversation with Comey, in which he said,
1:22.3	I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go.
1:27.5	Evidence.
1:28.8	Subsection 1.
1:30.1	Incoming National Security Advisor Flynn discusses sanctions on Russia with Russian ambassador
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