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Michael Flynn’s guilty plea landed late in the week, but on November 20 the implications were still detonating through Trump World: the president’s former national security adviser had admitted lying to the FBI, and the White House was stuck pretending this was all somehow normal.
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Michael Flynn’s guilty plea was still detonating through Trump world on November 29, as lawmakers and prosecutors treated the former national security adviser’s case as a serious escalation, not a closed book. Even before the full public reaction set in, the plea underscored how badly the administration’s Russia story was still unraveling.
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Michael Flynn’s guilty plea was still detonating through Trump world on November 29, as lawmakers and prosecutors treated the former national security adviser’s case as a serious escalation, not a closed book. Even before the full public reaction set in, the plea underscored how badly the administration’s Russia story was still unraveling.
Michael Flynn’s guilty plea landed late in the week, but on November 20 the implications were still detonating through Trump World: the president’s former national security adviser had admitted lying to the FBI, and the White House was stuck pretending this was all somehow normal.
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