What’s next for Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation?
Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to the FBI.
Michael Flynn is the first person who served in US President Donald Trump‘s administration to be charged in an investigation, headed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, into Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
The former national security adviser says a senior member of Trump’s transition team asked him to reach out to Russia’s ambassador to the US before the president took office.
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Flynn’s guilty plea indicates that he is likely cooperating with the Mueller investigation, and could be an important source of information for investigators.
Trump says there was “absolutely no collusion” between his presidential campaign and Russia.
As the investigation intensifies, who is likely to be implicated next?
Presenter: Peter Dobbie
Guests:
Thomas Pickering – Former US ambassador to Russia
Bruce Fein – Former US associate deputy attorney general and author of Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy
Joel Rubin – President of Washington Strategy Group and former deputy assistant secretary of state.
Published On 2 Dec 2017