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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here you go:

Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI, is cooperating with Mueller
https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/01/politics/michael-flynn-charged/index.html

[b]Flynn's plea agreement stipulates that he'll cooperate with federal, state or even local investigators in any way Mueller's office might need, according to a document filed in court Friday. [/b]He could also be required to participate in covert law enforcement operations (such as wearing a wire) if asked, or share details of his past dealings with the Trump transition and administration.

[b]The agreement adds that Mueller's office won't prosecute Flynn for additional crimes they outlined in his statement of offense Friday, such as his misreported foreign lobbying filings about his work for Turkey.[/b] If other prosecutors outside the special counsel's office, such as US attorneys or state law enforcement, wanted to charge Flynn with alleged crimes, they still could, and he's not protected if he lies to investigators again in the future or breaks the terms of his plea agreement.
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Again, this is what the poster said:  "We have to remember that the main reason alarm bells were ringing about Flynn was because he was working for or getting paid by foreign governments (Turkey to kidnap a US resident, Saudi Arabia to sell nuclear secrets, Israel to undermine the US at the UN)."

Where is your citation that these crimes would not be prosecuted under the plea deal?

And, BTW -   the whole FARA  thing - an absolute joke.  https://www.politico.com/news/2019/09/30/michael-flynn-turkey-admissions-014343
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/29/flynn-legal-team-withdraw-guilty-plea-109126[/quote]

The Plea Agreement
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4318155/Flynn-Plea-Agreement.pdf

3. Additional Charges

In consideration of your client's guilty plea to the above offense, your client will not be further prosecuted criminally by this Office for the conduct set forth in the attached Statement of Offense.
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So, basically, he was only charged with two specific false statements, instead of five or six.  All "additional charges" in the statement of offense, were false statement charges, including the FARA charge.  There was nothing more serious in the statement of offense, than false statement charges.[/quote]

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