Former US security advisor Michael Flynn consulted with Jared Kushner while talking to Russia

Former national security advisor Michael Flynn pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia, and he agreed to cooperate with prosecutors delving into the actions of President Donald Trump’s inner circle before he took office.

Under a plea bargain deal, Flynn admitted in a Washington court that he lied when asked by FBI investigators about his conversations last December with Russia’s then-ambassador, Sergei Kislyak, just weeks before Trump took office.

Prosecutors said the two men discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia and that Flynn also asked Kislyak to help delay a U.N. vote seen as damaging to Israel. On both occasions, he appeared to be undermining the policies of outgoing President Barack Obama.

They also said a “very senior member” of Trump’s transition team had told Flynn to contact Russia and other foreign governments to try to influence them ahead of the U.N. vote.

A news report claims that US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is the “very senior member” of President Donald Trump’s transition team who directed Flynn to contact the Russian ambassador to the United States and other countries about a UN Security Council vote on Israeli settlements.

Kushner’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, did not respond to …read more