Trump says former adviser Flynn should seek immunity World Reuters – WBNews

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday supported the decision of his former national security adviser to seek immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony in congressional probes of possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Retired General Michael Flynn wants protection against “unfair prosecution” if he testifies before the intelligence committees of the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives, his lawyer, Robert Kelner, said on Thursday. “Mike Flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch hunt (excuse for big election loss), by media & Dems, of historic proportion!” Trump wrote in a tweet. Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said it was too soon to discuss immunity for Flynn. Testimony from Flynn could help shed light on the conversations he had with Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak last year while national security adviser for Trump’s presidential campaign. Flynn was forced to resign as national security adviser in February for failing to disclose talks with Kislyak about U.S. sanctions on Moscow and misleading Vice President Mike Pence about the conversations, which occurred before Trump took office. Congressional committees and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are also looking into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election campaign. Russia has denied allegations that it hacked emails of Democratic groups and released information to tip the presidential election towards Trump. Trump, a Republican, has dismissed suggestions of links with Moscow as Democratic sour grapes for losing…more detail