Mueller: FBI not to blame for Flynn's lies

By Tim Ahmann
Updated December 15 2018 - 9:21am, first published 9:16am
Flynn's crime of lying to the FBI carries a statutory maximum sentence of five years in prison.
Flynn's crime of lying to the FBI carries a statutory maximum sentence of five years in prison.

US President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn knew better than to lie to the FBI and does not deserve sentencing leniency because he was not warned that lying to federal agents was a crime, US prosecutors say.

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