Trump's Former Adviser Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI

 

The United States’ former national security adviser¹ pleaded guilty Friday to making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation², or FBI.

Michael Flynn is the first official from President Donald Trump³’s administration to plead guilty in an investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The special counsel is examining possible ties between Russia and the Trump presidential campaign in 2016.

Flynn admitted to lying about his contacts with Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, before Trump’s inauguration⁴. Court papers make clear that Flynn knows the identities of members of Trump’s transition team that had detailed⁵ knowledge of his outreach to Russia.

U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras said Flynn is cooperating with the investigation. The judge added that the government will decide how effectively Flynn is cooperating as part of a plea agreement.

In a statement, Flynn said, “My guilty plea and agreement to cooperate with the Special Counsel’s Office reflect a decision I made in the best interests of my family and of our country.”

Trump did not respond to shouted questions from reporters Friday as he welcomed Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al Sarraj to the White House.

White House lawyer Ty Cobb said, “Nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates⁷ anyone other than Mr. Flynn.” Cobb noted⁸ that Flynn only worked in the White House for 25 days.

Flynn was an early Trump campaign supporter. And the president had previously⁹ referred to Flynn as a “wonderful man.” Flynn was forced to resign in February. White House officials said he had misled them about the meeting with the Russian ambassador.

Former FBI Director James Comey was leading an investigation into possible ties between Russia and the Trump campaign. After his dismissal in May, Comey testified before Congress that Trump told him that he “hoped” he would cancel an investigation into Flynn’s possible connections to Russian officials. But the White House has denied that was the case.

Comey’s dismissal led to the appointment of Mueller as special counsel.

In October, the grand jury indicted¹¹ Paul Manafort, who served as Trump’s campaign chairman and Rick Gates, also a top campaign official. George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser for the campaign, also admitted to lying about his contacts with Russian nationals.

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Words in This Story

transition - n. a change from one administration to another

implicate⁶ - v. to show that someone is closely connected to a crime

indict¹⁰ - v. to formally decide that someone should be put on trial for a crime

1 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

4 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

5 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

6 implicate   

vt.使牵连其中，涉嫌

参考例句：

• He didn't find anything in the notebooks to implicate Stu.他在笔记本中没发现任何涉及斯图的东西。
• I do not want to implicate you in my problem of the job.我工作上的问题不想把你也牵扯进来。

7 implicates   

n.牵涉，涉及（某人）( implicate的名词复数 )；表明（或意指）…是起因

参考例句：

• This confession implicates numerous officials in the bribery scandal. 这一供认会使许多官员牵连到受贿的丑事中。 来自辞典例句
• Did you tell him that the recording implicates President Logan in Palmer's assassination? 你有没有告诉他录音显示洛根总统跟帕尔默被杀有关？ 来自电影对白

8 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

9 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

10 indict   

v.起诉，控告，指控

参考例句：

• You can't indict whole people for the crudeness of a few.您不能因少数人的粗暴行为就控诉整个民族。
• I can indict you for abducting high school student.我可以告你诱拐中学生。

11 indicted   

控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
• He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。

12 weaver   

n.织布工；编织者

参考例句：

• She was a fast weaver and the cloth was very good.她织布织得很快，而且布的质量很好。
• The eager weaver did not notice my confusion.热心的纺织工人没有注意到我的狼狈相。