Michael Flynn, US President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, leaves a federal courthouse in Washington after a hearing in June 2019. Photo: AP
Donald Trump pardons ex-adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty in Russia probe
- The retired general had admitted in 2017 to lying to the FBI about his interactions with Russia’s US ambassador
- This is the highest profile pardon by Trump, who has also pardoned Army personnel accused of war crimes in Afghanistan and former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio
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Michael Flynn, US President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, leaves a federal courthouse in Washington after a hearing in June 2019. Photo: AP