The domino effect

The decision of Mike Flynn to plead guilty to lying to the FBI opens the door to many questions, such as, why was Trump so eager to shield his former security adviser and what was Jared Kushner’s role in the affair?

Michael Flynn, once national security adviser to US president Donald Trump, leaves a federal courthouse in Washington DC after being charged with making a misleading statement to the FBI last Friday Picture: Getty
By securing Flynn’s cooperation, Robert Mueller (above), the special counsel for the US Department of Justice has a way into the heart of the Trump adminstrationGetty

It was highly anticipated but no less shocking for that. Former national security adviser Mike Flynn’s arrival at a criminal court in Washington DC last Friday morning to enter a guilty plea to charges of lying to the FBI, a felony that carries a five-year prison sentence, served as ...