Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Monday filed a heavily redacted witness report, known as an FD-302, documenting FBI agents’ fateful interview with former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn at the White House on January 24, 2017.
The filing, one day ahead of Tuesday’s planned sentencing hearing for Flynn, came shortly after U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan issued an order Monday requiring that prosecutors publicly turn over the document.
Sullivan had ordered the special counsel to turn over all government documents and “memoranda” related to the questioning of Flynn last week, after Flynn’s attorneys claimed the FBI had discouraged him from bringing a lawyer to the White House interview. Flynn eventually pleaded guilty to making false statements about his contacts with Russia’s ambassador, in connection with that meeting.
Last Friday, Mueller met Sullivan’s deadline and provided some documents, some of which were heavily redacted. However, the special counsel did not publicly provide the January 302, leading to speculation as to whether one was ever drafted.
Sullivan’s order on Monday stated that Mueller’s team had made arguments under seal as to redactions they would need to make to the 302. Sullivan ruled that the redactions were appropriate and that due to “strong presumption in favor of public access to judicial records,” the 302 could be made public Monday. – READ MORE