Prosecutors recommend no prison time for Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security advisor

Michael Flynn, a retired Army general who was forced out as President Trump’s national security advisor after misleading other White House officials, has provided “substantial” assistance to investigators in the Russia case and should be spared prison time despite lying to FBI agents, prosecutors told a federal court Tuesday.

They said Flynn had participated in 19 separate interviews with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s office and other areas of the Justice Department while assisting in multiple ongoing investigations, including whether there was any coordination between Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government.

Although key details were redacted, court documents said Flynn disclosed “interactions between the [Trump] transition team and Russian government officials,” as well as other significant information.