Trump pardons former national security advisor Michael Flynn

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President Donald Trump has pardoned former national security advisor Michael Flynn.
Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to one count of lying to the FBI about his communications with Sergey Kislyak, Russia's ambassador to the US at the time.
But after he initially cooperated with prosecutors, Flynn shook up his legal team and took a more combative stance against the Justice Department, accusing it of entrapment and moving to withdraw his guilty plea.
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