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Article snippet: WASHINGTON — Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, was charged and pleaded guilty on Friday to making false statements. Mr. Flynn said he had agreed to cooperate with Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, in his broader investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. Here are excerpts from court documents and what they mean: Mr. Mueller is charging Mr. Flynn with a single count of lying to the F.B.I. during a Jan. 24 interview, under a plea agreement in which he could serve up to six months in prison and pay a fine of $500 to $9,500. What is most notable here is all the other offenses from which Mr. Flynn escaped charges. Those other potential charges were the leverage that Mr. Mueller successfully used to pressure Mr. Flynn to flip and cooperate in exchange for leniency. It had been clear for months that Mr. Flynn faced serious legal jeopardy on a range of issues, including work that his lobbying firm performed for Turkey without registering as agents of a foreign power. Earlier this year, Mr. Flynn belatedly filed a Foreign Agents Registration Act disclosure with the Justice Department. But even though Mr. Mueller has obtained an indictment against Paul Manafort Jr., Mr. Trump’s former campaign chairman, in part for violating that same law, he did not charge Mr. Flynn under it. Moreover, a court filing mentions that Mr. Flynn made several false statements in his belated foreign-agent registration, such as “om... Link to the full article to read more