Mueller leaks

Posted on: December 1, 2017 at 14:47:35 CT

There were no leaks in advance that former national security adviser Michael Flynn planned to plead guilty to a single count of lying to FBI agents—lies he told in January, after Trump took office, about his contacts with Russia’s former ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak during the presidential transition last December. Flynn has promised to cooperate fully with the Mueller investigation and, prosecutors said, says his Russia outreach was ordered by two other top members of Trump’s transition team, claims that bring the probe deeper than ever into the Trump White House.

Trump told associates as recently as last weekend—while he was visiting his Mar-a-Lago resort for Thanksgiving—that he isn’t worried about the outcome of Mueller’s probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, which has grown to encompass his response to the investigation.

But there is a growing sense of dread among Trump’s closest confidants that the noose is tightening – if not around Trump, then around his closest advisers and family members.