Mueller Probing Whether Mike Flynn Plotted to Kidnap & Repatriate Turkish Cleric in PA
Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating whether former White House National Security Adviser Mike Flynn plotted to kidnap Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, who lives in Pennsylvania, and forcibly return him to Turkey for $15 million. The Turkish government views Gülen as a political enemy and has accused him of plotting a failed military coup in 2016.
The investigation centers on a December meeting between Flynn and representatives of the Turkish government, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son-in-law and Turkey’s foreign minister. Flynn was working as a “foreign agent” for the Turkish government last fall, even as he served as a top adviser to Donald Trump’s campaign—and failed to disclose his lobbying efforts as required by law.
Both Flynn and his son, Mike Flynn, are under investigation.
Trump’s Ex-Bodyguard Says He Rejected Russian Offer to Send Women to Trump’s Hotel Room in 2013
President Trump’s former bodyguard and longtime confidant Keith Schiller reportedly testified to the House Intelligence Committee that he rejected an offer by Russia to send women to Donald Trump’s hotel room during a 2013 visit to Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant. The questions came in response to a dossier about Trump compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele during the 2016 election. The dossier detailed links between Trump’s campaign and Russia and alleged that Russia had damaging sexual information about then-candidate Donald Trump.
John Kelly Tried to Pressure DHS to Cancel Immigration Status for 50,000+ Hondurans
New reports have surfaced showing how White House Chief of Staff John Kelly tried unsuccessfully to pressure acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke to cancel the special immigration status of more than 50,000 Hondurans living in the United States. The Washington Post reports Kelly called Duke and tried to convince her to cancel the Hondurans’ temporary protected status, known as TPS. Duke refused, although she did announce the cancellation of the temporary protected status for 2,500 Nicaraguans.
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