Michael Flynn's lawyer reportedly met with Robert Mueller's team today, fueling speculation of a plea deal

Michael Flynn.
(Image credit: CHRIS KLEPONIS/AFP/Getty Images)

A lawyer for former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn reportedly met with investigators on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team on Monday, throwing kerosene onto smoldering speculation that Flynn is looking for a plea deal, ABC News reported. On Thanksgiving, The New York Times reported that Flynn's lawyers had stopped discussing the special counsel's investigation with White House lawyers. The Times noted that "it is unethical for lawyers to work together when one client is cooperating with prosecutors and another is still under investigation."

ABC News casts these developments as potential evidence that "Flynn is preparing to negotiate with prosecutors over a deal that could include his testimony against the president or senior White House officials."

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Explore More
Kelly O'Meara Morales

Kelly O'Meara Morales is a staff writer at The Week. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and studied Middle Eastern history and nonfiction writing amongst other esoteric subjects. When not compulsively checking Twitter, he writes and records music, subsists on tacos, and watches basketball.