Broad Flynn Pardon Covers All Matters Arising From Special Counsel Probe

The text of the formal pardon of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn covers the entire work product of the Mueller probe as well as the perjury charge contemplated by the judge presiding over the Flynn case. The Department of Justice filed the signed copy of the presidential pardon on Nov. 30, exactly three years after Flynn signed a guilty plea deal in which he said he lied to the FBI. The Executive Grant of Clemency states that President Donald Trump has issued a “full and conditional pardon to Flynn,” which covers the original false statements charge, any matters that arise from the guilty plea, or from any of the proceedings in the case. The president also pardoned Flynn “for any and all possible offenses within the investigatory authority or jurisdiction of the Special Counsel appointed on May 17, 2017,” including any grand jury proceedings that were conducted by Mueller’s …