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Hello and welcome to the first “official” edition of Trump Watch, coming to you straight from Washington, D.C., also known as Flynn City. I'm your host, Cogan Schneier, a litigation reporter at the National Law Journal and Law.com, legal nerd and dedicated Trump watcher. After months of speculation, the bombshell news broke this morning that Robert Mueller charged former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn with lying to investigators. This is obviously a huge deal, but, why, exactly? Don't worry, I'm wading through the hot takes and legal analysis to serve you with a quick, easy to follow guide on what's up with Flynn and why it matters.

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FLYNN-SANE IN THE MEMBRANE

Michael Flynn, who served in the White House for President Donald Trump for 25 days, pleaded guilty Friday in federal district court in D.C. to lying to federal investigators about his conversations with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.