Why the White House Dreads a Flynn Indictment
Unlike the Paul Manafort case, charges against the former national-security adviser would touch the White House itself and could ensnare the president.
In the indictments sweepstakes ahead of last week’s first moves by special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, Paul Manafort was the odds-on favorite, but Michael Flynn, the former national-security adviser, was a good bet too.
Monday, and the rest of the week, came and went, bringing indictments for Manafort and his deputy Rick Gates and a guilty plea from George Papadopoulos, but nothing on Flynn. But NBC News reported over the weekend that federal investigators have enough evidence to charge Flynn, and that’s a prospect that should be particularly worrisome to the White House.
It’s worth noting that Flynn might already have been indicted. Papadopoulos’s guilty plea, for example, came on
