Michael Flynn's legal team called recent reports "outrageous and prejudicial." | AP Photo Flynn's lawyers decry series of Mueller-related news reports as 'false'

Lawyers for former national security adviser Michael Flynn broke their silence Friday, dismissing a series of new reports regarding the retired general as “false.”

The Wall Street Journal reported Friday morning that special counsel Robert Mueller was probing a proposal Flynn allegedly discussed in December 2016 to deliver a Muslim cleric living in the U.S. to Turkey, a plot that would have reportedly paid Flynn and his son as much as $15 million.


NBC News later reported that federal investigators were looking into whether Flynn met with senior Turkish officials during the presidential transition to discuss an alleged plan for Flynn to be paid to carry out orders from Ankara while working in the White House.

Flynn lobbied for a Dutch consulting firm with ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after last November’s election.

NBC News also reported Friday that Mueller’s investigators were questioning witnesses about an alleged September 2016 meeting between Flynn and pro-Russia Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.).

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“Out of respect for the process of the various investigations regarding the 2016 campaign, we have intentionally avoided responding to every rumor or allegation raised in the media,” Flynn’s lawyers said in a statement Friday afternoon. “But today’s news cycle has brought allegations about General Flynn, ranging from kidnapping to bribery, that are so outrageous and prejudicial that we are making an exception to our usual rule: they are false.”

