The Trump/Russia scandal just got real.

Multiple reports [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] tonight that Michael Flynn, disgraced National Security Advisor for President Donald Trump has reached a deal with prosecutors to testify in exchange for immunity from prosecution

Robert Kelner, Flynn’s lawyer, said in a statement late Thursday:

Gen. Flynn certainly has a story to tell, and he very much wants to tell it, should the circumstances permit. … No reasonable person, who has the benefit of advice from counsel, would submit to questioning in such a highly politicized, witch-hunt environment without assurances against unfair prosecution.”

Lt. General Flynn of course was the first administration figure to fall after admitting that he misled administration officials as to the nature and extent of his contacts with the Russian ambassador prior to President Trump taking office.

Ironically, Flynn was one of the most vociferous cheerleaders of the “lock her up” ridiculousness that dominated the Trump campaign and Republican National Convention. At the time Flynn exclaimed, in reference to Hillary Clinton:

When you are given immunity, that means you have probably committed a crime.”

This is the most significant development in days in the Trump Administration’s massive Russian scandal that has been widening slowly but surely despite obstruction by Congressional Republicans and diversion tactics by the administration and especially the President himself.

It remains to be seen how much this development energizes the Congressional investigations as well as calls for a Special Prosecutor. Also it is probably likely to generate some type of extreme outburst from the so-called President over social media. Using previous behavior as a guide, the President will likely lash out regarding tangentially related issues in an attempt to deflect attention.

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