Trump is considering a full pardon for Flynn

U.S. President Donald Trump said he is seriously considering a presidential pardon for his former National Security Assistant Michael Flynn.  He posted the corresponding message on Sunday on his Twitter page.

"Well, now they report that after they destroyed his life and the life of his wonderful family (as well as the lives of many others), the FBI, which works with the Department of Justice," lost "documents relating to General Michael Flynn.  How convenient. I’m seriously considering the possibility of a complete pardon, "said the head of the White House.

Back in February, Trump announced that he had not yet thought about pardoning a number of his associates who were in the dock.  It was, in particular, about Flynn, whose sentence should be imposed soon.

In February, Flynn's lawyers asked the court to sentence their client to probation and community service.  In early January, the prosecution requested him to be imprisoned for up to six months.  The sentencing was scheduled for February 27 and then was postponed indefinitely.

The Flynn case is being examined as part of an investigation of Russian-attributed interference with the US presidential election in 2016.  In February 2018, Flynn was forced to resign due to the fact that he did not fully inform Vice President Michael Pence about his conversations with Sergey Kislyak, who at that time was the Russian ambassador to the United States.  Trump and his key assistants have repeatedly rejected suspicions of any unlawful contacts with Russian officials during the 2016 election campaign.  Moscow has also repeatedly called unfounded allegations of attempts to influence the course of the US presidential election.