Trump's Former Adviser Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：2017年VOA慢速英语(十一)月
The United States’ former national security adviser 1 pleaded guilty Friday to making false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation 2, or FBI.
Michael Flynn is the first official from President Donald Trump 3’s administration to plead guilty in an investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The special counsel is examining possible ties between Russia and the Trump presidential campaign in 2016.
Flynn admitted to lying about his contacts with Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, before Trump’s inauguration 4. Court papers make clear that Flynn knows the identities of members of Trump’s transition team that had detailed 5 knowledge of his outreach to Russia.
U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras said Flynn is cooperating with the investigation. The judge added that the government will decide how effectively Flynn is cooperating as part of a plea agreement.
In a statement, Flynn said, “My guilty plea and agreement to cooperate with the Special Counsel’s Office reflect a decision I made in the best interests of my family and of our country.”
Trump did not respond to shouted questions from reporters Friday as he welcomed Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al Sarraj to the White House.
White House lawyer Ty Cobb said, “Nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates 7 anyone other than Mr. Flynn.” Cobb noted 8 that Flynn only worked in the White House for 25 days.
Flynn was an early Trump campaign supporter. And the president had previously 9 referred to Flynn as a “wonderful man.” Flynn was forced to resign in February. White House officials said he had misled them about the meeting with the Russian ambassador.
Former FBI Director James Comey was leading an investigation into possible ties between Russia and the Trump campaign. After his dismissal in May, Comey testified before Congress that Trump told him that he “hoped” he would cancel an investigation into Flynn’s possible connections to Russian officials. But the White House has denied that was the case.
Comey’s dismissal led to the appointment of Mueller as special counsel.
In October, the grand jury indicted 11 Paul Manafort, who served as Trump’s campaign chairman and Rick Gates, also a top campaign official. George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser for the campaign, also admitted to lying about his contacts with Russian nationals.
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transition - n. a change from one administration to another
implicate 6 - v. to show that someone is closely connected to a crime
indict 10 - v. to formally decide that someone should be put on trial for a crime
- They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
- Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
- The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
- Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。
- He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
- A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
- He didn't find anything in the notebooks to implicate Stu.他在笔记本中没发现任何涉及斯图的东西。
- I do not want to implicate you in my problem of the job.我工作上的问题不想把你也牵扯进来。
- This confession implicates numerous officials in the bribery scandal. 这一供认会使许多官员牵连到受贿的丑事中。 来自辞典例句
- Did you tell him that the recording implicates President Logan in Palmer's assassination? 你有没有告诉他录音显示洛根总统跟帕尔默被杀有关？ 来自电影对白
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
- You can't indict whole people for the crudeness of a few.您不能因少数人的粗暴行为就控诉整个民族。
- I can indict you for abducting high school student.我可以告你诱拐中学生。