Michael Flynn Fires Covington Lawyers Ahead of Sentencing (1)

June 6, 2019, 3:46 PM UTCUpdated: June 6, 2019, 5:24 PM UTC

Michael Flynn, who lied to investigators at the outset of what became Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, dismissed the lawyers who have represented him since he was charged and pleaded guilty in 2017.

The disclosure came in a Washington federal court filing June 6, which informed the court that Flynn was replacing attorney Robert Kelner and another Covington & Burling LLP lawyer with new counsel, whom he didn’t identify. It isn’t clear why Flynn made the change so late in the process, with only his sentencing remaining.

Kelner declined to comment on the switch.

Flynn, a retired U.S. Army ...

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